Wow what a response, this email list seems full of people willing to help and passionate about their bikes to say the least. Dale- I would be honored if you wanted to use my bike for the website. I am really pumped to hear that my find is something kinda special. I do think I would collect and pamper rather than part out, it just seems like the right thing to do. Do you need better pictures? I wonder, I assume most people on this list are both riders and collectors, is that fair? Do you all still have your first "find"? Chris- thanks for the advice on more basic commuter, I'll give it a look. Robert- Thanks for the pix of your kitching, is yours a cyclassic as well? I didn't know they made different colors of the same type of bike. I did find this add on flickr that appears to have my bike to a tee but it's somewhat hard to see, the #2 bike.
http://www.flickr.com/
Maybe you all can explain NOS to me, I understand it mean new old stock. For a collector/collectable bike, is NOS better than original, or is it just different.
Chas- thanks for the reply, i do think that it's kinda rare, but not super rare, which for me is probably a good thing. I think now I plan to ride it occasionally, but should find another daily bike. (that will probably apply to my serotta as well, but that bike sure fits like a glove) It seems that I will not be able to find out who made the frame, but that's ok, im excited to learn about the parts, speaking of which, how am i supposed to be able to tell what kind of parts, so the campy rally derailleur is easy, but the brakes, they just say campagnolo breve italy? are they nuovo record? (it seems there's a lot of info out there about NR) I kind of enjoy how there are parts from all over the globe, makes it interesting to me
Peter- thanks for the excerpt from the catalogs, might have to look into getting one or two of those. I believe my frame is 531 (at least that's what it says on the fork, does that apply to the whole frame)
Thanks so much for everyone's information; it's been very helpful.
andyrahe
Gahanna, ohio, usa