Tenth in a series of Bruce Gordon's Personal Bikes

In keeping with the posts on my Touring Bikes.

I built a Loaded Touring Mountain Bike for myself in August 1985.  This was the first of my Mountain Touring Bike which I built and took to Crested Butte Colorado for the Mountain Bike Festival.

Me - riding through a stream in Crested Butte

Me - trying to sell some "Cosmic Whirls" in Crested Butte

The Specifics on the frame - 60cm Frame (center to center), 61cm Top Tube, 70 degree Head Angle, 72 degree Seat Angle, 45cm Chainstays,  4cm Bottom Bracket Drop, and 5cm Fork Rake.  It has Columbus SP Tubing & Tange Chainstays and Fork Blades.  Shimano SFR Dropouts (I would love to find more - if someone has them), and Japanese Lugs (with my Traditional Asymmetrical Hole Design) and a Japanese Bottom Bracket.

As for parts - they are a mixture of parts from Shimano, Specialized, Sun Tour, Campagnolo, and Salsa Cycles
Specialized Rims & Ground Control tires

The Original Salsa Stem with a roller (If it ain't Moto - it is Worthless) 

Sun Tour RollerCam brakes - licensed from WTB who made the originals.

SALE ON 27.5 or 650B X 43 ROCK 'N ROAD TIRES

I'm having a SALE on the 27.5 (or as I call them 650b x 43c) tires.  They will be on sale until Tuesday July 28th.  I'm putting them on sale to introduce this size to all the people who are riding newer 27.5 mountain bikes or anyone who is riding a bike that will accept 650b x 43 tires.  Please take measurements to see if they will fit - http://brucegordoncycles.bigcartel.com/product/rock-n-road-all-terrain-650b-x-43-tire-free-shipping

I have both Skinwall or Blackwall - and they are "Tubeless Compatible".

Until Tuesday the 28th they will be $50 each including shipping

Ninth in a Series of Bruce Gordon's Personal Bikes

Because I'm putting Touring Bikes on my blog - I thought I'd describe a later touring bike.
This post is of a Touring Bike that I built in June of 1982 (Wow that was 33 years ago).

This was "State of the Art" Touring parts before Mountain Bike parts became common.
The frame was built with Columbus SP tubing with a Reynolds Seat Tube and Seat Stays.
It was 65cm c to c frame size with a 57.5cm Top Tube,  44cm Chainstays,  5cm Fork Rake, and a Drop of 7.5cm.  It has a cast Cinelli bottom bracket, Henry James lugs with my "Wave Pattern", a cast Cinelli MC fork crown and Long Campagnolo dropouts.

Included were a Huret Duopar rear derailleur, and Suntour front derailleur and a Custom Drilled

Super Record Crank to take a 30 tooth chainring rather than the 36 tooth that was the standard    Campagnolo triple ( I can still drill Campagnolo Cranks for the smaller ring - because I still have the drilling fixture).  It has "Half Step Gearing" with 50/46/30 rings and a 6 speed 13/30 Suntour Freewheel and 700x28 Specialized tires (Yes - I went touring on 28mm tires).  Included were my Racks Front and Rear that were brazed at the time.

Hard to believe that I rode that as a Touring Bike - times have changed.

I drilled the stem to internally run the wires for the early Avocet Cyclometer.

I rode this bike fully Loaded from Eugene Oregon to San Francisco California.