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The beam would suggest it is a Softride. Like the colour!!
Softride Powerwing, I have one hanging in my garage. Although that one is a particularly ugly color and appears to be missing the logo on the frame.
That looks to be a first generation Zipp, when they used a Softride beam. The next gen Zipp had an in-house rigid beam on an elastomer, and Softride made their own carbon frame for their beam.
It’s a rare find, indeed.
Cheers,
John
I thought it was a softride too. Guy keeps telling me it’s an older model Zipp but I can’t find any like this.
I second it being a 1st gen Zipp 2001 based on the shape of the seat stays and the shaping of of frame near the beam junction. The softride had a horizontal top section just under the beam junction, the Zipp has the “top tube” angled at the same angle as the beam. It is indeed a Zipp.
The guy selling it is correct.
I rode Softrides for years, both their carbon and aluminum frames. I rode with a couple of guys who had the both the original and 2nd gen Zipp. I know my beam bikes.
As I stated earlier, it is NOT a Softride frame. It IS an original Zipp, built around a Softride beam.
John
Check out the link. Velo news does a tour of Zipp. I think it’s photo 23, showing first gen Zipp bike, looks like your pic exactly.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/01/gallery/zipp-keeping-it-in-the-neighborhood_154336
Neat bikes.
I’ll try to post pic below
Its a Zipp.
yes, definitely a late 80’s zipp 2001. I’ve seen (looks like that same one) for sale a couple of times in the past year. It would look great next to my other one, but sadly not in the cards right now
just in case you weren’t convinced, download the 1992 Zipp catalog:
http://www.birota.ru/...ex.php?g=b&b=242
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