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Repco Victory Tri-a
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Postby europa » Thu May 31, 2007 11:11 pm
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Postby wombatoutofhell » Thu May 31, 2007 11:23 pm
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... L:RTQ:AU:1
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Postby wombatoutofhell » Thu May 31, 2007 11:37 pm
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Postby mikesbytes » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:55 am
Theres not enough detail to tell exactly, but it looks a lot older to me.
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Postby LuckyPierre » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:19 am
Depending on the condition of your Malvern Star, it might be worth looking at further. I'd ask the seller another question - along the lines 'Can you tell me what model the cranks and derailleurs are?' Asking 'How many sprockets are there in the rear cluster?' might be a bit too pointed!
If you are Melbourne based and could pick it up, then it's probably
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Postby uMP2k » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:57 am
I remember this model from a long, long time ago around 1990ish I would say. It was the the model above the superlight I think although my memory is a bit dim on that. I do recall that it had the Tange Infinity frame and forks which if fairly good quality cro-mo tubing - better than plain 4130 double butted tubing. As for components I seem to recall that it was 14speed Shimano 105, but might be wrong . I think the rims are probably araya 700c which are clones of the then current Mavic rims.
One point about the ebay ad is that I see it says 24 speed which would mean 8 cogs at the back and a triple chainring at the front, but the picture does not look like a triple to me. So it is probably 16speed.
Depending on what your current bike is it might make a cheap upgrade
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Postby stryker84 » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:32 pm
a few discouragements for me is there's no sizing nor quality besides "very good" "won lot's of races", plus he's typo'd shmano & speedd ... means i'd have to make a trip there to sticky/ride it, and but tis exam perios atm, so no can do right now...
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Postby stryker84 » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:48 pm
Interesting you say that... I've kinda picked up a subconscious suspicion of all Repco bikes, this probably since I'm new to the cycling game, and seen waaaaay too many shonky Repco branded K-Mart bikes, which seem to be the only recent stuff they put out nowadays... musta been a good brand once though, with all the stories I hear about Superlites, and seen some sturdy ol Repcos on the streets... sigh...europa wrote:Repco have brought in some really good bikes AND some really cheap ones.
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Postby uMP2k » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:58 pm
Indeed some of the rebadged Nishikis (which include the superlight, the victory tri-a and my very own "old yellow" which is/was a Repco Nishiki) were very fine machines. Tange tubing, particularly the higher spec tubing, was comparable to anything else on the market at the time.europa wrote:Back in the eighties, Repco were rebadging Nishikis which were the top Japanese factory at the time.
But yeah, I too have seen the horrible K-mart specials, also wearing the Repco brand.
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My 2c
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Postby wombatoutofhell » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:22 am
It would be an upgrade from my bike which was basically pulled from a rubbish heap and fixed with parts from the same source! Nice to ride tho-even with steel rims, lousy seat and rather average brakes!
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Postby Mulger bill » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:40 am
Looks OK doesn't it, but PINK brake cables and decals, it's either one for the ladies or it's off to Qld.stryker84 wrote:minor hijack, was Tri-A like a series or something? I just found this on ebay, apparently a Eurosport Tri-A ? same thing? or a completely different model? is it one of the "good" Repcos?
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Postby uMP2k » Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:14 am
I think all the Repco bike from around that time were rebadged Nishikis.mikesbytes wrote:Is my Repco superlite a Nishikis?
If you are talking about me - then you are right!Mulger bill wrote:Getting the feeling there's a Repco owner out there pining for their lost love.
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Postby europa » Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:42 am
I'm pretty sure all of them were. I had two Nishikis from a short period when Nishiki decided to sell them here under their own name - well, that was the story given but the winks and nudges from the bike shop suggested that there might have been contractural differences between Repco and Nishiki at the time. Whatever the reason, Nishiki didn't stay on the open market for long.uMP2k wrote:I think all the Repco bike from around that time were rebadged Nishikis.mikesbytes wrote:Is my Repco superlite a Nishikis?
If you are talking about me - then you are right!Mulger bill wrote:Getting the feeling there's a Repco owner out there pining for their lost love.
My 2c
I bought my first Nishiki (21" frame) but it took a day or so to realise that having the seat tube that far out of the frame wasn't a good idea (would have been considered normal nowadays but not back then) so the shop swapped my running gear onto the next size up ... a 25" frame. That was oversized and about 6 months later, I found the Europa and traded the Nishiki in on that. I always thought the Europa was a 23" frame but recent measurments assure me she's a 25", so the frame was probably the same size and probably the same frame under the paint (Europa were selling rebadged Nishikis at the time), but the components were a good step up (Ofmega groupset, Ambrosia wheels, oversized alloy bars of some Italian brand).
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