by Darin | Aug 24, 2012 | '89 Team MC 800 Custom, '89 Team MC Custom Project
By 1989, sales of Panasonic Bicycles here in the USA were tapering off and the final curtain was about to come down halting future sales of Panasonic bike in the USA. These PICS bikes were not very common to begin with as they were a premium line and had to be special...
by Darin | Jun 14, 2012 | '89 Team MC Custom Project, Editor's Blog
It has been quite a while since I had some friends in Colorado snag a 1989 Team MC Custom mountain bike for me off of a Craigslist ad. Come to think of it, it has been more than a year ago now. To be honest, I kind of forgot they had it for a while. Life got very busy...
by Darin | Mar 27, 2012 | '89 PICS Team Custom - Naper, Project PICS Team Custom
The frame you see here arrived at PBVM on March 23, 2012. It was found in a barn in German Valley, Illinois and is a NOS (new old stock) frame set from 1989. The Naper Cycle on the top tube refers to Naperville Cyclery, a bicycle retail store that closed in 1988....
by Darin | Mar 11, 2012 | Project Team Japan
We’ve had amazing weather here in the Twin Cities (MN) this weekend so it seemed like a great opportunity to get out in the garage and work on the Team Japan project a bit more. We’ll post some additional photos soon as we finish things...
by Darin | Feb 10, 2010 | Project PR-6000
Building a vintage bike from the ground up takes some time and money. Hunting on eBay only to get sniped at the buzzer is common. I was therefore quite pleased when I received a Dura Ace HP-7410 headset for my PR-6000 as a Christmas gift from my parents. I’ll...
by Darin Nederhoff | Apr 25, 2009 | Restorations
One of the Panasonics I always liked were the old AR-6000 Aero models. They came about at a time when Aero was a bit of a craze in the cycling world and were fitted with the unique Dura Ace AX part group. This particular bike was brought to my attention by the...
