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Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
06-03-24, 11:36 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 379
Posted By seagrade

Many thanks for checking. In all other respects...

Many thanks for checking. In all other respects it looks perfect for my c. 1997 Bianchi TSX but is too small… glws
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-03-24, 02:09 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 292
Posted By seagrade

These Tecnotrat-sourced frames are quite...

These Tecnotrat-sourced frames are quite different from the Colnago-associated Saronni frames which featured engraved fork crowns and seat stay caps etc.

Probably much less expensive too. The...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-03-24, 12:34 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 292
Posted By seagrade

Hundreds of these frames were imported into New...

Hundreds of these frames were imported into New Zealand from Tecnotrat in Italy (better known for their De Bernardi house brand frames) around 1985. The majority of Saronni-branded examples were sold...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
06-02-24, 06:25 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 379
Posted By seagrade

How long is the Celeste Silca pump uncompressed...

How long is the Celeste Silca pump uncompressed and fully compressed please?

Would you be prepared to put it in a poster tube and post it USPS international?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-02-24, 01:26 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 168
Posted By seagrade

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Coincidentally got out for almost six hours/1500m of climbing on this...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-02-24, 01:11 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 5,201
Posted By seagrade

I’ve never met Roland Della Santa, much less...

I’ve never met Roland Della Santa, much less owned or rode one of his great frames, but I did spend an entertaining half hour chatting over the phone several years back. May he rest in peace.

I've...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
06-01-24, 11:53 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 660
Posted By seagrade

The engraving was filled in with gold paint on...

The engraving was filled in with gold paint on these components when new.
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
06-01-24, 11:49 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 260
Posted By seagrade

One advantage of that particular G. S. crankset...

One advantage of that particular G. S. crankset is that it will take a 35t inside chainring. Last time I checked they were available NOS on eBay for USD70- or so. Not cheap but cheaper than most...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-31-24, 03:19 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,160
Posted By seagrade

One too many zeros… Still a pretty high...

One too many zeros…

Still a pretty high price, and it’d be interesting to see where these go when dozens if not hundreds of the perhaps 5000* left NIB concurrently hit the market as owners cash...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-31-24, 01:45 AM
Replies: 991
Views: 56,399
Posted By seagrade

Perhaps not… or technically yes, but not by Haro....

Perhaps not… or technically yes, but not by Haro.

Others in these parts have already forgotten more than I’ll ever know about Masi but this frame appears very similar to the following listing,...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-30-24, 10:42 PM
Replies: 137
Views: 55,280
Posted By seagrade

Yes, mercifully it came with the original...

Yes, mercifully it came with the original Columbus seat post to match the Air tube set. I’d have to measure it to be sure but doubt it’s bigger than 60cm centre to centre…
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-30-24, 12:59 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 483
Posted By seagrade

Robvolz have you posted pictures of van Schil’s...

Robvolz have you posted pictures of van Schil’s team Molteni elsewhere and before the paint came off? I don’t recall seeing it in original paint here…
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-30-24, 12:53 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,160
Posted By seagrade

The first small handful might fetch $250 each. ...

The first small handful might fetch $250 each.

The next dozen less than $200.

The rest of the warehouse full won’t empty at $99.

According to my opinion.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-30-24, 01:49 AM
Replies: 137
Views: 55,280
Posted By seagrade

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-24-24, 02:50 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 2,378
Posted By seagrade

I have had a very clean RockShox Paris-Roubaix SL...

I have had a very clean RockShox Paris-Roubaix SL road suspension fork awaiting the rest of its future bicycle for at least five years. Even won a spot prize service voucher several years ago that...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-24-24, 02:24 PM
Replies: 182
Views: 8,986
Posted By seagrade

There’s always an exception to prove the rule,...

There’s always an exception to prove the rule, but while I was stopped for coffee last weekend a 20-something chap complimented my Ron Cooper before modestly stating he had a 1952 A S Gillott among...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
05-22-24, 12:06 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 213
Posted By seagrade

If you ever plan to sell the matching Crown Jewel...

If you ever plan to sell the matching Crown Jewel I would hold onto the steel fork. It could be worth more to the new buyer than anyone else. Some buyers are deterred by frames with a fork that could...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
05-17-24, 06:27 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,305
Posted By seagrade

That’s only the half of it… are you familiar with...

That’s only the half of it… are you familiar with tubular tyres?

If not, which is what I’m inferring here, although I’ve been wrong before, I’d recommend some research before buying any bicycle...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-15-24, 01:58 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 447
Posted By seagrade

Great review, thanks for posting it. I must have...

Great review, thanks for posting it. I must have read most of Bicycle Guide’s reviews of the late 80s and early 90s several times over.

The CK AX-1 really seems to me ahead of its time now, with...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-15-24, 01:43 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 6,155
Posted By seagrade

Just another opinion from a minority of one and...

Just another opinion from a minority of one and for which a full refund of the purchase price is payable on demand…

To me whatever it takes to keep classic and vintage bicycles on the road is just...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
05-15-24, 01:03 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,305
Posted By seagrade

The bicycle in the listing has tubular tyres, not...

The bicycle in the listing has tubular tyres, not tyres and tubes. Tubulars have the tube sewn inside the tyre tread and casing and are glued or double-sided taped to the rims.

The rims shown are...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
05-14-24, 11:11 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,305
Posted By seagrade

Gios Torino Super Records are iconic vintage...

Gios Torino Super Records are iconic vintage classics with unique Roger de Vlaeminck credibility. However that one in that size, condition and with tubulars is a $375 bicycle these days, plus or...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-13-24, 02:27 AM
Replies: 991
Views: 56,399
Posted By seagrade

Normally I edit the photo out of quotes but this...

Normally I edit the photo out of quotes but this classic gem is too good for that. If it were not half a world away from me I’d perhaps have found a way to acquire it. Not only is the colour scheme I...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-11-24, 11:33 PM
Replies: 991
Views: 56,399
Posted By seagrade

1978 Merz green

Stunning vintage racer and front and centre of the 531SL/Professional or 753 vacancy I would eventually like to fill, as difficult and costly as that is halfway across the world from Boston.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-09-24, 01:46 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 2,752
Posted By seagrade

Merlin Extralight Titanium Fat City Cycles...

Merlin Extralight Titanium

Fat City Cycles Slim Chance

Davidson Tange Prestige

Bianchi EL OS

Fat City Cycles Slim Chance
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-03-24, 03:06 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,750
Posted By seagrade

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Photo credit VeloBase user wiel
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-03-24, 03:04 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,750
Posted By seagrade

https://www.velobase.com/ViewFramePart.aspx?ID=60f...

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-02-24, 11:56 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 746
Posted By seagrade

Given the seller has another similar bicycle and...

Given the seller has another similar bicycle and frame listed which are obvious repaints I think your feeling is quite correct.

The Columbus tubing decal looks to me like a very recent...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-29-24, 12:16 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 11,653
Posted By seagrade

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c. 2005 Alberto Masi still holding its place although facing strong...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-27-24, 10:58 PM
Replies: 251
Views: 80,484
Posted By seagrade

Long ride in the autumn sun. Vintage Super Record...

Long ride in the autumn sun. Vintage Super Record rear changer shifts easily onto new 28t sprocket with a chain that could perhaps use an extra link…
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Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-25-24, 11:56 AM
Replies: 491
Views: 64,572
Posted By seagrade

Legnano-inspired lizard green ...

Legnano-inspired lizard green

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Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
04-24-24, 06:15 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,993
Posted By seagrade

premium-cycling.com (no affiliation) may also be...

premium-cycling.com (no affiliation) may also be worth contacting, although they are endorsed by Johan Bruyneel…

They seem to turn over a steady stream of collectible and retired pros’ bicycles at...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-20-24, 02:45 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 2,373
Posted By seagrade

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-20-24, 02:43 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 2,373
Posted By seagrade

Campagnolo 11-speed indexing bar ends with tape...

Campagnolo 11-speed indexing bar ends with tape sacrilegiously wrapped from the top down to smooth the cable exit on the drops. Short piece of inner tube to secure and seal the tape ends.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-20-24, 02:22 PM
Replies: 206
Views: 87,187
Posted By seagrade

A random selection from the archive… ...

A random selection from the archive…

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King Kelly towards the end of his career...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-18-24, 11:57 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 12,208
Posted By seagrade

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Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
04-18-24, 12:17 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 460
Posted By seagrade

Cheers thanks. I bought two both NIB about 7-10...

Cheers thanks. I bought two both NIB about 7-10 years and 20-25000kms ago but I think they were first introduced much earlier, maybe early/mid 00s. Andre Greipel raced one for much of his later...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
04-11-24, 10:40 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 460
Posted By seagrade

ISO/WTB unobtanium Turbomatic saddle spares

Miracles happen every day but the impossible takes a little longer - I’m looking to replace the elastomer bumpers on two otherwise enduring Turbomatic Gel Flow saddles - the red and blue parts in the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-08-24, 11:30 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,870
Posted By seagrade

I neither want nor need m/any more road bicycles,...

I neither want nor need m/any more road bicycles, but an all-steel Ritchey SwissCross or RSCX would be very useful acquisitions…
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-06-24, 11:05 PM
Replies: 251
Views: 80,484
Posted By seagrade

Cheers thanks! Answers in the text above. I’m...

Cheers thanks! Answers in the text above. I’m really happy with this one and once it has the 28t rear sprocket it’ll be even more versatile. All going well I’ll shrink into it as I grow old and it’ll...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-06-24, 08:40 PM
Replies: 251
Views: 80,484
Posted By seagrade

Four hours on this one today after a three-way...

Four hours on this one today after a three-way handlebar and stem reassignment between Bianchi, Serotta and Ron Cooper to optimise front-end reach across the trident. The Selle Anatomica saddle...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-02-24, 07:48 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 6,179
Posted By seagrade

For the sake of the historical record, Le Bici di...

For the sake of the historical record, Le Bici di Coppi by Amadori and Tullini references Coppi using 50/47x15-24 and Bartali 49/46x15-24 over the Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde. I can’t...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-01-24, 02:27 PM
Replies: 160
Views: 26,890
Posted By seagrade

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-01-24, 02:12 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 2,388
Posted By seagrade

I haven’t ridden hundreds of older racing...

I haven’t ridden hundreds of older racing bicycles, and can’t recall riding a Colnago, but of the many dozens I have I have yet to encounter one that could not be ridden one-handed almost...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-31-24, 04:02 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 6,436
Posted By seagrade

If I were to find a Stronglight 107 crankset like...

If I were to find a Stronglight 107 crankset like that an entire 531SL Peugeot would eventually grow from it…
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-28-24, 02:34 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 2,388
Posted By seagrade

Very fine-looking racing bicycle. Really like the...

Very fine-looking racing bicycle. Really like the period correct Japanese parts selection - Suntour Superbe, Sugino Super Mighty, Tange and Araya were all good choices when (whether or not actually)...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-28-24, 12:56 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 6,436
Posted By seagrade

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Another vote for Simplex Retrofriction shift levers.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-28-24, 01:51 AM
Replies: 83,260
Views: 14,524,238
Posted By seagrade

Always pays to check the alignment of a dinged...

Always pays to check the alignment of a dinged frame sold without its original fork…
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
03-27-24, 07:56 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,230
Posted By seagrade

https://utahrandonneur.wordpress.com/sancineto-bic...

https://utahrandonneur.wordpress.com/sancineto-bicycles/

Fantastic classic race frame in great condition.

Italian steel frame building history is full of small and individual builders who built...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
03-25-24, 10:46 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 668
Posted By seagrade

Crankset is Gran Sport Road 116mm BCD and will...

Crankset is Gran Sport Road 116mm BCD and will take a 35t inner chainring. In good shape they are quite collectable as brand and period correct while offering lower gearing.

Hubs also Gran Sport,...
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