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cnbky
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a nice archive of the first ww bikes and parts, scroll the index at the very left top where it says
">go to the 43 bikes"

http://www.43bikes.com/vintage-weight-weenie.html

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The Bowden Spacelander

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'You rang MiLady?'

'Yes Parker, bring the Rolls round'

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That thing weights 60 lb. The wheels alone are 10 lb.
I never took drugs to improve my performance at any time. I will be willing to stick my finger into a polygraph test if anyone with big media pull wants to take issue. If you buy a signed poster now it will not be tarnished later. --Graeme Obree

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Yeah, so?
Put some drops on that sucker, it's hella aero.
Downhill race, it's a total winner.
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That site and collection belongs to one of our employees, who by the way happens to be selling off most of his collection.

One of my favorite pieces is this one:

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ticou wrote:'You rang MiLady?' 'Yes Parker, bring the Rolls round'
Ah, Ticou, you must be of mature years to remember that. :D

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by ticou

Aye lad, Steel is as steel dus. The autumn years frame of choice. It's about to show it's metal on those dem cols. Or not.The morning will tell.

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by mtnkid85

What a great page, thanks for posting that up.

Lots of cool drillium!

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prendrefeu wrote:Yeah, so?
Put some drops on that sucker, it's hella aero.
Downhill race, it's a total winner.


That downhill better be straight or it's like moto GP
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madcow wrote:who by the way happens to be selling off most of his collection.


Could I please have his e-mail?

I'm looking for an old school, old's cool build!

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stella-azzurra wrote:The Bowden Spacelander

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GET ONE!!:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=bow ... &_osacat=0

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$42,000 ???

Is that a joke? :lol:

For $42kUS someone could build a CF version of the same thing, lighter, more up-to-date specs and completely custom.
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