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Throwback Thursday: 1991 Coors Light Team Serotta Colorado

Throwback Thursday: 1991 Coors Light Team Serotta Colorado

Retro-fabulous fluorescent paint but still way ahead of its time

Published: September 4, 2014 at 1:02 am

Serotta custom-built these Colorado II steel road bikes for the Coors Light team in the early 1990s — Serotta custom-built these Colorado II steel road bikes for the Coors Light team in the early 1990s
James Huang / Immediate Media

The Coors Light team was by far the most dominant squad in US cycling at the time — The Coors Light team was by far the most dominant squad in US cycling at the time
James Huang / Immediate Media

The fluorescent and pearlescent paint job was certainly hard to miss. Thanks to careful storage, team rider Scott Moninger's Serotta still gleams like new more than twenty years later — The fluorescent and pearlescent paint job was certainly hard to miss. Thanks to careful storage, team rider Scott Moninger’s Serotta still gleams like new more than twenty years later
James Huang / Immediate Media

Serotta built the Colorado II with custom lugs — Serotta built the Colorado II with custom lugs
James Huang / Immediate Media

Note how the down tube and seat tube increase in diameter as they approach the bottom bracket shell — Note how the down tube and seat tube increase in diameter as they approach the bottom bracket shell
James Huang / Immediate Media

The Serotta Colorado II chain stays featured a double bend - certainly one of the earliest to do so — The Serotta Colorado II chain stays featured a double bend – certainly one of the earliest to do so
James Huang / Immediate Media

It’s tough to see but the top tube isn’t perfectly round from end to end, either. It’s tapered from front to back and then ovalized at the head tube, giving it a constant height but a wider profile up front to help keep front triangle flex at bay

James Huang / Immediate Media