Post up your vintage carbon bikes! Decades on they are still going strong.
87 Giant Cadex 980c running Shimano 105SC with 5600 STIs and 5500 RD on FFWD F4R wheels. Weighs in at 9.25kg
Giant Cadex 980c by Quang.Vuong, on Flickr
89 Centurion Carbon-R running full Shimano 600 on Fulcrum 5 wheels. Weighs in at 9.7kg
Centurion Carbon-R by Quang.Vuong, on Flickr
Next up will be a Kestrel 4000 at the end of the year.
Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
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Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
Postby QuangVuong » Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:55 pm
VillaVelo, by the Vuong brothers
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Blog: https://villaveloframes.wordpress.com/
FB & IG: @villaveloframes
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
Postby morini » Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:32 pm
Carbon??? Is it that time already? They only came out yesterday didn't they?
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
Postby morini » Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:17 pm
more carbon......... this is getting good. Can we have some real failures next.
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
Postby easybeatle » Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:46 pm
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
Postby jbchybridrider » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:47 pm
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
Postby GaryF » Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:14 pm
Carbon - they're real diamonds.
Love your 2 unicycle frames munga.
Love your 2 unicycle frames munga.
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
Postby hitchhiker » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:30 pm
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
Postby find_bruce » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:28 am
Jeez Munga, A frame has some minor separation anxiety & you just keep holding a grudge
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
Postby DavidI » Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:30 pm
Actually I think it's now the rider with separation anxiety!find_bruce wrote:Jeez Munga, A frame has some minor separation anxiety & you just keep holding a grudge
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society
Postby rangersac » Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:31 am
Not mine, but saw it in the bike cage at work this morning.
Rubbish phone picture, but beyond what you can see it's running a full 600 gruppo.
Rubbish phone picture, but beyond what you can see it's running a full 600 gruppo.
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