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===== Zinn Cycles =====

Lennard Zinn is a highly influential frame builder and cycling author who first started making his eponymous road and mountain bikes in 1982.  Initially Zinn sold only custom bikes and had a very small mountain bike output until the 1990's, when Zinn started selling non custom frames, specializing in big & tall riders.
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Some accomplishments and milestones:
  * Grew up on Los Alamos, NM where his father was a PhD physicist at the Los Alamos National Labs.
  * BS in physics 1980, Colorado College.
  * Worked as a petroleum geophysicist and also for the Los Alamos National Labs.
  * On US Cycling Team in late 70's, later on the 1981 [[https://www.velonews.com/news/the-lasting-impact-of-the-u-s-raleigh-teams-participation-in-the-tour-of-ireland/|Colt 45 Racing Team]].
  * Is 6' 6".
  * Apprenticed for a year to Tom Ritchey in 1981.
  * Started his own framebuilding business in 1982 in Boulder, CO.  See: [[https://zinncycles.com/]]
  * Published eight books:
    * **1996**: [[https://www.amazon.com/Zinn-Art-Mountain-Bike-Maintenance/dp/1937715477/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1652207010&refinements=p_27%3ALennard+Zinn&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Lennard+Zinn|Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance]]
    * **1998**: [[https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Performance-Handbook-Bicycle-Books/dp/B008SLZU76/ref=sr_1_14?qid=1652207479&refinements=p_27%3ALennard+Zinn&s=books&sr=1-14&text=Lennard+Zinn|Mountain Bike Performance Handbook]]
    * **1998**: [[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1884737528/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i11|Mountain Bike Owner's Manual]]
    * **2000**: [[https://www.amazon.com/Zinn-Art-Road-Bike-Maintenance/dp/193771537X/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1652207479&refinements=p_27%3ALennard+Zinn&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Lennard+Zinn|Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance]]
    * **2004**: [[https://www.amazon.com/Zinns-Cycling-Primer-Maintenance-Building/dp/1931382433/ref=sr_1_7?qid=1652207479&refinements=p_27%3ALennard+Zinn&s=books&sr=1-7&text=Lennard+Zinn|Zinn's Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists]]
    * **2007**: [[https://www.amazon.com/Zinn-Art-Triathlon-Bikes-Aerodynamics/dp/1931382972/ref=sr_1_5?qid=1652207434&refinements=p_27%3ALennard+Zinn&s=books&sr=1-5&text=Lennard+Zinn|Zinn & the Art of Triathlon Bikes]]
    * **2010**: [[https://www.amazon.com/Cycling-Philosophy-Everyone-Philosophical-Force/dp/1444330276/ref=sr_1_9?qid=1652207479&refinements=p_27%3ALennard+Zinn&s=books&sr=1-9&text=Lennard+Zinn|Cycling - Philosophy for Everyone: A Philosophical Tour de Force]]
    * **2018**: [[https://www.amazon.com/Haywire-Heart-exercise-protect-heart/dp/1937715884/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1652207479&refinements=p_27%3ALennard+Zinn&s=books&sr=1-3&text=Lennard+Zinn|The Haywire Heart: How too much exercise can kill you, and what you can do to protect your heart]]
  * Published 100s (1000s?) of a articles in [[https://www.velonews.com/byline/lennard-zinn/|VeloNews]] and elsewhere.

Info at: [[https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201707/profiles.cfm|aps.org]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100504173830/https://mountainbiketales.com/articles/zinn.htm|mountainbiketales]] & [[https://zinncycles.com]].

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{{zinn.jpg?400|Lennard Zinn}}
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Lennard Zinn
[[https://www.activetowns.org/2020/09/04/the-joy-of-riding-again/|activetowns]]
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===== 1983 Zinn 650B  =====
SunTour MounTech, 650B rims.  Lugged frame, bi-plane fork.  Lennard Zinn built this all-purpose bike for his mother-in-law in 1983.

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{{1983.jpg?300|1983 Zinn 650B}}
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1983 Zinn 650B
[[http://www.vintagemtbworkshop.com/1983-lennard-zinn-650b.html|vintagemtbworkshop]]
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===== 1985 Zinn =====

All rebuilt with non-original parts.  Originally pink & red....
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"made by Lennard sometime around 85/86 for a member of his Zinn/Alfalfa/Shimano women’s racing team." [[https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/mid-80s-lennard-zinn-mtb.67610/|retrobike]]

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{{1985.jpg?300|1985 Zinn }}
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1985 Zinn
[[https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/mid-80s-lennard-zinn-mtb.67610/|retrobike]]
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===== 1989 Zinn =====

Campagnolo Euclid (1988-1991)
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{{1989.jpg?300|1989 Zinn }}
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1989 Zinn
[[https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/blatant-zinn-show-off-thread.205973/page-8|retrobike]]
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===== 1990 Z-753 =====


Campagnolo Centaur (1989-1991)
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{{1990c.jpg?300|1990 Z-753 }}
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1990 Z-753
[[https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/zinn-z-753-ride-pics-added.156265/page-9|retrobike]]

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===== 1991 Z Centaur =====

Campagnolo Centaur (1989-1991)
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{{1991.jpg?300|1991 Z Centaur}}
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1991 Z Centaur
[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/zinn-duw.289563/|mtbr]]

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===== 1992 Z Centaur =====


Campagnolo Centaur (out of production) with Hope Technology disc brakes (new for 1992.)
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{{1992d.jpg?300|1992 Z Centaur}}
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1992 Z Centaur
[[https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/blatant-zinn-show-off-thread.205973/page-8|retrobike]]

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