1999 Colnago Ovalmaster Titanio Lampre team bike - museum quality
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Chorus ?
must have been for a domestique
must have been for a domestique
08-15-22, 07:59 AM
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Beautiful bike, and nice attention to detail (purposefully and creatively crimped cable end caps, etc.). I love those Chorus parts.
I'd shorten that front brake cable, though.
Never understood why Campy didn't use quick releases on so many of their brake calipers. I think they introduced this feature?
I'd shorten that front brake cable, though.
Never understood why Campy didn't use quick releases on so many of their brake calipers. I think they introduced this feature?
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08-15-22, 02:39 PM
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And Lampre were sponsored by Shimano, so it would've been Dura Ace...
Nice looking bike though
I had one for a few years, rode kinda harsh
Nice looking bike though
I had one for a few years, rode kinda harsh
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Very nice -- but the American Classic seat post sort of stands out as different (singing to myself: "one of these things is not like the others...") ...
Now go ride that thing -- don't let it go to waste as a wallflower!
Now go ride that thing -- don't let it go to waste as a wallflower!
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08-15-22, 04:53 PM
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As the brake QR was invented to accommodate slightly out of true wheels (and not just to facilitate the removal of the wheel), this design is retrograde. Which Is yet another reason I’m running DA.
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Maybe it was meant to tell you when the wheels needed to be trued.
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Nah, wheel removal (especially with fat tubulars) was the primary reason for QRs at the caliper. One removed wheels much more often than they opened QRs for out-of-true wheels. I suppose there were/are lazy peeps who'll run bent wheels into the ground without truing them, thus requiring a constantly-open caliper QR, but they're prolly in the minority
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Me as well, but the operation occurring most often would likely be behind the design philosophy, not the other way around. So, again, retrograde? I don't think so.
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Nah, wheel removal (especially with fat tubulars) was the primary reason for QRs at the caliper. One removed wheels much more often than they opened QRs for out-of-true wheels. I suppose there were/are lazy peeps who'll run bent wheels into the ground without truing them, thus requiring a constantly-open caliper QR, but they're prolly in the minority
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I don't run my brakes "close" either.
But, I too miss the eccentric at the caliper.
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Pretty versatile.
Everybody else was all closed or open, Weinmann had the QR at the lever, its claim to fame was that the next actuation of the brake lever closed things up.
Mafac even had one at the lever, a J track for the cable anchor pin. Pretty rare.
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The Mapei fans are by far the most dedicated. They will pay that much for a repaint in some cases.
For them, it’s about a lot more than the actual bike, frame, etc. Huge enthusiasm factor.
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It is a safety feature. The release on the brake lever doesn't affect overall brake performance should you forget to close the brake release after a wheel change and you can reset the brake lever without having to stop. With a release on the brake calliper you can lose brake power if the lever is left open. you have to stop to close it. If you discover that your brake isn't working well on a steep hill you may have difficulty stopping
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It is a safety feature. The release on the brake lever doesn't affect overall brake performance should you forget to close the brake release after a wheel change and you can reset the brake lever without having to stop. With a release on the brake calliper you can lose brake power if the lever is left open. you have to stop to close it. If you discover that your brake isn't working well on a steep hill you may have difficulty stopping
