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Beautiful Vintage Italian City Bikes, Lets Talk About Them

Old 02-23-22, 09:58 PM
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this is not italian, but is my city bike. and it relates to the discussion about some frames not being good conversion projects.

in this case i put bars that are not to far back as compared to say a northbend style which helps with that, and they are velo-orange Postino...so that is the italian part

reset of it is a SR Semi pro, arabesque group, moderen dual pivot brakes, pasela tires and other fun bits


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Old 02-24-22, 09:43 AM
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This is my Umberto Dei Imperiale, but it is an older picture. These tires are now worn out and I have to address some rust issues on the rims. So it is now disassembled in the shop. One disadvantage of the rod brakes is that an out-of-round wheel really shudders under braking. When I go downtown for coffee I have a slight descent on the way back that makes this thing shake and wobble pretty bad.
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I am drooling over my keyboard with these pictures, bellissima!
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what is the rubber thing they have on the handlebars usually on the right side?
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what is the rubber thing they have on the handlebars usually on the right side?
Manubrio salva - handlebar saver. So you can lean it up on a wall.
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Originally Posted by ldmataya
this is my umberto dei imperiale, but it is an older picture. These tires are now worn out and i have to address some rust issues on the rims. So it is now disassembled in the shop. One disadvantage of the rod brakes is that an out-of-round wheel really shudders under braking. When i go downtown for coffee i have a slight descent on the way back that makes this thing shake and wobble pretty bad.
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Old 02-27-22, 07:00 AM
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1938 UMBERTO DEI IMPERIALE
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Not mine. Snapped a few pics in front of a shop years ago.


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I was hoping someone would post pics of their "Fides" bicycle in this thread..........
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Old 05-19-22, 10:24 AM
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Old 05-19-22, 01:37 PM
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no idea who made my frame, but after some clean up and can of sage green, hung some mis-matched parts on the thing, some decals from the decal box of left-overs


and around town it goes!





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Old 06-15-22, 02:19 PM
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So many beauties here, a lot museum quality. I took my Paff out for a ride today in the 33c weather - surprising how well these bikes work as city bikes - the 1949 Humber I rode yesterday (which is regal and smooth but slow and heavy) was great, but the Paff acted like a racing bike with upright bars. Single speed is all you need! 😀



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Old 06-16-22, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by iab
I also like Sport bikes, but they are all 54s and don't fit well.

Bianchi Sport 099 by iabisdb, on Flickr

Bianchi Sport 164 by iabisdb, on Flickr

What a pretty bike!
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Originally Posted by cocoabeachcrab
no idea who made my frame
Pre 1950 Bianchi used a seatpost binder like that (so did Frejus but the stay tops look different).
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Wonderful thread.
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Originally Posted by oneclick
Pre 1950 Bianchi used a seatpost binder like that (so did Frejus but the stay tops look different).
I don't think it is Bianchi. Head lugs and fork crown is not correct. Definitely a "Sport" style frame and likely 1946-1952. The internal routing for the RD was, to the best of my knowledge, for a Simplex RD. By 1952, Italian manufacturers switched to the Campagnolo Sport RD and dropped Simplex.

As for the exact maker of the frame, I'd look at all the big manufacturers. Most offered a Simplex option. But again, not Bianchi and Frejus. Atala, Dei, Lygie, Maino, Olmo, Olympia, etc. But smaller makers made them too.
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What a pretty bike!
I love those handlebars!
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