Ride Lugged

So here’s the first installment of what will hopefully be a weekly or bi-weekly recurring post of some pictures from Bicycle FIX in frederick, merryland. This weeks post is some shots of bikes that customers have in there to be unbrokened, or otherwise fixed. I’ll try to also include photos of strange occurances, sketchy passerbyers, interesting haircuts, innovatively rigged bikes, cool vintage bits, riding action (illegal at our center), nasty lunch items, shop groupies, overly worn out parts, dangerous bikes, practical jokes, and other noteworthy subjects. If this gains enough momentum and is fun, I’ll start my own blog..which I may do anyway.
Anyway, here’s the pics for this week.
Starting with a favorite of the Bridgestone era….the MB-6. Classic doube-butted Tange chromoly tubing dressed to kill in purple and a soft antique white. Shifting by Suntour and stopping provided by Dia-Compe.

Next up we have a Peugeot PB-oui-oui circa 1971. A civilized way to retrieve a morning croissant and espresso after a night of drug induced protesting in the streets.

Note the accented lugs and the burn off your sidewall generator fueled head light mounted on some tasty shiny fenders. Perfect for freezing a raccoon into a fearful pose before wacking it with the baguette you were retrieving on your evening ride. The fenders are sturdy and wide to prevent any blood from the roadkill to splash up onto your bellbottoms.

By the way, according to the owner, this was THE bike to have for racing in the tour de france in 1972. Uh-huh…..

Moving right along, we have a gem waiting to be mounted into a hilly and revealing setting…
A beauty of a bike, this Colnago stands about 59cm at the seat tube I’d estimate and is wrapped in a sparkly blue paint over a chrome plating that is just waiting to be let loose. Decked out in full Campagnolo group (including seat post!) this bike is a smooth machine. Notice the flamingo wrapped Cinelli handlebars and what has to be the first Cateye computer. It has all the latest features like a calculator and Asteroids. That aside, check it out….

I dig the fork…but the whole bike is hot.

Check out the drivetrain…the rear cassette is a six speed and is tight. No bail-out Megarange gear on this machine. Also note the front ring differences…probably like four tooth or round abouts. I love the chrome chainstay…I’d be tempted to strip the paint off and leave the panels on the chrome frame…and maybe the paint on the lugs too.

It’s in really good shape and is owned by a frequent customer who has been reported to be banned from many of the Bianchi carrying shops in the south central PA area due to rumored high maintenance persona. I’ve talked to him and he was nice and even said, “super-duper” in the course of our conversation. None of this is important, but I think the bike is for sale.

So there you have it. Tune in next week for “Big man, Little bike” pics…
RobQ