Old school kit

53/39alltheway
53/39alltheway Posts: 44
edited January 2015 in Road general
Was having a chat this lunch time with a few roadies of similar age (early 40's) and as ever the subject of kit/equipment cropped up and we reminisced about stuff from back in the day, this is the list we came up with.

Giro Ventoux helmet (the first helmet that actually looked the part).
Avocet computer with wired sensor.
Decente and Alexa clothing.
Carnac Diagonal shoes (awesome).
Turbomatic 2 saddle.
Time Equipe magnesium pedals.
PSP 22 (now SIS energy drink)
Michelin Supercomp HD clincher tyres.
Vista light 10w Halogen bike light with mahoosive battery pack.

Anymore classic stuff anyone?
Trek SLR 1500 Ultegra 9 spd
Team Raleigh Dura Ace 7900
Scott Foil Team Issue Dura Ace 9000

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  • blackpoolkev
    blackpoolkev Posts: 474
    Raleigh Chipper?
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Oakley Pilots !
    Those crocheted mitts with ovals in the back.
    Shorts with real chamois in.
    Tights made of wool.
    I had the original look pedals and they're still on one of my bikes. Must be almost 30 years old ?
  • bikes`n`guns
    bikes`n`guns Posts: 959
    Alexa kit was excellent stuff. I still have a flouro thermal top, it`s too warm to wear anything under it :)

    Well set up SIS.
    Specialised BG saddles.
    Briko sprinters (still using em now)
    Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently
  • sheffsimon
    sheffsimon Posts: 1,282
    Bikes`n`guns wrote:
    Alexa kit was excellent stuff. I still have a flouro thermal top, it`s too warm to wear anything under it :)

    Well set up SIS.
    Specialised BG saddles.
    Briko sprinters (still using em now)

    +1 for the Alexa flouro top :) got the same, and some Alexa thermal bib tights..very toasty combo. Better than the woollen tights I had before that.

    I used to race on Specialized Turbo S and Turbo R tyres for a time in the late 80's
  • crankycrank
    crankycrank Posts: 1,830
    Silca & Zefal HPX frame pumps.
  • RDW
    RDW Posts: 1,900
    'Grab-on' foam grips (instead of bar tape) and Shimano Biopace chainrings used to feature heavily in the FreeWheel catalogue (remember that?). Weinmann brakes and Simplex or Huret mechs seemed to be the budget components of choice before Shimano became ubiquitous.
  • ravenvrider
    ravenvrider Posts: 198
    A mixed bag showing my roots;

    Oakley pilots (white)
    Girvin flexstem
    First Camalbaks
    Specialized 1.5 hardpack

    Lace up shoes and toe straps
    Early fully record-able polar hrms...i had a polar accurex in the early 90s.
  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    Suntour - had a lovely Superbe Pro rear mech once.
    Modolo - brakes and bars/stems as well, I think.
    E-stay mountain bikes (Fisher and Alpinestars)
    +1 for woolly tights. In fact my first shorts were that woolly stuff, but not like the tights that looked like your Mam had knitted them.
    Scott DH handlebars.
    Hutchinson 20c slicks.
  • rc856
    rc856 Posts: 1,144
    :D
    As a young lad I was so excited when I got my Avocet, in blue!
    Same for getting my Oakley Razorblades(?) and I loved the first Time pedals and the white and red Time shoes I had a la Delgado in the late 80's.

    Happy days!
  • whoof
    whoof Posts: 756
    I had a pair of wooly tights held up with braces bought from a gentlemans' taylors.
    Lace up shoes that looked like they belonged to Fausto Coppi.
    Everready bike lights
    http://simple-living-in-suffolk.co.uk/w ... tiders.jpg
    Proflex stem (included bits of rubber off a skateboard for suspension)
    Campag Delta brakes, looked futuristic if in the future breaks didn't work properly.

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