{"id":1051,"date":"2012-12-19T08:51:10","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T14:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panasonicbikemuseum.info\/newsite2026\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2014-08-09T11:54:51","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T16:54:51","slug":"1989-panasonic-al-7000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panasonicbikemuseum.info\/newsite2026\/1989-panasonic-al-7000\/","title":{"rendered":"1989 Panasonic AL-7000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just as they were about to leave the U.S. market, Panasonic introduced two new aluminum framed models. The AL-7000 was the entry level aluminum framed bike below the slightly better equipped AL-9000. They were here for only one year and given the number that I have seen on classified postings around the U.S., the AL-7000 seems to have sold fairly well. <\/p>\n

The AL-7000 was a light frame and not nearly as rigid as many of the other aluminum bikes I’ve ridden over the years. The part group used on the AL-7000 consisted of Shimano Sport LX and Exage mostly which is why they are a bit lackluster in value for collectors. With that said, even the top level AL-9000 only got Shimano 105 at the time. The AL series bikes are definitely interesting and worth the ride… especially if you enjoy collecting and\/or riding different frame materials. <\/p>\n

The bike we’ve featured here was graciously shared with us by Jeremy Spatrisano of Michigan. In fact, as of 12\/19\/2012 the bike was available via this eBay auction<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Just as they were about to leave the U.S. market, Panasonic introduced two new aluminum framed models. The AL-7000 was the entry level aluminum framed bike below the slightly better equipped AL-9000. They were here for only one year and given the number that I have seen on classified postings around the U.S., the AL-7000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20168,"featured_media":1052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[479,13],"tags":[133,480,481,645,644,641,482],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-89-al-7000","category-13","tag-1989-panasonic-models","tag-al-7000","tag-aluminum","tag-bicycle","tag-bike","tag-panasonic","tag-road-bike"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t