A couple years ago, I bought an old mid to late 1980s bike that looked fairly cool. I use it for my Zoom wall. But I now want to know more about it.
What I know:
Miele frame (about 55 cm)
SunTour SuperBe Pro components (all appear to be original and in great shape)
Sikkens model
Hand Painted
“Cool” early Triathlon style aero bars
What I don’t know:
What year was it made.
What is its value.
How I might best sell it if I wanted to go that route.
Anyone know anything or have any thoughts?
That is a road frame.
The bike is worth about $300.
SIkkens makes the paint.
The aerobar is ‘already’ 2nd generation, I had mine in 1991/1992. Can’t recall the na,evof the bar but is a Profile Design model.
Cool anyway!
Jeroen
That is a road frame.
The bike is worth about $300.
Yeah but I bet it would clean up the silverware.
That’s a dishwasher joke… I’ll see myself out.
I went 2:02 in an Olympic tri and 4:22 in a half Ironman (Tupper Lake, that Fleck was at too) on a bike like that in 1990. Except mine was a specialized Allez, but with all the same Suntour components. I had tubular Mavic Open Pro wheels on mine with wide flange hubs too (I actually still have the wheels), running a 13-18 straightblock six speed with a 52x42 front ring on 172.5 cranks and Scott DH aerobars. I believe my bike hand Columbus SLX tubing. Those era of bikes with skinny round tubes were not that slow. Eventually I got a Cinelli 6 speed disc that weighed more than the bike (which I subsequently sold to a young Simon Whitfield LOL).
That Miele would be around 1990-1992 vintage especially given the profile one piece aerobars. Profile with the first ones to have external aeropads (not on your bike) vs the once piece spongy armrest on the Scott DH
I then upgraded to Kestrel 4000 which cracked and I got a replacement Kestrel 200SC.
My setup on the 1991 Kestrel 4000 looked like this bike that I found on the internet
I still have the Kestrel 200 frame…good idea on Zoom background. Maybe I will bring it to my office and hang it up as a board room backdrop as it could be a good ice breaker with customers or investors LOL
Possibly a 1987-88 bike. Is there a sticker on the seat tube that identifies the steel tubing set? My guess this could be a reynolds 531 frame. Superbe was nearly as good as dura ace; it was the choice of a few pro teams. A drop bar could make a better re-sale; possibly facebook’s vintage road bike groups is the right place to sell
Is it 7 speed?
Agree, replace the bars with long curve round drops(not compact or ergo).
Sell the aero bars (profile?) separately
use that money to replace seat with a second hand rolls or turbo saddle brown black or white
White bar tape, unless you upgrade the cable housing with pearl white housing, then pearl white ribbon tape with titanium bottle cage
Gum wall tyres
There are liquids to clean chrome parts
mavic open are clincher rims; the corresponding tubular rim was called reflex. specy steel allez frames were built with either tange prestige tubes (top end ones) or proprietary cr-mo db tubes (mid level ones); they did not use columbus tubes. the bike I ride the most is an old steel quintana roo time trial model with 650c wheels that can beat the s**t out of most modern carbon road racing bikes, at least on the flat. that kestrel 200sc needs to be built and ridden!
mavic open are clincher rims; the corresponding tubular rim was called reflex. specy steel allez frames were built with either tange prestige tubes (top end ones) or proprietary cr-mo db tubes (mid level ones); they did not use columbus tubes. the bike I ride the most is an old steel quintana roo time trial model with 650c wheels that can beat the s**t out of most modern carbon road racing bikes, at least on the flat. that kestrel 200sc needs to be built and ridden!
It was Mavic GP4 rims. Just checked. Maybe the bike before (a Marinoni) had the columbus tubes!!! The Kestrel was permanently on my trainer until a year ago (it has 8 speed). I put a 12 year old Cannondale 10 speed slice on trainer as I wanted more gears for “modern virtual riding” ! Now the Kestrel200 is gathering dust!
mavic open are clincher rims; the corresponding tubular rim was called reflex. specy steel allez frames were built with either tange prestige tubes (top end ones) or proprietary cr-mo db tubes (mid level ones); they did not use columbus tubes. the bike I ride the most is an old steel quintana roo time trial model with 650c wheels that can beat the s**t out of most modern carbon road racing bikes, at least on the flat. that kestrel 200sc needs to be built and ridden!
It was Mavic GP4 rims. Just checked. Maybe the bike before (a Marinoni) had the columbus tubes!!! The Kestrel was permanently on my trainer until a year ago (it has 8 speed). I put a 12 year old Cannondale 10 speed slice on trainer as I wanted more gears for “modern virtual riding” ! Now the Kestrel200 is gathering dust!
Yep, GP4 was a popular rim for tubulars, similar to the Reflex, but with non-machined brake tracks. Marinoni was a brand from Quebec, of clearly italian heritage, hence his love for Columbus sets
The aerobar is ‘already’ 2nd generation, I had mine in 1991/1992. Can’t recall the na,evof the bar but is a Profile Design model.
Cool anyway!
Jeroen
yep, bought my pair around the same time - when i was 12 years old!
name is profile “aero 3.” (not very imaginative, i guess.)
they’re cool bars, but beware that the hardware that holds the hourglass thingy through the stem are a strange size. mine broke and eventually i had to get them redrilled at a machine shop.
Those were decent bikes that were sold in bike shops, built in Ontario, Canada. It’s not collectable, but a perfectly decent bike. As a road bike with slack angles, I suspect it’s not great with aero bars.
Many would say Suntour Superbe Pro was on par with Dura Ace and better than Campy. Perhaps you could get decent prices on eBay selling the parts. Those aero bars, by Profile Design with that bone bracket system sucked, unfortunately. I had a pair and they were very flexible and creaked, even with bolts to spec, and properly greased. I liked their first model much better, simpler, and stiffer, and it was popularized by Dave Scott. Nonetheless a cool bike!