OldsCOOL

I'm all in.

For me, it was a 3yr search for an affordable Black Lightning. The elegantly villainous looks grabbed my attention but it was the reports of a brutally honest (stiff) frame and criterium geometry. The spring of 2014 I nabbed an '88 Criterium Series frameset of exact fit and immediately began a repaint with a black/gold metallic paint. The build took 2 months and with a Vuelta Corsa Lite wheelset to top it off. A Shimano tricolor 600 with indexed 7-speed shifters commanding the 12-28 HG cassette makes gear changing flawlessly quick. There is no other bike like it when it comes to hillclimbs and blazing out of the saddle sprints. It gives no quarter.