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01-13-19, 03:57 PM
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Beautiful...never thought id see such a nice brown bike.
01-13-19, 04:23 PM
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@vonruden, could you share how it came into your possession? Was it a bare frame, or built? What do you know about it’s past? Does it fit you?
01-13-19, 05:08 PM
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Ebay, a couple years ago. BIlenky repaired a damaged dropout and I added the 50th groupset, however kept the brake levers that were pantographed by Mario. Fits like a glove, roads are salty now so I probably won't ride again until spring.
01-13-19, 09:07 PM
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Lovely Confente. Brown is the new black. 
Thanks for sharing. A bit nostalgic for me, as there were a fair number of these rolling around where I grew up. The 50th gruppo looks appropriate for it as well. The bling is somehow appropriate. Period correctness is IMO close enough.
Thanks for sharing. A bit nostalgic for me, as there were a fair number of these rolling around where I grew up. The 50th gruppo looks appropriate for it as well. The bling is somehow appropriate. Period correctness is IMO close enough.
01-13-19, 09:21 PM
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Not a Confente, but that first bike posted really remind me of my recently completed Davidson Signature, in many ways.......
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Devils advocate here, double blind road test with those two frames might be interesting.
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Really, that's lovely. And Pantographed! With a 50th!
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just to keep with the general theme... let me offer an article from Bicycling magazine back in 1975. They did a "road" test of some great track bikes. One of these was a Masi built by Confente. Not nearly enough photos for modern tastes, but the shot of the fork crown is certainly appreciated!
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01-14-19, 10:05 AM
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Thank you for sharing photos of your bike, VR, a very rare and beautiful bike that very few of us here on the forum will ever get the chance to see an example of in person much less own from this master builder. I can think of only one other forum member who can really contribute pictures of another Confente held in his personal collection and I hope @BlueDevil63 will oblige us.
01-14-19, 10:36 AM
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Beautiful! The storyline in each and every one of these frames speaks volumes.
Question aside the frame -does it not seem strange how the rear derailleur body is very much vertical and minimized chain around the cogs?
Question aside the frame -does it not seem strange how the rear derailleur body is very much vertical and minimized chain around the cogs?
01-14-19, 10:54 AM
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Beautiful beyond words.
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01-14-19, 11:06 AM
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I have since sold my Confente but here is a picture. This one (#65) was very much a non-typical example with braze-ons for bar end shifters and detailed lug outlining that was not usually seen on a Confente and in fact not really seen on Italian (or Italian style) bikes at all. I was approached last year by someone who very much wanted a Confente and I decided that with the funds from the Confente I could have two or three other bikes that I very much would like to have.
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01-14-19, 12:28 PM
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A stellar bike for a stellar stable. Assume this one wins for rarity and certainly holds its own for aesthetics. Care to comment on how it rides compared to your other bikes?
01-14-19, 12:55 PM
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I have since sold my Confente but here is a picture. This one (#65) was very much a non-typical example with braze-ons for bar end shifters and detailed lug outlining that was not usually seen on a Confente and in fact not really seen on Italian (or Italian style) bikes at all. I was approached last year by someone who very much wanted a Confente and I decided that with the funds from the Confente I could have two or three other bikes that I very much would like to have.
01-14-19, 05:16 PM
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I have since sold my Confente but here is a picture. This one (#65) was very much a non-typical example with braze-ons for bar end shifters and detailed lug outlining that was not usually seen on a Confente and in fact not really seen on Italian (or Italian style) bikes at all. I was approached last year by someone who very much wanted a Confente and I decided that with the funds from the Confente I could have two or three other bikes that I very much would like to have.
01-14-19, 06:55 PM
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So where does Confente fit in the Italian hierarchy?
Colnago, Pinarello, DeRosa and Pogliaghi are usually talked-up as the best of the best of Italian bikes, but Confente seems to have an almost mystical reputation beyond those. True? And if so, why?
Colnago, Pinarello, DeRosa and Pogliaghi are usually talked-up as the best of the best of Italian bikes, but Confente seems to have an almost mystical reputation beyond those. True? And if so, why?
01-14-19, 07:13 PM
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Weren't Confente's made in California?
