Anyone here know the value of a vintage "Pierce" track bike?

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Pierce vintage bike. Company in Angola, NY. Track bike with wooden rims and seatpost with L- arm.

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In today's news, I've redone my Fondriest once again into a light gravel / cx bike. This was an early 2000's frame that was made for 700x23c. It could barely fit a 25.

I replaced the front fork with a CX fork and now have a 38c on the front.
For the rear, I ground out the upper carbon seatstay fork and it now fits a 30c. I will probably grind it more and carbon fiber relaminate the rear fork/rear brake area to take a 32. That's about all the lower chainstay will handle.

It's a lot of work to make something that won't work as well as a new gravel bike, but wth? It's a fun process!
But who cares... Time to watch Space X! :D:D:D

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More pics from my project. This could go under the "what are you eff'in up today " thread. Anyhows..... I relocated the brake hole upwards and ground the heck out of the carbon. The 23c now fits a 32c. This week some carbon fiber comes in the mail and I will relaminate my surgery. That didn't prevent me from riding today as is. The bike works great!:D

[QUOTE=CurtEgerer;12372870]I was hoping that it was some special bike built for a racer .... but no joy there. He said he built it for a local woman as a "general purpose sport bike, but quite light for the day". I've been looking at Suntour Superbe and/or Cyclone parts just to have something different. Dang, the prices have skyrocketed on that stuff. More than Campy it seems. I think everybody treated Campy like Rolex so there's lots of it left but old Shimano & Suntour was thrown in the trash.


My first real race bike had Suntour Superbe due to lack of funds for Campy. Rode the hell out of it and it shifted great. This was around 84. Suntour made great components back then. Now thinking about it, it was as good or better then Campy. I still have that bike but it has Super Record on it now for oldtime sake. Look for some MKS track pedals. All the hot dog racers rode them due to it being super light, no quill for better corner clearance. That or Cut the quill off the campy pedals. Will you have clips and straps or clipless on this?

My Merlin Ti frame is a Tom Kellogg built frame. He makes a nice product.

Nuts. I am always afraid it will comprise the integrity of the carbon rear triangle especially on the brake bridge. I'm interested in the long term reliability. Let us know.

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Ha! :D Whaat??? This brake bridge isn't stable?:D:D:D


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I'm planning on a two part process - One, insert a straw over the a dummy brake bolt which will preserve the brake hole, and pack the internals with CF. This will effectively give a new solid brake mount. After that cures, I reshape, and wrap the whole thing from the outside with good compression to give some real strength. sand and clear coat.

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I planned on mixing CF today, but the epoxy is out in the garage and too cold to use.

^^^ I'm sure everything will work out. What could go wrong? :D :D

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Realistically, carbon is repairable so, done correctly, it shouldn't be a problem.

There is a guy here in Florida who goes by The Frame Doctor, he does amazing work on damaged carbon fiber frames, he has also built a fair amount very nice Porsche parts, including for the Brumos race cars.
This was his personal 914-6, he built.
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Back on topic, this was hard to beat as the coolest bike on the block (sadly, not one of mine)
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^ That's sick! :)
In tonight's news, part one of the Fondriest splice is done. I have rebuilt the brake holes. Solid as a rock. This weekend, I wrap the outside of the seatubes for good luck.

In another surprizzze announcement, my chinese drop bar gravel/mtb frame came in the mail right ahead of some potential sanctions! I have adequate parts to build right up. My local bike store tossed some dura ace 7800 brifters into their trash can, which I grabbed and rehabilitated, and my fugly praying mantis build will be built off of my laying around the house extrees!
This will create a light duty Fondreist / and heavy duty Xi express gravel bike. My Diverge will be medium duty.

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Front suspension? This is how they compete with the link suspension on the 'Krates? By calling a fork, fender and wheel "suspension"?

No wonder Huffy wasn't a real player. Were the executives so clueless to let copy like this actually make it to print?
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I've been following this thread since you guys started it, but have yet to chime in. You guys have some truly amazing bikes, and collections of bikes. Enough to make a guy like me feel pretty inadequate... you see, I only own two bikes. I wracked my memory and can only remember seven bikes I have ever owned in my entire life, including the two I own today.

That's not to say I was not an avid cyclist. Unfortunately, for too long now, the "was" part of that was all too true. But, now, at the ripe old age of 64, I've decided to get back into it. I know it's going to be a long road, and I'm prepared for that, I'm only hoping to be somewhat "ready" by summer. We'll see.

I decided I'm just too fat and out of shape to start on my road bike. So, just to get started, I put a set of Specialized "Nimbus" road tires on my mountain bike. It's an early '90's KHS, with mostly Sun Tour components, but lots of upgrades added. Avid brakes, Shimano Deore XT rear derailleur and 9 speed gear set, Rock Shock "Judy" front fork, and other little details. Pretty dated, pretty old, but it's what I'm starting with. Because, well, so am I.

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The road bike that I hope to be slim enough to ride by summer is my 100th Anniversary Edition Schwinn Super Sport, dating from 1995. It's mostly "stock" with Shimano RX100 (which is no more than 105 without the powder coating, being polished aluminum instead). I did swap out to an Ultegra crankset and Mavic CXP14 wheels, but I really only wanted the wheels for their cross sectional strength, not really caring about anything "aero".

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So, there they are. Two very dated mid 90's bikes. Lots of fond memories, though, over many, many miles on both (mostly the Schwinn). I'm really looking forward to getting some weight off and putting some miles on. I've spent the last ten years back in the gym, putting on a good deal of bulk again, but I think cycling is just better for me at my age. Oh, I'll stick with the gym as well, I want to keep all of these old creaky joints moving. My focus is just going to shift a bit (see what I did there?).

Rock Shox Judy's. Sweet.

Loving the Schwinn. Don't change anything on that; it's so badass the way it is, and the wheels are perfect.
Okay, on second thought, you might want to think about a different cassette. That looks like a 12/28, and you'd love a 32 or even a 34. No need to blow out your knees at this stage.

I have actually already replaced the cassette. It's now a 12/26, where it was originally something like 11/23. Unfortunately, the derailleur will only support a 26 tooth cog, so that's as big as I can go. The chain rings are pretty standard at 39/52, so it is what it is. Part of the reason I need to be much lighter and in much better shape before I get back on it.

The mountain bike has 24/36/46 chain rings and an 11/34 cassette, so that's why I'm starting on it. I never use the small chain ring on the road, since I've yet to meet any hill that I cannot climb with the 36/34 gearing. I did treat myself to a short ride today on the road bike, but its 39/23 as the lowest option left me struggling up some hills that are much easier on the mountain bike.

But, well, a large part of the road bike is a kind of an "ethos" thing. I remember when they first started putting that third chain ring on road bikes. The reaction in my then somewhat "dedicated" (to be polite) riding group was open disdain for anyone seen riding such a contrivance.

So, I dunno, maybe I'm "too old" to push the gearing on that bike in the Puget Sound area. It's anything but flat around here. I used to do it no problem, but that was some 15 years ago and more. We'll see. My knees and hips are in pretty good shape - I'm still repping out with 225 in squats at the gym - so I'm not that worried about injuring myself. That, and I'm taking this very, very slowly. Like I tell guys in the gym, at my age my only goal is not to get hurt. I just have to make it look heavy...