VINTAGE COLLECTION

1983 John Howard Painted by Dave Moulton Road Bicycle 58cm Campagnolo 

BIKE # 164 / 300

Who is John Howard?

John Howard (born August 16, 1947 in Missouri is an Olympic cyclist from the United States, who set a land speed record of 152.2 miles per hour (245 km/h) while motor-pacing on a pedal bicycle on July 20, 1985 on  Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. A competitor in 3 summer Olympic games from 1968 to 1976, Gold Medal in the Pan-American games. He is a former 4-time U.S. National Road Cycling champion (1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975) and won the 1981 Ironman Triathlon Championship in Hawaii. Howard won the first two editions of the Red Zinger Bicycle Classic stage race in Colorado in 1975 and 1976.

About this bike...

The story behind these is stranger than fiction. Hand brazed of Columbus tubes by Dave Moulton later famous for FUSO, for John Howard (fastest man in the world on a bike) and financed by J David Dominelli (San Francisco’s Bernie Madoff of the 80’s). Well picked Campagnolo components and hand assembled by Shaw's Lightweight Cycles in 1984 in San Marcos, California.

With one owner, this bike is quite a find and the bike still in decent condition with only a few spot where you can spot some little dot of rust. The paint has been maintained well overtime and you will hardly notice little cosmetic scratches from afar.

About the build...

The frameset was carefully welded by Dave Moulton with Columbus Acciaio Cro-moly Tubing and painted by him. Fork has a beautiful shiny Chrome. 

The limited edition frameset was carefully hand built in 1984 in California with a Full Campagnolo 2 x 6 speed Groupo, Campagnolo hubs (with grease ports) laced with Mavic G40 Rims for clincher tires (newer Vittoria Zaffiro 700x23 tires installed recently). The cockpit stays Italian with a Cinelli 110 mm quill stem and a Classic Cinelli 42 cm center to center drop handlebar wrapped with a black Cinelli bar tape. 

Notice the holes on the Campagnolo Brake Levers! A weight saver back then.

Lastly, the pedals are original Campagnolo with the addition of newer Christophe Toe Cages and some MKS Black Leather Toe Straps.

Geometry

The bike is a 58 cm center to top and a 57 cm center to center.

The top tube measure only 56 cm, head tube 15.3 cm and the estimated standover is 82.8 cm in the center of the top tube. 

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