Awesome Customer's Bike: Cecil Behringer Pista

     This is a really cool frame and fork we sold a little while back to a loyal customer of the shop. It was built by Cecil Behringer, who was a famous American midwest builder / velodrome designer / ex racer who collaborated with the likes of Pino Morroni. Here is a link to the Classic Rendezvous page about him. Behringer It has unique features like the un-capped seat stays and the elaborate head lugs. The bottom bracket is stamped with the serial number, and his signature cast into the shell itself (see photo). Pretty rare machine from an American master at a time when there were not a lot of people building bikes like this in the USA. We look forward to the finished project!

3 Green Mice = Pino / 3 Pink Pigs= ???

Brock's BBQ catered the bicycle swap meet in Chester, VA in the spring of 2009. I saw the pig logo and immediately thought of Pino's 3 mice.

Pino Morroni Cambio Corsa bicycle

I'm not sure where I got these pictures from, I have had them for years, somewhere on the internet?? It is a bicycle built by Pino Morroni with the use of Campagnolo Cambio Corsa system. But he "improved" the antiquated gear system, by using rear facing dropouts rather than forward facing dropouts used on the original design. Keep in mind, this bicycle was made at least 20 years after Campagnolo stopped production of the Cambio Corsa system. It makes sense, rear facing dropouts when changing gears, but not that practical in quick wheel changes in races.

Still a very nice bicycle. If anyone knows more of the story of this bicycle, please feel free to add.

Also, here is a really nice article about Pino Morroni I ran across on Tam Pham's website.