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 | May 3, 2012 | Editor's Blog, PICS Dealer Promo Video
Thanks to a Panasonic owner/enthusiast in West Virginia this vintage PICS informational video managed to arrive in our mailbox. If you were in a Panasonic dealer back in 1988 or so you may have seen this video playing. We present it for your viewing enjoyment. Truly a...
by Darin | Apr 25, 2012 | '87 MC-6500
The 1987 Panasonic Mountain Cat 6500 (MC-6500) was the second model from the top in the mountain bike lineup for that year. It featured Tange double butted tubing and a majority of the part group consisted of Suntour XC Sport 7000. This particular bike was added to...
by Darin | Apr 20, 2012 | Editor's Blog, The Art of Long Distance Buying
If you are a Panasonic bicycle collector (or any kind of bike collector for that matter) sooner or later there will come a time when you find a bicycle that you really wish to buy that will be in a far away location. If you are lucky, the bike is on eBay and already...
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....
