New Italian Eye Candy
04-07-14, 04:01 PM
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New Italian Eye Candy
Picked this gem up last week. It's so pretty, I hate to ride her, but, I took her out on a little eighty miler and she rides as good as any I have.
04-07-14, 04:03 PM
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Flaming hot pedals those are.
04-07-14, 04:08 PM
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Ok, now I'm jealous. 
Hang on tight in the turns, as you'll likely give up before the SP will.
My Super Prestige is an excellent machine as well, but the paint on yours is clearly cooler.
Congrats.
Hang on tight in the turns, as you'll likely give up before the SP will.
My Super Prestige is an excellent machine as well, but the paint on yours is clearly cooler.
Congrats.
04-07-14, 04:48 PM
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^No kiddin'.
OTOH, he didn't say who long it took him
OTOH, he didn't say who long it took him
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04-07-14, 05:32 PM
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Very pretty.
04-07-14, 06:22 PM
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You know, you wake-up in the morning, the sun is shining, it's about 75 degrees outside, breakfast on the balcony, open-up Bicycle Forums, look down the list of threads, open-up this thread and….bam….A beautiful Italian bike to drool over.
It doesn't get any better than that…….
Thanks Joe for "completing me".
It doesn't get any better than that…….
Thanks Joe for "completing me".
04-07-14, 07:44 PM
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I had two and sold them both! I rode them for a while to get them out of my system. They were beautiful, and rode equaly beautiful. fortunately, one, the pink one, I sold to my neighbor and cycling buddy, so it's just across the hall from me. Yours is a beautiful bike! Congratulations! it is definitely a keeper!
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04-07-14, 07:51 PM
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Beautiful bike.
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04-07-14, 08:01 PM
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Yes, this is a keeper. Im thinking I will have to sell one of my others to make up for this one however. I seem to have alot of bikes lately. Time to trim down. Im up to 17 and 12 is my limit. Just seems like in the last several months, these great bike are appearing on my local cr
04-07-14, 09:23 PM
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Beautiful bike and those pedals are sweet!!
04-07-14, 09:29 PM
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Yes, this is a keeper. Im thinking I will have to sell one of my others to make up for this one however. I seem to have alot of bikes lately. Time to trim down. Im up to 17 and 12 is my limit. Just seems like in the last several months, these great bike are appearing on my local cr
What are the 17 currently in the stable?
04-07-14, 09:46 PM
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Are you sure you want to know? Dont want to bore you. 1. Merckx 7-11 team 2. Merckx ti ax 3.Guerciotti 4.Della Santa 5.Della Santa 6. Bianchi specialissma 7. Bianchi specialissma 8Lemond tvt team z 9 Concorde team Pdm 10 Vitus KAS 11 Palletti 12. Medici 13. Masi Prestige 14. Masi gran corsa 15. Tommassini 16. Serotta 17.Basso maybe some others here and there as well..scattered about the house or in the attic?
04-07-14, 11:33 PM
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I'll second that. You have a few I have had on my dream team now for quite some time.
I adore the lugwork and special attention to detail Tommassini's possess. I own a Tecno that comes nowhere near fitting me but someday, I'll have one that will.
Enjoy the ride!
I adore the lugwork and special attention to detail Tommassini's possess. I own a Tecno that comes nowhere near fitting me but someday, I'll have one that will.
Enjoy the ride!
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04-07-14, 11:58 PM
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Wow, nice bike and especially with those old wheels.
So, does the valve extender get shared between the two wheels?
Looks like my size, just needs my pedals!
So, does the valve extender get shared between the two wheels?
Looks like my size, just needs my pedals!
04-08-14, 12:36 AM
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sexy, sexy bike. And the rest of the line up you posted... surely must be hard to cull that herd! I'm extremely enamoured with the era where steel and brifters briefly overlapped as of late.
04-08-14, 10:02 AM
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I agree!! Im really starting to get into those late 80s early nineties bikes as well. Dont have as many of the downtube bikes as I used to.
04-08-14, 12:40 PM
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SLX/SPX was not widely available until 1984. There may have been a few Cinelli's made in late 1983 with SLX/SPX, but most would date from 1984 onwards. When I bought my first good bike in 1984, I had to wait in order to get SLX.