Check out my collection of bicycles from around the world. All bikes are from 1971 thru 89. Plus a few moderns. 40 bikes in all. Check out my newer videos to see even more !! Thanks for watching #bikelover #bikelife #bikes
Love your content. The " Death Fork". I had a Lambert / Viscount in the 70s. Did two century rides with that bike & lived to tell about it. I learned about the " Death Fork" after I sold the bike.
There were different forks. Different versions. The newest ones were best. Of course. Some say the defect was overblown. So would disagree. Who knows. Glad you live through it lol
Wow, I recently started collecting vintage road bikes and when I got to my 4th I thought I was overdoing it. After Watching your video, it proved me I was wrong. Great bike cave and beautiful collection.
The bike cave is still looking good! I think I like the Jack Taylor most, partly because it's such a novel bike. The Moots is a great bike too! It's hard not to love such a great hand built bike, especially when it is so tolerant of general abuse.
That’s a man cave to be seriously proud of John. Most of us can only dream about having such a great bike room and collection, well done. Really looking forward to seeing your new layout, I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be pretty spectacular 👍🏼 Have a Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year, let’s hope it’s a lot better than 2020 🥴😁
I think it's pronounced gaer chotti. But I'm not an expert. Cool CIÖC bike! You know they made the top Concorde bikes for the PDM team (Theunisse, Rooks, Kelly).
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage not sure I have a favorite, they are so different. To give you an idea, I have a 2018 Tommasini tecno build with full campy, a 1982 Marinoni build half campy and shimano, and a 1999 Litespeed mountain bike. Thanks for responding 👍
I have a Serotta Legend titanium, with the iridescent paint. Odd combination of components - Campy Chorus derailleurs, I upgraded the 9spd shifters to 10 spd, Dura Ace octalink crankset, Thompson seatpost, Bontrager speed limit brakes, 11 spd Dura Ace chain, Selle San Marco HPD saddle, speedplay pedals, Ritchey WCS stem, Bontrager bars, Campy Eurus wheels
There's a very fine line between the two. A hoarder has no standards. Will take anything because it has two wheels. A collector looks for a particular bikes and displays them. Lol
Amazing! Truly beautiful collection, brother. Boring? Gosh no! My jaw dropped the whole video. Bikes we share: both world voyageurs(nice bikes) and Super Sports. Love your Paramount, Superior and Volare! No Sports Tourers?
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage I have some connections if you know what size/color you might want. I gravitate to the one year colors. ST's are sweet riders!
Nice collection. I was curious about the Pro Miyata, is that a Japanese or American brand ? Here in Holland we have a brand called Koga Miyata, Koga stands for Koos Gaastra, the founder of the company in 1975. They use(d) the Miyata tubes as well, Koga Miyata is considered a high end brand in the Netherlands, I have a road bike from 1998 and a touring bike from the early 2000’s, great looking (and riding) bikes.All their yearly sales brochures are online, you want to check it out, it’s neat. Cheers.
Your collection is so cool. I bleed Schwinn and I am starting over with my collection. My prize and daily rider is my 1986 Schwinn Paramount in Pearl yellow and matching frame pump. Restrooms with SRAM Force, zipp wheels and a ritchey finishing kit. Knick name on this bike is “butter” because it’s the smoothest road bike I have ever ridden. My Holy Grail Schwinn road bikes are a 22” orange Schwinn Superior, another Voyageur SP, and a 70’s Paramount. I will send you pics of my Black Phantom Tandem and my Paramount. I am looking for a doaner bike to restore my 1982 Voyageur 11.8, 23” in chrome, I just have frame, fork, stem and seatpost.
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage have you ever heard of a Schwinn Passage ? Columbus tubed and mine is grey. I am not sure if made in Japan or here in USA.
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage yes I looked them up on line,, only see in blue, could not find a grey one. It was original and very good condition when I found it . A collector had it .. I did upgrade all the wheels and some componants. I have been using it as a commuter , maybe do some touring . PS do you have any idea what year was made?
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage John, thank you very much. I took a first look, think it is " Pearl Orange". I 'm going to read the catalogue, because you made me curious about " Schwinn", which I had not heard of so far.
How can such a beautiful titanium bicycle be sacrilegious? I never heard of the Viscount as having a death-fork. I remember the recall. Cast aluminum was a bad idea.
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage In 2011, I pirchased 1992 Serotta Colorado with original Dura Ace - STI. The teenagers hated that bike. I had "wasted" my money, when I could have gotten an entery lever carbon Trek... You can never make everyone happy. But I'm still riding that bike. The components had to be replaced...
Hi John, I see you have a Pro MIYATA about the same vintage as my Pro Aero. Unfortunately many of the original parts for mine have been lost over the ages since I bought it new in 1983-4. Just a question and your personal opinion, would you think it practical, prudent, smart, feasible to attempt to get it back to near original condition. This would include original paint colors and decals ( though I have never seen a set of Pro Aero Decals) or just enjoy it as it is, a 37 year go-to rider that is fun as hell but with Suntour Bar Ends ( tricked out by me.. no rubber covers, filed and buffed and polished raw aluminum) and unidentifiable.....Nice collection. Thanks for the tour.
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage I bought it new. It had the Aero Water Bottle, Aero Shimano ( extremely dangerous) brakes and it was one of the first bikes with "areo" brake levers, handle bar wrapped. I was involved in a motorcycle crash unable to ride anything for some time. A couple years later I loaned the bike to my brother.. it came back a year later rough. Lots of paint chips, dropped a few times. Decals all scarfed. Filthy. Not considering this bike to be the same quality as my other bikes around 1987 I decided to clean it up and repaint it. First thing to go were the decals. Next was to have it repainted and the some braze-ons added. Then the Miyata Blue Cinelli sloping crown style forks were sent off to Browns in Kentucky to be chromed. After 30 plus years the chrome looks new. The bike was originally equipped with Suntour Superbe Pro hubs, I do not recall what rims were there but the wheels complete ended up on a UNIVEGA which found a home in Fallon Nevada. Front and rear derailleurs are still the original Suntour Superb. The bars and stem are original. The seat post is original, the seat might be. The "Aero" pump is gone. It now has Suntour Superb Brakes and levers. It has Suntour Superbe Bar Ends highly reshaped and polished ( robber covers gone). It currently has MAVIC rims and Campy hubs which I will remove and reassign to my SOMEC where they originated. This bike is one hell f a good rider, It has taken me thousand sof miles over the yearts. I lived on top of Mt Veeder overlooking Napa Calif and road 6 days a week a minimum of 10 miles p-er day, longer on Saturday. I used to chase the 7-11 team when they were training there. I may have the original (ridiculously small and tight) foot pedals. The brakes may be on the shelf of a local bike store, but they are guaranteed suicide. To be close to original it would need to be repainted, I would prefer not painting the forks.grind off the braze-ons which I would prefer not doing, refit most of the original parts, oh and it had AERO Mitey crank and chain wheels, they went with the UNIVEGA. This might be an impossible task to get it original but could be gooten close. I do have the original down tube shifters. I now that Miyata Pro decals have been available on E bay but I have never seen the Aero Pro decals anywhere. That would be a problem. By the way there were two versions of the AERO pro, one with an "aero" seat tube and one without , mine is without. However the tubes form the seat to the rear hub are the bladed ones and the forks even though with the Cinelli crown are also bladed. Mine apparently is the least known of them. I have never seen another like it. I'll check the bottom bracket and get the serial number. As you can see a decision to restore is a big one and a challenge and questionable as to being prudent or viable. I did the original mods for reasons valid way back when, if it was original today I would not modify it. When the bike was repainted.. I had it faced chased an aligned. Also not sure what bottom bracket is in there and not certain of the crank and chain rings.. the bike is in storage .. I'll take a look tomorrow.
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage I am familiar with the AERO and mine is different. Mine was labelled Aero Pro or Pro Aero. It had Aero brakes and levers, aero bladed forks and rear seat stays, Aero water bottle and air pump, Aero Mitey Crank, Aero pedals, and aero seat post which is still on it. . The other Aero had the seat tube teardropped (streamlined) , mine does not. No one, including me, has ever seen one like mine. I am familiar with the Pro, the Team, the Aero and mine. But my familiarity is confined to mine alone. My wife was with me when I bought it at a bike shop, a Miyata dealer, in Santa Cruz Ca in 1984, It was in the window and 2 years old and never sold according to the dealer. It had all the original tags and manufacturers invoice etc.. It was around $700 -800 USD at the time. I recall the complete experience as I was in a left arm cast and right shoulder cast. Road tested it up and down the street and could not use the brakes so was stopped with the assistance of my wife and the dealer. The later repaint was done through a bike shop in Cupertino. It was a fiasco. They had just started a frame building and paint shop. They lost my bike, took over six months to find it and it was not painted according to my instructions. And they did not replace the decals as instructed. The paint job was to be $400. Because of their bafoonery and (lying), personnel changes and general incompetence, they reduced the price to $200. The frame was faced, chased and aligned by a tech in Marin. I have a very clear memory of this bike from day 1. I have scoured all the available material to include ad copies for 1981-85 on the Pro, Aero and Team Miyatas.. none showed mine. The bike is currently an excellent rider , needing nothing mechanically and shows signs of a well ridden bike with a few rock chips and the occasional scratch. The brake bridges front and rear are so close to the wheel 23s are the largest you can get in there. I just took off an old set of Conti 20s yes 20s. Certainly is a mystery to me. I have owned well over 50 bikes, possibly more and usually have a pretty good fix on what is what. No matter the perceived current monetary value.. it has other attributes such as "charm" and mystery. It may not be economically viable to try to get it back to original because of the scarcity of parts, but I have enough stuff to get it all period Japanese and hesitate only because of the effort..as I am otherwise occupied most of the time. jjhildrethstudios.com Thanks for the interest. I would be curious if you have more information beyond what I know.
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage Definitely not a KOGA. I am very familiar with those and been down that rabbit hole. Considering purchased new at a MIYATA dealer in California and my bike is in all respects a combination of a Pro and an AERO, features from both right from new. A friend owns a bike shop in Monterey, been in the biz over 50 years. He saw the bike new. He has never seen another. I wish it was in original condition or I had a photo as I do of most of my bikes. A true mystery.
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage I have seen the site before in my research . The closest was the May 1, entry of the Aero.. but still, not the same. Mine had "AERO Mitey" Cranks, and the brakes in the photo are not the are not the AERO brakes that were on mine. .. Mine has Suntour Superbe dropouts, chromed from the factory. The stays from the seat to the rear hub on mine are "blades" as is the fork. I'll get the serial number tomorrow and post it. Maybe that will help. Thanks for the info and interest.
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage And AERO Mitey Crank etc. Did the PRO have "bladed" rear seat to hub stays and a thin bladed front fork? And the Aero water bottle. Did the Pro have Suntour drop outs ? And Aero pedals?
I've heard that pronunciation. Everyone says I'm doing it wrong. And at the same time I hear four other people insisting their right and they're all different LOL
