Elev12k

I would not have been 'OK' if I'd used my short panto'ed post in this configuration. That particular post belonged to an ex PDM Time Trial bike originally. The post you see fitted is a post the Squadra got donated from a not long ago acquired Colnago Master.

Carabo

He's got about 2.0cm left before reaching the "max" engravings

https://www.velomine.com/images/errantpost1.jpg

Pretty safe I'd say.

sauze

thread resurrection! A bit of a hypothetical situation, would you drive 40 or so minutes to check out this bike? (assuming you were looking for a bit of a project and your significant other felt like coming along for a drive) I don't know the first thing about Concordes (yet) other than the lusting I've done in this thread, seems like this could be a deal but I don't know what their low end stuff looked like.



All the ad said is 'Concorde Racing Bike $100 OBO'

unworthy1

it's a little strange: if I was sure it was a Concorde I'd make that drive and bring cash, but that one pic is hard to read: are those braze-on cable guides on the bottom of the TT? That's a strange detail, and it's got a dork disk. I'd want to see better pics, at least one from the drive side.

sauze

I'll see if I can get a better picture, the seller hasn't been the most communicative. The response to my email (asking size, model name, blah blah) was responded to only with that picture. Doesn't seem like the seller's trying to fleece anyone , just not a bike person perhaps. Anybody know if Concorde produced any real dogs?

unworthy1

I heard (but don't know for sure) that in later years they offered frames made in Japan (or perhaps Taiwan) that were lower end than the very fine Italian-made frames we saw in the US...these JP frames were just for the European market, not exported to the US, AFAIK. I don't think they'd be "dogs" but maybe not in the same league as even an Aelle or Cromor frame from Italy. I think there was also a re-branded Vitus (or similar) Concorde as well, but that's obviously not this one.
EDIT: I should have looked at the previous threads: not only a re-branded TVT, but a '93 catalog that shows some Asian frames (Trekking and City bikes) at lower price-points...nothing that looks like your seller's picture, though.

sauze

Yeah I skimmed through those catalogues myself to no avail. If only the seller would take a few decent pictures, I really don't feel like trekking out there to find something I don't really want... C&V God's what shall I do??

buldogge

It's 40 minutes...just shoot over there.

You could have already gone and been back and told us what you bought!

sauze

Haha gimmie a break! I'm still at work for another hour

Primitive Don

Here's a Concorde Mistral that needed a replacement fork due to stripped threading. Forum member GrayJay graciously provided this Columbus fork with Concorde engravings in order to get this Concorde back on the road.

GrayJay

Don- Glad to see my old fork back on a Concorde and out on the road after sitting in my boxes of parts for almost 20 years. A sky blue Concorde Aquila (SL) was my first european racing bike, it served me well and we won a bunch of collegiate, USCF cat 4 & Cat 3 races together before the chainstay fatigued and broke.

cyclingd

Those are beautiful. I got a Prelude in the late 90's with PRX tubing.

ahson

Mine..

105 Gruppo. Everything is original beside the bar tape.

eddievan

https://www.flickr.com/photos/4128420...7625408101044/

Elev12k

Nice Athena equipped Squadra

tashi

Paselas are decent tires and all, but if you can, I'd recommend getting some really nice riding tires on that bike to really make it shine. I bet you'll love it even more then.

Fazered

Hi I just won this Concorde. https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ht_4751wt_1139

To be honest I'm a bit stumped by it. It has Astore on the decals but it's got a mix of details I haven't been able to find on any other bike. The Top Tube cable routing, race number boss, head lug design and the campagnolo drop outs. I've seen bikes with some of these features but not all. Even not in the "Flamingo" colour scheme. It's also weird to have a mid range bike with Columbus Chromor tubing with a race number boss. Surely no pro was racing on a frame like this?

Anyone got any ideas?

GrayJay

Concorde included a number boss on many of thier non-pro frames.
Chromor tubing set is double butted and deminsionally is between SL and SP sets but uses "plain" chrom-moly tubing. Should be a strong and very nice riding "budget" bike.
Might be that concorde frames could be ordered built to suit from a range of outfitting options.

Hum3

My Concorde Squadra, finally done...

joe englert

i think the only steel frame bike sean kelly road was a concorde? the rest were all alum. vitus

robertofergy

Sweet thread revival! I just saw a nice Concorde(is there any other kind) on my local CL that was too small, so I told my friend and he bought it! Im pretty excited to check it out, ill put some pics up later.

robertofergy

Here are the CL (we use Kijiji around here) pics, hope to take some better ones soon

oblique 

They found her buried in the basement at my LBS and after a good wash she was bradn new again. The fron tire exploded on me 2 minutes away from the shop when I first picked it up but its been great since.

badabingoh

This is mine, For the right price it could be yours! LOL
https://s650.photobucket.com/albums/u...orde%20Astore/

EBH

Hahmm, needs a little dust of this thread...