Windsor Bicycle

Gary Cole said:

Does anyone know anything ,good or bad, about Windsor Bikes? I am
thinking of buying one but can't find much info obout them except from
Windsor Bike and they always say they are the best. Thanks Gary

Had no idea they still made them. 25 years ago I think they were made
in Mexico. Of course, Eddy rode one to the hour record in '72! ;-)

Steve

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Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS said:

Gary Cole said:

Does anyone know anything ,good or bad, about Windsor Bikes? I am
thinking of buying one but can't find much info obout them except from
Windsor Bike and they always say they are the best. Thanks Gary

Had no idea they still made them. 25 years ago I think they
were made in Mexico. Of course, Eddy rode one to the hour record in
'72! ;-)

Yeah! On a real bike made of Steel and in a real jersey made of Wool 🙂

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Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS said:

Gary Cole said:

Does anyone know anything ,good or bad, about Windsor Bikes? I am
thinking of buying one but can't find much info obout them except from
Windsor Bike and they always say they are the best. Thanks Gary

Had no idea they still made them. 25 years ago I think they
were made in Mexico. Of course, Eddy rode one to the hour record in
'72! ;-)

In more serious vein, Windsor used to make a lot of Cinelli knock-offs

I haven't seen one for years but believe they still make bikes/frames.

They were not really top of the line but were exceedingly good value for
money.

I even owned one of their trackies 'bout 30 years ago.

And thinking back, I owned a Zeus too around the same time. Totally Zeus
except for spokes, rims, tires, and Ideal saddle

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Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS said:

Gary Cole said:

Does anyone know anything ,good or bad, about Windsor Bikes? I am
thinking of buying one but can't find much info obout them except from
Windsor Bike and they always say they are the best. Thanks Gary

Had no idea they still made them. 25 years ago I think they were made
in Mexico. Of course, Eddy rode one to the hour record in '72! ;-)

Steve

I thought that was a Colnago with a Windsor badge.

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Howard

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Howard Kveck said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS said:

Gary Cole said:

Does anyone know anything ,good or bad, about Windsor Bikes? I am
thinking of buying one but can't find much info obout them except from
Windsor Bike and they always say they are the best. Thanks Gary

Had no idea they still made them. 25 years ago I think they were made
in Mexico. Of course, Eddy rode one to the hour record in '72! ;-)

Steve

I thought that was a Colnago with a Windsor badge.

Shhhh! (That's what I'd heard--hence the emoticon).

Steve

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Quoted message said:

Gary Cole said:

Does anyone know anything ,good or bad, about Windsor Bikes? I am
thinking of buying one but can't find much info obout them except from
Windsor Bike and they always say they are the best. Thanks Gary

Had no idea they still made them. 25 years ago I think they were made
in Mexico. Of course, Eddy rode one to the hour record in '72! ;-)

Steve

--
Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
http://www.dentaltwins.com
Brooklyn, NY

One of my sons has a Windsor track bike. It is nothing special but a decent
value. I believe that someone purchased the Windsor name and started
importing low-end bikes with the Windsor name. My son's bike came from
www.bikesdirect.com

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Steven Bornfeld said:

Howard Kveck wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I thought that was a Colnago with a Windsor badge.

Shhhh! (That's what I'd heard--hence the emoticon).

Steve

(Cough) Uh, right. I knew that. I never use those emoticons, so
sometimes I forget about them when I read a post and then proceed to
belabor the obvious.

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tanx,
Howard

"Copper will never be gold"
Shellac

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Does anyone know anything ,good or bad, about Windsor Bikes? I am
thinking of buying one but can't find much info obout them except from
Windsor Bike and they always say they are the best. Thanks Gary

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, our team, German Bicycle Sport Club, was
sponsored by Windsor. One of the main members of the club owned a bicycle
shop and was a Windsor dealer. The importer, the late Sid Starr, also
imported Lotus bicycles.

They were generally good value for the money. The only problems we had were
with the ten custom made frames for the elite members of the club. Six or
seven of them cracked in the bb area, probably due to overheating during
brazing. They had a model, the International, that was a popular sport
touring machine. Their two top of the line racing machines were equipped
with mixes of Campy, Sugino and Universal.

The wool jerseys they provided the entire club absolutely sucked. They
shrank two sizes on the first cold water wash and were like hair shirts.
Colors didn't run though and the flocking was good.