How old is your bike?

[Biciclista]

This is my old bike, it's a 1980's something Raleigh. It has a new saddle now. (not shown) It's the Mixtie that East Hill gave me. I also have a 2002 Raleigh and my 2007 custom Davidson.

[GLC1968]

Terry Madeleine.

Heh - I was guessing that was a Madeleine in your photo, but it was too small to tell for sure!

My road bike is a 2005 Terry Isis in a very similiar paint scheme. My commuter is a 2004 Terry Classic and it's also got the smaller front wheel. I love my Terry bikes!

[Heifzilla]

According to Schwinn catalogs I found online, the World Sport came in "Charcoal" in both '85 and '86. It looks like the way tell the year is by the components: 85's have an SR crank and Sun Tour shifters/derailleurs while 86's have a Sugino crank and Shimano shifters/derailleurs.

DH just got back from his trip and pulled his bike down, he's got the Suntour shifters and SR crank. So, an '85 it is not an '86 like I thought. I wonder if the '85's were the pink lettering and the '86's were the yellow.

[Vireo]

My sometimes commuter is circa 1988. It was originally built with downtube shifters then I put STI's on it and now it is back to downtube shifters. Rest of the pics are here

[Irulan]

but it's in my brother's basement waiting for reinvention as a single speed.

what's the holdup?

[ZenSojourner]

My sometimes commuter is circa 1988. It was originally built with downtube shifters then I put STI's on it and now it is back to downtube shifters.

Why the switch back?

When I first got my Madeleine, it took me forever (it seemed) to get used to the new style of shifters.

But when I tried to ride my old bike after awhile, I felt very unsafe trying to use the downtube shifters.

Hmmmm, I wonder if I still remember how to shift the new shifters, having now been OFF the bike longer than I was on it . . .

[Geonz]

I thought I would have trouble adjusting to a coaster brake... but it's when I get back on the handbrakes that I do those funny things with my feet automatically. (However, I still might *put* front brakes on the Schwinn if I'm going to commute much with it. It doesn't stop as well.)

[ClockworkOrange]

I thought nobody would post on this thread, wow, you sure have some super bikes, I know nothing at all about bikes really, let alone road bikes but I so love it when people have something a little bit older and so much love and attention is lavished on them.

It was good reading all about the different bikes and makes I have never heard of, I so loved the photographs too.

Clock

[Heifzilla]

I thought nobody would post on this thread, wow, you sure have some super bikes, I know nothing at all about bikes really, let alone road bikes but I so love it when people have something a little bit older and so much love and attention is lavished on them.

It was good reading all about the different bikes and makes I have never heard of, I so loved the photographs too.

Clock

We love our bikes and love to show them off, too

[SnappyPix]

My bike's 3 weeks old.
(See shameless "proud mommy" pics in "My new ride's arrived" thread).

I'm like a kid with a new toy and so loving being back in the saddle.

[Heifzilla]

My sometimes commuter is circa 1988. It was originally built with downtube shifters then I put STI's on it and now it is back to downtube shifters. Rest of the pics are here

Vireo, where did you get the purple headset? It never occurred to me that I could change them out, but I guess that makes sense. I just have plain jane black right now.

[ZenSojourner]

My road bike is a 2005 Terry Isis in a very similiar paint scheme. My commuter is a 2004 Terry Classic and it's also got the smaller front wheel. I love my Terry bikes!

I think the Classic was very similar to the Madeleine but I don't have the specs to tell for sure.

Hmmm, let me check Sheldon Brown's website, he has some old Terry info . . .

Yup, he's got some 2001 info. The geometry looks about the same, I can't tell if the Classic was geared as low as the Madeleine but at least it's a triple. The Classic is CrMoly, my Madeleine is aluminum. The Madeleine has drop bars, it looks like the Classic had flat bars, mt. bike style.

At least for 2001. Since yours is a 2004, it's only 2 years older than mine and the components may be more alike than they are different by then. I'm not sure why they changed the name of the bike, they look so similar.

Interesting, he doesn't have any info up about the 2009 models. Looks like it stops at 2007. I hope they haven't dropped the Terry's, Sheldon's been a long time Terry supporter.

[GLC1968]

Yeah, I converted my classic to drops and did a few other changes so that it basically matches my road bike geometry. It's heavy, but still rides wonderfully. Actually, it's not all *that* heavy for steel...but with panniers, it feels like a smooth tank.

My guess is that Sheldon's site probably hasn't been updated with new Terry info because of his illness and then death. Harris Cyclery is still listed as a dealer on the Terry site, so I'm sure they still carry them. Though, I had to buy mine online - no dealers within 500 miles of me back when I bought it.

[tulip]

what's the holdup?

hmmm, let's see, where's that list?

kitchen (still not done!)
kitchen garden
herb garden
perennial border
fence
roof
update electrical in rest of the house (met an electrician I like today)
paint exterior of house
kayak
learn Spanish
re-learn cello
re-learn mandolin
polish shoes
iron
file that big box of papers...

[tantrumbean]

The mountain bike is a toddler at about 2 1/2, and the road bike is still a proper baby at only a few months old...