This is CJ from Palm Harbor, FL. I am a newbie here that is really enjoying the site so far.
I'm a merchant mariner by trade by a procyclist in my mind like so manmy of us out here, LOL! I have to get Phil Ligget to stop announcing my name as I ride, especially since I am the only one that can hear it!
39 y.o., male on the verge of 40 in December (yep now you have to send me a card dang-nabbit!). New Jersey by birth, Floridian by Lat./Lon. Wannabe personal trainer. Lover of hiking: Completer of 37 of the 50 state high points & all of the Catskill 3500 Club requirements. I dig National Parks, sunsets, friendly animals and a decent cup of peppermint tea. I am free of caffiene (including chocolate), alcohol, drugs & red meat.
On the serious side (which I seldom am), I am also enjoying a rebuild project. My current one is a 1989 Kestrel 4000 (Gray Graphics). My restoration goal is to have the completed bike EXACTLY as it was when it rolled out of B&L BIke & Sport in Kailua Kona Hawaii on May 9, 1989.
HELP!!! I am struggling to find several items.
170 mm Shimano Sante Cranks
1" Shimano Sante Headset
1 Mavic Open 4 CD rim - 36 hole
Hoshi Spokes (I have been told that the length I need is 280mm)
The pedals: What was originally on the bike was a pair of LOOK pedals, but I need help here with the model # or name. They were white with a red "hinge (White lettering on the hinge)" & plastic end cap... Oh! I think they were called P166. Does that sound familiar to anyone? ALL Items sought need to be MINT, N.O.S.
Well that should tell you what type of person I am, but why would I want to build this bike?
It was built by B&L Bike & Sport owner & Ironman Bike Director Nick Rott who was killed while on a training ride on the Big Island of Hawaii in August of 1994 (I didn't find out until November because I had moved back to the east coast). He & I were good friends and when I found out about his death I immediately retired the bike. There isn't a day that goes by that somehow I don't think about him or use something that he sold me. From Bike Cases to Wheel Safes to nearly ALL of my shop tools. I have owned three Kestrels in my 20 years of triathlons & cycling and even my back up bikes were from his shop.
Now, I am rebuilding the Kestrel 4000... Actually for the past 8 years I have been rebuilding it. Thanks to Ebay and Vecchio's Bicicletteria of Boulder, CO things have really begun to take shape. Perhaps someone out there could help me out a bit more. I have a complete parts list (with both what I have and what I need) that I can send out if interested. Let me know. Be Safe! - CJ
I'm a merchant mariner by trade by a procyclist in my mind like so manmy of us out here, LOL! I have to get Phil Ligget to stop announcing my name as I ride, especially since I am the only one that can hear it!
39 y.o., male on the verge of 40 in December (yep now you have to send me a card dang-nabbit!). New Jersey by birth, Floridian by Lat./Lon. Wannabe personal trainer. Lover of hiking: Completer of 37 of the 50 state high points & all of the Catskill 3500 Club requirements. I dig National Parks, sunsets, friendly animals and a decent cup of peppermint tea. I am free of caffiene (including chocolate), alcohol, drugs & red meat.
On the serious side (which I seldom am), I am also enjoying a rebuild project. My current one is a 1989 Kestrel 4000 (Gray Graphics). My restoration goal is to have the completed bike EXACTLY as it was when it rolled out of B&L BIke & Sport in Kailua Kona Hawaii on May 9, 1989.
HELP!!! I am struggling to find several items.
170 mm Shimano Sante Cranks
1" Shimano Sante Headset
1 Mavic Open 4 CD rim - 36 hole
Hoshi Spokes (I have been told that the length I need is 280mm)
The pedals: What was originally on the bike was a pair of LOOK pedals, but I need help here with the model # or name. They were white with a red "hinge (White lettering on the hinge)" & plastic end cap... Oh! I think they were called P166. Does that sound familiar to anyone? ALL Items sought need to be MINT, N.O.S.
Well that should tell you what type of person I am, but why would I want to build this bike?
It was built by B&L Bike & Sport owner & Ironman Bike Director Nick Rott who was killed while on a training ride on the Big Island of Hawaii in August of 1994 (I didn't find out until November because I had moved back to the east coast). He & I were good friends and when I found out about his death I immediately retired the bike. There isn't a day that goes by that somehow I don't think about him or use something that he sold me. From Bike Cases to Wheel Safes to nearly ALL of my shop tools. I have owned three Kestrels in my 20 years of triathlons & cycling and even my back up bikes were from his shop.
Now, I am rebuilding the Kestrel 4000... Actually for the past 8 years I have been rebuilding it. Thanks to Ebay and Vecchio's Bicicletteria of Boulder, CO things have really begun to take shape. Perhaps someone out there could help me out a bit more. I have a complete parts list (with both what I have and what I need) that I can send out if interested. Let me know. Be Safe! - CJ
