My first race bike: Bikefanclub.com

This was the frame that started it all for me. 1983 was the year I took the plunge and bought my first real road racing bicycle. It was a choice between this beautiful blue Pinarello Treviso or a maroon De Rosa. I chose the Pinarello and never looked back. I raced on it as a Cat 4 until buying my second Pinarello in `84 - the same model frame that Alexi Grewal rode in the LA olypmic road race. In fact my frame came from the same batch imported from Gita and I was so thrilled to have it I wound up selling my first frame to a friend and continued to race the new frame until we got supplied with team bikes from Marinoni in 1986.

Looking back that second Pinarello was a real noodle but I didn't know it at the time. I just trained and raced the heck out it and loved every minute of it. These bikes bring back great memories but alas I heard the company has changed dramatically over the years. I would love to hear some comments on their high-end Prince and Dogma frames.

Aloha,

K.

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