gomango

Agreed.

Great looking bike.

mech4matsnova

I finally have something to post here

1992 Bianchi Forza, now with a complete 6400 groupset

greg3rd48 

^^ Very pretty. I have a Tricolor groupset that I must use on a build one day.

alfredoc

Hi I've read all the thread really fantastic, I thought that i was the only mad who like to take an old steel frame and mounting a new groupset

this is one of my favourite bike, a Guerciotti 1980 whit a 105 10V 5700 group

69chevy

In 1993 (I was 13) I went with my late grandfather to a warehouse liquidation estate sale.

I saw a 1989 Schwinn Prelude for $15.

He bought it for me after a little begging and I got into road cycling.

I gave that bike to my late mother in law in 1997 since I had a car, and had quit riding it.

She went on to ride in an MS charity ride before she passed away. It was a 2 day 150 mile ride.

The bike was stolen from her house before she passed, and I always wished I could have it back.

I finally found a frame and built it up for a 150 mile MS charity ride thats happening this June.

It's not finished yet, but I did get it together enough to shake it down today. I have a 6800 groupset for it, but no 11 speed wheels for it yet, so it gets some 105 10 speed parts for now.

geluzj

Looks awesome! Cool find on the single-color scheme Schwinn. Most I've seen have the two-tone. It'll look great with the full Ultegra group. I'm assuming front shifting is fine with the 10/11 mix. What wheels are you considering? And is that a Nashbar Carbon fork?

obrentharris 

Nice bike! I've never seen a dark green Guerciotti before. I'm not sure I've ever seen a Guerciotti with fenders either!
Brent

greg3rd48 

Very nice build. I am very happy with the 105 groupset that I used on my two roadie builds.

alfredoc

Hi Brent
I know Mr Paolo Guerciotti since 1981 when he make a bike to my father, this bike was originally made for a client who loves the English sport car so Paolo Guerciotti meake a bike whith a racing green color
Several years ago i found the frame in a trade show near Milano, i'll love it and the mesure was like mine so i was obbligated to bought
When i show the frame at mr Guerciotti and when i said him who i've intention to mounting new components whit a 10 V mr Guerciotti said: good, you can put also a cuple of fenders so you have a angry commuter

...and is what i've done

ciao

Alfredo

69chevy

The shiftng is great. The RD is a 10 speed and so are the shifters. The FD is actually the Suntour stock one.

The crank and brakes are the only 11 speed parts on it so far.

It is a Nashbar fork. I went threadless because I needed (wanted) the 130mm -17 stem.

I'm likely going to buy some c35 wheels.

Thanks!

69chevy

Thanks

I love the new 105 stuff.

69chevy

Oh, and this is the exact size and color frame I used to have. It took forever to find. That's why it has the long stem. The old one didn't fit me well, but I wanted the same frame regardless

jforman

In response to widening your rear steel triangle, I used a long threaded rod and 4 nuts with 2 washers. probably could have opened up the frame with 2 nuts and 2 washers placed inside the frame so that when you turn one of the nuts clockwise the both nuts extend the frame. I opened from a 126mm with to a 134mm. I only needed 13mm (8 speed) but I'm sure I could have extended to 137mm to fit a 135mm hub assembly.

Craigorock

more pictures here:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...etro-zona.html

RobbieTunes

+1

RobbieTunes

Took a minute to take that all in, but that is one nice build.

RobbieTunes

As good a reason to build one as any. Nice back story.

RobbieTunes

1987 Bridgestone Radac. A collaboration of sorts with mnmkpedals.

All aluminum. It was entirely re-painted and represented as a Concorde when mnmkpedals got it. The paint had to go (lavendar and green).


and then a little stripping and some polish, etc.


It was produced with Dura Ace in the 3000 version, and I think other components on lower model numbers.
Originally, it was a blend of paint and bare tubing.

I was able to glue/screw on the original DT braze-on posts that had fallen off. They were originally riveted and glued.

The lighting in my garage isn't so good, but the tubing shines pretty well. Certainly good enough that I'll not strip the clear off of any tubes.




The Kalloy looks and works fine. I have the original DA, courtesy of , as well.



This drivetrain setup has worked well for me over the last few years.
I match the FD/RD shifters, go with whatever I want on the rest.



This subtle decal goes on all of my builds now.


Yes, Made in Japan, Designed in USA (Grant Peterson design?_


mnmkpedals will tell you, the bike was likely destined for landfill or close. It looks better in person, and rides nicely.

54cm 6061 Aluminum tubing with cast aluminum BB shell, HT, rear dropouts. Polished aluminum seat cluster, fork crown, fork ends.
DA headset, Prologo saddle, Kalloy 25.8 seat post (to be repl by DA). Nitto Young stem, Nitto B115-420 bars with Fizik leather-like wrap.
5700 shifters (were trashed, I put on new nameplates, hoods, and pained the levers), FD on Origin8 clamp, RD. 6701 used chain.
DTSwiss Axis wheelset with Vittoria Rubino Pro's, 105 10-sp cassette. FSA Team Issue crankset, Octalink 6500 b, DA 50/39 chainrings.
Look Keo2Max pedals, Forte carbon bottle cage, Prologo's U-clip bag. Novara slick stainless/teflon cables with parts bin housing.
DT cable stop on the L courtesy of rccardr, on the R courtesy of the BOC, along with BOC "frame" sticker up near the seat cluster.

19.74 lbs as you see it. That will drop when I replace the 350mm Kalloy post with the 170mm DA. Different wheels could drop it more.
I think the catalog had it a 20.7 lbs or something like that with the full DA treatment.

himespau 

That's a beauty.

plonz 

Nice touch painting the head tube, bottom bracket and rear drips. Great looking bike!

danejules

Here is my latest retro build and picture of my not-so-retro (but still lugged steel) build.

sloar 

Mid 80's Ciocc SLX with 9 speed Chorus. Not sure about the white cables yet. I usually just use black.

RobbieTunes

I enve that.

danejules

I wonder if it might be a bit much?? A friend accumulated all the Enve parts and decided not to use them. Thought I would see if it would work.

upthywazzoo 

I wonder if Enve would ever make a white fork with black lettering.