Nice one man.The Fixer wrote:Picture, if you will, a recent very wet weekend. Riding was out of the question, and it was one of those all-too-common
weekends when TV may as well never have been invented. So, I was looking for something to do to pass the time.
Enter a very tired and hard-ridden 1996 Apollo 'Aspen' MTB. It was complete, and (just) rideable, but just about worn-out
and worth maybe $10 for parts. If that.
Refurbishment was the object, not restoration or modification (the bike was not mine, it belonged to my local Men's Shed).
It was stripped to the last nut and bolt, everything was cleaned, inspected, then either re-used or replaced (bearings, cables
brake pads etc). As far as possible, the original Apollo parts were used. Work commenced around 10am on the Saturday, and
was completed by the Sunday evening.
Here are some 'before-and-after' pics. On completion, it looked and rode like a completely different bike, in fact a couple of
my neighbours thought it WAS a different bike, as did the fellas at the Men's Shed. Total monetary cost - $0.00. Total time -
around 10 hours, including cleaning, polishing, and ratting through my shed for spares/parts.
I was quite pleased with the end result, as were the guys at the Men's Shed. What do others think???
BEFORE: This pic doesn't do justice to just how dirty, worn and rusty it was.
AFTER: The Shed priced it at $60.00, and it was snapped-up almost immediately. New owner is very happy with it.
Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
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Postby Kermit TF » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:08 pm
Not me...I was tempted upto 180-200, but that crack , early series superbe, and mismatched shimano 600 derailleur put me off a little..+ the wife gave me the evil eyemorini wrote:Who jagged the Apollo 6 with an almost complete Superbe gruppo and a spare set of Mavic/Superbe Pro wheels for $265. No money, damn.
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Postby morini » Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:37 am
I've been getting that evil eye a bit lately myself. I bid up to $200 and thought I'd won it but it ran away in the last few seconds. My finger was hovering but I could feel two burn marks in my back.Kermit TF wrote:Not me...I was tempted upto 180-200, but that crack , early series superbe, and mismatched shimano 600 derailleur put me off a little..+ the wife gave me the evil eyemorini wrote:Who jagged the Apollo 6 with an almost complete Superbe gruppo and a spare set of Mavic/Superbe Pro wheels for $265. No money, damn.
A real bargain even with a rooted frame and a Shimano 600 rear mech. Apart from the two pairs of Superbe hubs it had heaps of desirable gruppo. Suntour headset are almost unobtainium and they can pull up near $100 for a good one. So it was a good buy for someone.
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Postby FuzzyDropbear » Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:10 pm
From picking up the old girl looking like this:
She now looks like;
Now has new bartape
SPD pedals - old set stolen from my commuter when it got new ones.
New R500 Shimano 700c wheel conversion - up from the old 27" steel rims - so much easier to ride
New Tektro brake levers
New San Marco saddle
Shimano 600 downtube shifters
Cheers guys,
Rob
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Seconded. Very nice!PatrickB wrote:Love it.
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Picked this up last week at the local Jamison trash and treasure markets, during the rain. The condition of this thing is top notch, paint , decals are perfect, 5 times nicer than the lilac IV I scored last month, even came with the shimano 600 pedal cleats with christophe straps, but I temporarily put some basic pedals on while I polish them up. I swear, these things have a way Ive finding their owners.
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Ammie, that orange looks pretty good with the black rims & bar-tape.
Nice.
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Postby The Fixer » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:24 pm
and quite original '82 Apollo II chained outside. Like my '81 Apollo II, it's a Lavington Cycles bike. They
must have sold a few, they seem to turn up fairly regularly.
Obviously still doing the job well after 32 years, and did look clean and well-cared-for.
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Postby eraser215 » Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:08 am
I own a '92-ish Apollo Kosciusko MTB which I have had since about 96, and I use as my daily ride to work (13km each way). For some reason this has caused me to be fascinated by the other Apollo models of the same era. Does anybody have an idea of what the order of models (from most basic to expensive) was from this era?
MTB low to high:
Summit???
Kosciusko
Something else?
Road bike low to high:
Vitesse?
Eclipse?
Jaguar?
Concorde?
Other?
Any information anybody could give me would be much appreciated! I'm hoping to eventually get my hands on one of the higher end road bikes from the same era, but would like to better inform myself while I keep an eye out online and in real life.
Thanks for your help!
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Postby Kermit TF » Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:51 pm
Next time your in my neck of the woods, let me know, I have some Apollo frames I was keen to give you.The Fixer wrote:Not one of mine, but while visiting the National Art Gallery in Canberra recently, I spotted this clean
and quite original '82 Apollo II chained outside. Like my '81 Apollo II, it's a Lavington Cycles bike. They
must have sold a few, they seem to turn up fairly regularly.
Obviously still doing the job well after 32 years, and did look clean and well-cared-for.
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Postby ApolloCT » Sat Apr 19, 2014 4:46 am
That may have been me maybe. Been riding her since 2012 after buying her in perfect condition in 2012, even had the original Apollo seat! Found out last month how rare she is with the aberesque so have picked up a cheap and heavy Apollo cross trainer as the daily. I'll post pictures when I get a better camera.Classiciron wrote:I was riding leasurely the other week and I noticed the other fellow was riding very nice original condition "champagne pink metallic" Apollo IV with the full Shimano 600EX Arabesque group set. If I see it again I might see if he want to sell it as it was about my size and I could do with it for use on the rollers for my early morning sweat sessions. If I see it again I will get a couple of photos for you guys - even if he doesn't want to sell it.
The lbs in hawthorn told me to stop ring at as a university daily so I did, put the original pedals back on and will give her a detail when I get the chance
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Postby The Fixer » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:24 am
Would have been great, not sure when I'll be there again. Was hoping this w/end, but it didn't happen.Kermit TF wrote:
Next time your in my neck of the woods, let me know, I have some Apollo frames I was keen to give you.
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Postby morini » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:40 pm
Having recently bought a VI I'd guess there's the 6 and a 1,2,3,4,5 as well.eraser215 wrote:
MTB low to high:
Summit???
Kosciusko
Something else?
Road bike low to high:
Vitesse?
Eclipse?
Jaguar?
Concorde?
Other?
Any information anybody could give me would be much appreciated! I'm hoping to eventually get my hands on one of the higher end road bikes from the same era, but would like to better inform myself while I keep an eye out online and in real life.
Thanks for your help!
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Postby DarrylH » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:36 pm
Number series predated the name series from about the time the bike source shifted from Japan to Taiwan in the early 80s.eraser215 wrote:
MTB low to high:
Summit???
Kosciusko
Something else?
Road bike low to high:
Vitesse?
Eclipse?
Jaguar?
Concorde?
Other?
Any information anybody could give me would be much appreciated! I'm hoping to eventually get my hands on one of the higher end road bikes from the same era, but would like to better inform myself while I keep an eye out online and in real life.
From 93 mag
MTB low to high
Cheetah
Crystal
Montega
Summit
Alpine
Corniche
Aspen
Kosciusko
Himalaya
Matterhorn
Everest
Expert
Team ($3200)!!
Road
Sport
Style
Jaguar
Eclipse
Vitesse(300EX)
Concorde (Exage 400)
Performance (RX100)
Peleton (RX100)
Giro (105sc)
Ultra (Ultegra)
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