My first road bike - back home!
08-06-19, 09:12 PM
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 20
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 7 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times
in
4 Posts
My first road bike - back home!
Folks - A few years ago I got into Road biking and I found this steel framed bike at a thrift store of all places. After asking from help identifying the frame from some guys on this forum it appears the frame may (we couldn’t be 100%) have been a 1995 Novara Trionfo which utilized Tange Prestige Ultimate steel tubing and the Shimano 600 tricolor groupset. As a dummy I sold it quickly after buying to help finance my first carbon race bike and I regretted it ever since. Fast forward to last week. I decided to reach out to the guy who had bought it, who still had it, and worked out a deal to get it back. I’ve since been to work this week on it with a few modern additions (wheels and stem/bar setup) and am super happy with how it came out. I still prefer my Canyon Ultimate Di2 for the fast team rides but this thing rides like a dream, is comfortable, and gets 10x more the attention. It will now be a standard coffee ride bike for me. So grateful for my second chance with it and will never let it go again. Let me know your thoughts!
Likes For Sonof12:
08-06-19, 10:52 PM
#3
6-4 Titanium
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 330
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 92 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 36 Times
in
31 Posts
Nice and clean looking. I understand the sentimental value it has to you it’s like buying that car you drove in highschool decades later as an old man.
08-07-19, 03:53 AM
#4
Should Be More Popular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Posts: 43,039
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
Mentioned: 560 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 22583 Post(s)
Liked 8,923 Times
in
4,156 Posts
Likes For Sonof12:
08-07-19, 10:37 AM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 8,922
Mentioned: 20 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4717 Post(s)
Liked 1,882 Times
in
998 Posts
You might want to check out this seatpost.
https://velo-orange.com/collections/...-seatpost-27-2
it looks good on a classic steel frame
this stem and these bars would help too.
https://velo-orange.com/collections/...-seatpost-27-2
it looks good on a classic steel frame
this stem and these bars would help too.
Last edited by noodle soup; 08-07-19 at 11:07 AM.
08-07-19, 10:44 AM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: A Yankee in Houston, TX
Posts: 1,074
Bikes: State Bicycle Co. Undefeated Track SS/FG, Lynskey Helix-Bronze
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 115 Post(s)
Liked 204 Times
in
95 Posts
Sonof12, that is one very clean, sweet looking ride. You already know that seatpost has to go; otherwise, everything else looks great.
It must feel so good being able to reunite and reclaim a favorite build/bike.
It must feel so good being able to reunite and reclaim a favorite build/bike.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Jarrett2
Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg)
158
06-24-17 10:30 PM
eyeheartny
Road Cycling
113
12-31-10 06:42 AM
