Having found myself burned out after 2 years of riding nothing but the TT bike, I cleaned up and tuned up my trusty 1993 steel Holland with a new crankset and some other bits.
I need to spend the summer riding for fun instead of training all the time. Meet my “old-school” friend:
Man, did it feel weird riding this baby after so long.
Nice bike. Do you have the Power tap on it or are you going to “just ride”?
Sweet!! I have serious bike lust for an old school steel bike. I have been secretly checking out e-bay for a few months. Shhhh! Don’t tell my wife.
Mike P.
Nice bike. Do you have the Power tap on it or are you going to “just ride”?
Well, you got me there. The PT is on this bike. 
Today’s ride was a whopping 149 watt average. I expect to have lots of those for the next few months, but I do plan on hitting the Saturday morning bike club race-ride whenever possible. It’s great fun, but also a whacking hard workout. I haven’t done one of those since I got the PT so it’ll be interesting to see what’s involved.
I’m also going to put a pair of Jammers on this bike. I’ve come to really like riding in the bars.
How about those tires? It’s as if the Michelin guys sneaked into my garage one night and took a paint chip off my bike!
Check ebay for the Jammers I found a pair for my commuter bike for $15!
“but I do plan on hitting the Saturday morning bike club race-ride whenever possible.”
I reccomend the Cyclo-Vets ride, Sat a.m.
Having not fooled with this bike in some time, I had a couplefew observations.
Frames are tiny nowadays. No bike shop today would put me on a frame this big, but it was the standard frame for my height in 1993. One way to stay competitive in the “our frame is really light!” competition is to make a given frame “size” smaller, and then leave it up to the customer to add all that weight back with long seatposts and riser stems.
Steel is springy! Out-of-saddle climbing on this bike feels more comfortable and efficient than on my aluminum bike. I know that many folks like the bb shell as stiff as can be, but I like the springy, lively feel.
I have spent so many months tucked down low on the TT bike that I found myself constantly getting in the drops on this bike today. I had never, in all my years on this bike, ridden in the drops. Now it feels like the normal way to ride.
I reccomend the Cyclo-Vets ride, Sat a.m.
Where/when do they meet up; what’s the route? Total ride time?
Thanks for the reminder, Gary!
oooh, beautiful bike. You make me want to get my steel Holland frame out of the box and back on the roads. Only it would be the other direction. I haven’t ridden a tri-bike more than 10 times in the last three yeas. 1993 R-26 (his triathlon model). JB paint jobs are some of the best in the business! Thanks for sharing.
Frames are tiny nowadays. No bike shop today would put me on a frame this big, but it was the standard frame for my height in 1993.
I disagree. Your stem looks plenty long and you have a lot of saddle/bar drop. A smaller frame and you’d have a darn long stem.
http://cyclo-vets.org/training_rides.htm#Saturdays
8:15 to about 11:30, I do this every week but will be doing the Escondido-Palomar 55 miler next Sat with Ranchos
I am racing the Omnium RR tomorrow, so I will not be there either
On Sun I do the 7-8+ hour Cyclo-Vets endurance ride from Mission hills out east an back, 7:30 - 2:30 usually
Arnie Baker coaches it
The Sat ride has all levels, mostly Masters racers, even rode with Jimenia Florit last week! You will feel at home.
Frames are tiny nowadays. No bike shop today would put me on a frame this big, but it was the standard frame for my height in 1993.
I disagree. Your stem looks plenty long and you have a lot of saddle/bar drop. A smaller frame and you’d have a darn long stem.
Actually, that’s what I mean. This frame is big enough, and all the “size 58” frames nowadays are too small for me.
Nothing old’school about that bike, my friend. It looks exactly like a bike is supposed to look: all business. Holland makes great, if largely unknown, bikes; this ride will never go out of style, and will never keep you from winning (or losing … if you ride like me) a race.