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Hello Frankenorange, Well actually, the Ibis Bow-Ti was released for sale in 1997. I just couldn’t afford to buy one until 1998. It was expensive then for a MTB. This is what made me think I could enter this contest/thread. So does this is still exclude my entry? Quote from Ibis article...

Ooops, my mistake for posting in the wrong year. After additional research see post #63 in this thread. My Ibis was new to me in 1998, but was available in 1997. Thanks, Earl J

Hello bikeworkshop, What do you want to know? Other than the fork is a Ruby (not the greatest) as the Judy SL 700C ( the fork I originally wanted) from the early/mid 90’s, that was a fork used at the Paris Roubaix “Hell of the North” road race over cobbles. Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle of team Z won...

I know this is an older post, but… Most of my race bikes are Colnagos as they fit my build best. I once attempted a custom frame set from Albert Eisentraut. After measuring and suggesting frame geometry, it was pretty similar to an off the rack Colnago. I ride a 56 c-t with a 54 top tube. So...

Hello pete_mcc, Did you send your Bow-Ti back to Ibis to have it modified for the rear disk brake mount? I considered that but decided to leave it as originally designed with the rim brake. One last question. Your front wheel and fork appear to be larger than a 26”. Is that front wheel a 27 or...

We were just in Gananoque last weekend. An excellent restaurant Riva and a very good wine list. If you have access to Flickr you can see a number of my bikes under: earl_castillo Amongst other interests of mine. Earl

MattiThundrrr, I posted in Retro road bikes, Earl

Hello, This post is a request from “Show me your Ibis” and MattiThundrrr. I didn’t see a section for Track Bikes ( maybe I didn’t look well enough). Anyway, here’s one of my track bikes; According to Richard Schwinn my bike serial # W21 is a Watson built P13 from 1964. I had a long...

Hello JCS & 24pounces, Thank you. Being new here, I’m still trying to navigate this forum. Where and how to post topics in the appropriate topic area. I don’t want to hijack this Ibis thread. Moderator can move this post accordingly. Thanks Earl J

Hello everyone, I’m new here on Retro Bike. This is actually my first post here on the forum. I’m really a roadie but own one mountain bike I built years ago. 26 years to be exact. I’m originally from Berkeley Ca. Raced for the BBC. Cat 3 road, Cat 4 track. Riding a bunch of Colnago. Now...