1985 Panasonic Team - R.I.P.

This was my first road bike when I was 11 years old back in October of 1985. I loved this bike and did my first ever "day tour" with it in 1986 (Tour of North Iowa).

Sadly it was stolen prior to RAGBRAI in 1988. I replaced it with my DX-5000 which I still own. The new photos are of a bike I just found on May 15th, 2008. Less than 500 miles since new and built with Shimano 600 components... it will join the "collection" soon.