crank_addict

Tops! Regardless of results, himself a MACHINE!

malcala622

@Lattz VintageTTfan Thanks for the likes on my Krono build. Its been fun so far and I'm surprised how good the deep V rims look.

I originally meant to take a year building it but parts became easily available. But now with the crisis on our hands things will slow down. Some parts I need/want are overseas and I wont be buying them anytime soon.

Keep posting the TT bikes. I may end up getting another TT bike.

Lattz

Thanks, yeah, I must say, I have a lucky streak (wasn't always like this, lost 3 bikes to thieves int the past year). Usually I go for wrecks, had no high hopes with this one as well, and just bid low on a "why not" basis with the tranquility of the hopeless. Although I liked their bikes ever since I saw the first one, it was so out of my leagues, that I didn't even dream about having one once. But the guy said yes, and it ended up not being a real wreck.

Anyway sad but might be true, that in the development of the current situation, more people will be forced to sell their stuff, as the N-th bike might not be as essential as food or other consumables. I'm not hunting these, but I'm sure there will be more things popping up in the market (and also in the trash, where I get most of my stuff) than usually.

cleroica

I quite like that orange and cream Kalavinka frameset.

m_sasso

The owner of this Kalavinka frequently posts over on the Paceline Forum and owns a matching track bike also.

Lattz

Besides I religiously adore C-Record, I would not throw these off for anything in echange (sorry for bad pics). The red panto is a nice update on the RD from Campagnolo's black sticker.
So much I like Somec and pantographed parts, the thing they did on the C-record is not my thing, while this (and all their older stuff) is art.... Just the right amount of "as much as possible"

m_sasso

Don't believe this has been posted and I have never seen one like this, with this front end before .

P!N20

I was wondering where that second chainstay went, then I found this:

Nemosengineer 

3Rensho in the wild at my wheel builder in San Diego.














: Mike

Nemosengineer 

Your welcome, lets make it 3 3Rensho







: Mike

FlemmingM

Those are very interesting photos! In the one of the Italian team I notice that they are using integrated shift/brake levers; that’s rare to see. Do you know the year of the photo? Also, it is an interesting combination of downtube and bar-end shifter on the MAPEI Colnago with the ITM handlebar. Again do you know the year of that photo?
My own Gazelle has been upgraded with a complete Shimano 600 group with the STI brifters and the same ITM handlebars. I was thinking of changing that to downtube or bar-end shifters and aero brake levers, but I might just run it as is for now.

Lattz

Oh man, these Battaglins are haunting me... beautiful bikes. My brother is a Battaglin rider, and I played with the idea to get one random cheap Battaglin just to ride together (he got infected with road biking when I bought my first Bianchi) on Battaglins, as the "celeste brand" is more expensive, so the other way around would be challenging.
Many nice road bikes popped up in the local classifieds for so low prices, I'd have bought all of them just to save them, but I can hardly sleep, since we have 2 of these online for a rather modest price (~EUR500) of course no Campa, and no disc wheels, but hey, no one can look beside this frame. It's like an affordable Moser La Hora for the not-knowers. Its also nice to see, how they repositioned themselves lately, and choose to break out from "once upon a time big name, now low-mid class bike maker" to boutique brand ensuring that the best possible handcrafted bikes coming out from their hands without compromises to quality.

Lattz

If its Battaglin day, let them rain!!!


These are the two we have over here in the classifieds. The grey one appeared a few months ago (so insomnia is going on for a while now), the pink is a new addition. Loads of potential in both (pics:ebay).

















The pink is really eye popping for cool girls maybe, but it's not for me, to be honest without all the shiny paint and high end parts they might not look a lot more than just a simple, uncomfortable bicycle. Even though the whole style of this pink one is not me, I give a plus for the matching Selle SMP (the color, not the shape) and the bartape. This bike is just quickly rattle-canned, and still look a lot more than the first one by these two things.

But colors (minus the chromed one) and parts are for the help!!! The original Carrera livery was really beautiful in my opinion, and on the steel-vintage one, the Shimano Tricolor 600 might not be C-Record, but a big step up from the 105 and Aris on the prev. 2, sweeeet (pics: steel-vintage)!

Lattz

Thanks. There would have been a Part two posting, (which I will do right after this). Just a side note, these two are "real life" versions of the dreams many of us are chasing. For many, it's easy to got to Steel Vintage, Cicli Berlinetta or or similar companies and fork out a few thousand euros for nice bikes, but let's face it, for the most not. With road bikes its easier to fake the feeling (if thats what someone likes, not me) with a somewhat similar painting and a decal set, but you cant fake a lopro frame (will come back to this with 2 awesome pics, remind me if I'd forget). And these are not even fakes, these are the real things, ugly as they are... (hell, they are horrid, I wrote a long line just to "praise" the pink rattlecan but decided to remove it, as one half of me understands the guy/girl, who might made at least somewhat good looking from hopefully trash - rot in hell if you oversprayed a Carrera painting, even if it was bad!!! on top i write way too long posts). If a guy like me (close to 0 budget) would get one of these most likely the next rattlecan paint (I said like me, not me), or the "next corner" car painter is waiting for them. If one of the aforementioned companies or similars would get them, they could easilly invest 4-800 EUR in nice painting, and a few hundred on a normal groupset and bang! the 500 eur bike costing like 1200-1500 is readily available for buying for close to 3k (theoretical, these days are just about to be over as I said earlier in a post). Or someone just buys them for the garage shelf, because once the current crisis is long gone, these will worth way over 500 eur even as-is. These are not dream bikes, just a step closer to those.

Lattz

BATTAGLIN - PART II.

VintageTTfan as said, the stream didn't stop at the lower end, I just had to run shopping. So now the higher end of the non-original side of the world. Nice paint or chrome eh?
(pics from Pedalroom)

No serious Italian bike anything racing related brand can exist without at least one thing "dipped" in the beloved Rosso Corsa. I personally like it, but we're not all the same, for some its too extrovert, while for others its dull compared to some other artistic colorful works on IT bikes.






I always thought, that red+black or red+white always works.

So move on to the other... hmmmmm lovely... I don't know how big this frame is compared to the prev. ones, but the slpe of the TT looks more dramatic somehow.






Both are simple yet elegant (AND EYE POPPING!!!!)

jucan@hotmail.f

whaaaaat bike!

Lattz

I guess i would happily change any wheels to such a Silva. I remember the first time i saw Silva as such was on the Rossin cx with those atomic sign-kindof paint scheme. Sweet... but these "pure" ones are the hottest.. reminds me to the land speed record breaking cars in salt lakes. And absolutely lends that look to a bike...

Shrevvy 

What do the holes in the front wheel do?

bulgie 

The 1896 book Bicycles and Tricycles by Archibald Sharp has a drawing of disk wheels, which were claimed to be faster due to less wind resistance. The front wheel on the bike has 4 round holes in it. Yes, 1896, not a typo, 124 years ago.

There's nothing new under the sun.

Mark B in Seattle

P!N20

^ You didn’t let a bog standard road bike into the TT thread VintageTTfan ?

Like Somecs are bog standard

Bianchigirll 

Super Conductor magnets?

Bianchigirll 

These are, sadly, not mine but I thought I'd post them. I saw them over at T-Town cycles (or whatever the new name is) back around 2014. I inquired if the owner would mind if I took some pics of them and he sent me this great 8x10 glossies. The Paletti is my favorite

m_sasso

Haven't viewed this Look before, any one know the story behind it? Does this frame have rear suspension?

Lattz

It indeed looks exactly like a jumping gazelle (the animal not the dutch bike).
The thing was called TWINBLADE Track Record Bike (i guess it answers the suspension question) and really hardly any info is available on it.
For those interested it worths a google search for it and there check out the Look 796 white paper. The foreword was written by an aerodynamics specialist who also worked in Formula 1 for various teams, he explains really well what whas/is the big thing about Look's ahead of its time innovations. This bike is only mentioned (pic below) but it tells the whole evolution of Look aero bikes.

malcala622

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