Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread

[huggiebear]

i need gear sets (derailer etc) apart from that i think tyres tubes and a nicer seat lol

[Lots of steel bikes]

Just put an Apollo Vitesse for sale in the Market Place.

[Bob_TAS]

This isn't that same bike from earlier on in the thread, is it?

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/new-town/bicycles/reconditioned-apollo-road-bike/1017420316

[Kermit TF]

i need gear sets (derailer etc) apart from that i think tyres tubes and a nicer seat lol

Huggiebear, I rummaged around the shed, I only have some garbage deraileurs which arent worth the post , I recently bought a new shimano tiagra rear deraileur for $55 that was on a web special....cant fault it for the price and it looks retro-ish.

[huggiebear]

cheers, i found a set on ebay for roughly that price. used but they look brand new. apparently were stored since the bike was almost new. might buy them.

[Kermit TF]

Just bought an apollo V that was on gumtree and in melbourne....it was listed for a half a day and under priced, cant believe the locals missed it it will be heading up my way in a weeks time. I 'll post some pics after it arrives. Woohoooo

[whatsinaname]

3 of my projects in vaying states of play
Tip shop as a frame only


20inch

kuwahara frame i believe

[Dan]

Tip shop as a frame only

Like the blue connectors. Very TRON. Dislike the hacked off hanger (unless of course it had one of those godforsaken bolt-on derailleurs). Clearances like that deserve guards, racks and randonneurs and long roadtrips with chianti in the panniers. But, as you said in the Peugeot thread, they're hardly special frames, and being converted is infinitely preferable to it being chucked in landfill. All risers though - curious. Not a fan of drops?

[rkelsen]

Dislike the hacked off hanger

It's a stamped dropout. High chance it had a bolt-on. Either way, who cares. He saved it from the tip, and make it look cool!

[Dan]

Dislike the hacked off hanger

It's a stamped dropout. High chance it had a bolt-on. Either way, who cares. He saved it from the tip, and make it look cool!

Selective quotation ftw

[rkelsen]

Selective quotation ftw

Wife taught me!

[Dan]

Selective quotation ftw

Wife taught me!

You should see some of the carp my students pull.

[Ranga Tang]

I took my old Apollo V out for a roll with the kids on the cycleway today. I only use it at low speed, or on the mag trainer, because I'm scared of it exploding into a million pieces, and me with it, due to its age and condition.

Feels heaps different to riding the BH and it is curious watching the front wheel tracing out a lazy "S" .... Lol!

Bring a whole new meaning to "warp" speed!!

[Kermit TF]

Selective quotation ftw

Wife taught me!

Umm....dare I ask, is it "for the wife" ? Or.....something else the wife , or am I way off !
Oh, yes, kudos for rescuing the apollos, Ive rescued 1/2 dozen now..

Ranga tang, we need to see a pic of the mighty V

[bychosis]

Picked up an Apollo Concordeon Wednesday, wasn't sure if it was good value at the time. It's a cr-mo frame with RSX, so figured it can't be a bad bike. I have dated two parts of the groupset to 95. Pics to come.

[Rob74]

This Apollo Concorde 1990ish is very similar to the Apollo Team
Is the Concorde frame Tange no stickers evident?? (Appears to have CroMo on the circular sticker on the fork).
=>> The Apollo Concorde appears to be a slightly lower and earlier component spec with slacker angle on seat tube (more clearance between rear tyre & seat tube) than the Apollo Team.

Team = 580 TT, 625 ST, 865 Standover Height, 260 BBH, 1020 FAxle to RAxle.
The sticker on the frame just says CrMo Race Geometry, wheel base is 1020 so not super short.
Bike is black with uncrown ugliness & looks very similar to the Concorde above BUT has no mudguard mounts on fork tips or rack mounts on the rear frame tips + has rear drop out adjuster screws. The Apollo and Team stickers are poxy mozaic of fluro pink, fluro green and fluro blue. Spec is full Shimano 105 with dual pivot brakes so thinking 1992ish as opposed to the Concorde at 1990ish

Anyone know if the Apollo Team frame was "019"?
Anyone have a 1990-1992 Cat scan they are willing to trade that shows the Apollo Team?

Rob

[munga]

http://www.ozbmx.com.au/index.php?showtopic=43721

might be worth some digging if you want decals.

[huggiebear]

except no one replies and the guy ordering them is no longer a user

[munga]

i saw your post. did you contact any of the other posters in that thread? maybe they can get in touch with the person who was doing the decals.

[huggiebear]

i tried but no one replied.

[ldrcycles]

If the jpgs on that thread are what you're after (note the font of 'mk' is different on those to the road bikes), then just take said jpg to your local signwriter and they should be able to bang out a set for you.

I've been meaning for some time to arrange Apollo decals (among others) with my local signwriter who has done a few for me in the past. If you don't get anywhere with the people on the bmx forum i'll look at starting a similar thread on here and get something underway.

[Kermit TF]

It looks like the website that made the decals has been locked.. The girl that made them up was very good at artwork.
Ive used a local signwritter in Canberra to reproduce the 1979-1984 decals, not too bad, but jeeeez hes slooooow
I contacted Cyclomondo last week and he asked me if I had any artwork to pass on for Apollos, I suppose I have some leftover decals I could give him..
The apollo decals (jpeg file) from Lix are very good, but I feel Id be breaching her copyright if I passed them on, do you guys agree ?

[ldrcycles]

Well if it's not possible to contact her, and if you were not seeking to make a profit in the process of getting decals made up, I don't see an issue.

If there's anyone who would have a legitimate reason to do anything, it would be Apollo themselves, and from their response to a query I sent a year or two ago, they don't seem to care.

[Dimitrizee]

If anyone needs some parts for an 1986ish Apollo II, a bike shop near my work that deals with second hand bikes is about to dismantle one; was a shame as the paintwork on it was near mint but the cracks in the frame near the headtube really spoiled it! Was a nice blue/white scheme. Sugino cranks, Diacompe brakes, 27" alloy Arayas etc...

[bychosis]

Not sure if this is old enough for retro biking... Bt its steel so its real. Mid 90s Concorde. Ridden to work this morning after repairing the brifters and switching the wheel set to something with non hardened tyres.