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Hi gang, You know the story, you've just bought yet another bike you need about as much as another hole in the head. In this case the bike is a 1989 Custom Order Panasonic PICS frame with a full Dura Ace build. The odd part is that the name printed on the top tube is Philippe Lauraire. Now...

Hi gang, You know the story, you've just bought yet another bike you need about as much as another hole in the head. In this case the bike is a 1989 Custom Order Panasonic PICS frame with a full Dura Ace build. The odd part is that the name printed on the top tube is Philippe Lauraire. Now...

Just a few pics of my 1989 Panasonic PICS Team MC 800 now that it is finally assembled. [/img]

The importer for Atala was there in the NYC area (I forget the name) and I have heard that they were a fairly common sight in that area as a result. Of course, the Atala cycling team was also quite famous during the 80's. In the midwest U.S. where I grew up, I had never even heard of or...

It is very strange for me. I always wanted a nice Italian Columbus SLX tubed frame and I just happened to stumble across this one in an online classified. Atala is quite rare here in the States so it seemed like a great buy at the low asking price. I originally wanted to chrome the rear...

I would suspect your Atala shoes were related. Atala is a fairly large maker of bicycles in Italy although most were/are lower end. You worked at the U of MN? What did you do there? (And what kind of work were/are you looking for in the States?)

I picked this Atala frame and fork up nearly 5 years ago now and it was in rather sorry shape at the time. I had stripped the paint long ago but it just hung around in my storage room until a few weeks ago when I decided it needed some color. Before: Stripped: After...

Here is what the proper head tube decal would look like for your DX-3000 (albeit in black) The bike appears to be pretty nice and original aside from the saddle, tires, and head tube decal. It even has the original bar wrap from what I can tell. It looks as if your serial number begins...

The 1989 Team MC 800 Custom is nearing completion. Just need to install the brakes, chain, and misc cables.

Just arrived and torn down for a rebuild. Will post completed pics once it is all back together. It has Shimano Deore components.

I will admit that I was a bit surprised by the level of computer/robot assistance. I guess seeing "custom hand made" on the top tube of my bikes had me picturing an old smoke filled shop where a few 70+ year old frame gurus were building the frames. :wink: OK, so maybe not quite THAT...

I just posted the classic Panasonic PICS dealer promo video within my YouTube channel. Hope you Pana-nuts enjoy! Fascinating stuff. Special thanks to a Pana-nut by the name of George in WV for sending me a copy of this video. :thumb: http://youtu.be/rfAbZlqQ68o

A few updated pics now that the bike is cleaned up and has a proper seat in place. Still waiting for a new chain and some paint touch up. It feels lighter than my '88 MC-5500 for sure. I rode it around a bit today after getting it all back together and it is pretty nice riding. I still...

I really think I need to get one of those bad a$$ Pace mountain bikes. I'm really loving them after seeing them in this thread. Added bonus, it would fit in with my "P" themed collection... Panasonic, Pinarello and Pace. hahaha

Man, that bike really does it for me. Simply stunning. 8)

I can technically ride all of them although the '85 Team and '89 DX-1000 are too small for me to do long distances on. The DX-1000 is actually my wife's and she's owned it since new. I'm most comfortable on 56-58 cm bikes but 54-60 can be done for shorter stints. ;)

Oh dear Lord. That is all I can say. Amazing. And for some reason the rc200 f3 pace green and purple knocked my ass on the floor. Simple but stunning. Wow. :shock:

Campy? Anyone have a full Campy Euclid equipped machine? Would love to see one again...

Melvin, this is not helping break my image of you as being a supreme hoarder. haha... keep it up and soon I'll be believing that you live in a large warehouse full of bicycle parts. :lol:

The Litespeed Ti.... My jaw just bounced off my desk. Hot damn! :shock: