Wow! I remember when it hit the newsstands. Nice find!
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With vintage Dura-Ace components too.
Carbon bike but still a quill stem, alloy post and fork. Carbon really was an outlier material then.
asz17 on
Pretty sick bike. Has some older standards like the stem and shifters. Dura Ace is nice. and the metal is probably pretty strong compared to today’s. Would be cool to see what modern upgrades can be done: wheel width, shifter and brakes on the bars, etc.
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Kestrel 4000, worlds first full carbon composite bike.
The Kestral! It’s a carbon bike from 1987. This was unobtainium in those days.
[https://villaveloframes.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/quangs-1987-kestrel-4000/](https://villaveloframes.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/quangs-1987-kestrel-4000/)
[https://www.kestrelbicycles.com/](https://www.kestrelbicycles.com/)
[https://pezcyclingnews.com/features/pez-goes-to-the-movies-the-worlds-rarest-bikes/](https://pezcyclingnews.com/features/pez-goes-to-the-movies-the-worlds-rarest-bikes/)
I’ll give you $40
Lucky!
Wow! I remember when it hit the newsstands. Nice find!
With vintage Dura-Ace components too.
Carbon bike but still a quill stem, alloy post and fork. Carbon really was an outlier material then.
Pretty sick bike. Has some older standards like the stem and shifters. Dura Ace is nice. and the metal is probably pretty strong compared to today’s. Would be cool to see what modern upgrades can be done: wheel width, shifter and brakes on the bars, etc.
Are you ducking kidding me
Looks like DA 7400 group on there. Nice find