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Here's about half of it. Got some way to go though!
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Doesn't look cheap, how does the Guerciotti ride?
It's nice, only used for recovery and cafe rides though!
Another Casseroll
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Just bought an old 531 Professional frame for restoration. Looks pre 82. can't wait to get working on it, so it's goodbye to the little Italian frame up there.
like that a lot damitamit + the singular too!
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Getting this old heap Saturday, then it's straight off to Ellis Briggs for a re paint.
Look at that nice seat clamp lug, and it's 531 Professional successor to 531SL.
Is that a campag chainset? what brakes, stem and bars are they? And the fella says he has the 'alloy wheels' for it?
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Now for sale if anyone fancies it...
i NEED some silver bars and a silver stem for mine but everything looks chunky at the side of the skinny steel tubes
Rob. Planet-X have some silver quill stuff.
That Surly above is stunning. Simple and elegant!
Here's mine that could do with a clean.
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Singular for touring and mud, now in 1x9 guise
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Surly CC for everyday riding and country lane jaunts. Dreaming of something more road-orinetated in nicer steel like the Enigma! Have thought of the Casseroll but not sure it's that different to the Cross Check.
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Steel road(ish) bikes; I've had a few....
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But then again...
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The current titanium one I won't mention.....(aye right!)
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My hack bike bike, complete with "[url= http://sheldonbrown.com/lambert.html ]Death Fork[/url] " If all goes to plan, it should get a bit of a spruce up over summer!
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Some beautiful bikes lads loving the brown bar tape and saddles, anyone hazard a guess what mine is I never got round to getting new decals.
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Koga Miyata Pro Racer S (on a rarely sunny day)
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Geoffrey Butler SS
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Holdsworth Criterium shopping bike
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Not mine but a recent build by one of the lads in our club...
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My Custom 853 J F Wilson - currently off the road as I need to rebuild the wheels...
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Roberts Columbus SL x2!
Dark metalic green or pastel green?
Hannington 531 Professional with all silver parts inc rims.
Anyone got some old tubs going ? need a spare that's stretched.
Pastel.....
Green you say?....
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Finished building this on Saturday - just need to sort the bars out.
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Sorry but steel road bikes just look so ugly IMO, apart from all the Kona's.
Heathen 🙂
Burn the witch.!
Beej..
Quick one for you mate.. that Guerciotti, would it take a stnadard stem if you shimmed the fork, or do you have to use a quill type like you have??
You can get quill to standard adaptors.
Like this:
[url= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/deda-quill-stem-adapter/ ]http://www.wiggle.co.uk/deda-quill-stem-adapter/[/url]
Cheers Beej, appreciated.
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I got this on Tuesday but it is already far from stock. Groupset is now glossy grey Ultegra, bar and stem are PRO PLT carbon and the seatpost is a PRO Vibe carbon with a San Marco Aspide (with my name on it) stuck on top. Waiting on tyres and the time to recable it before I can swing a leg over it.
It does mean I have the stock bits looking for a new home if anyone has an Equilibrium or CdF frame they want to build up 😉
I've obtained all the parts I need to complete the rebuild, except white cables and tub cement. Well chuffed, sold all my old 'retro' bits for just over £300 and that's covered the purchase of the frame all the bits I need and a respray at Bob Jacksons.
Just trying to visualize this old bit of tat in new Pepermint paint, all polished alloy parts, new tubs, white leather saddle, non aero cables etc.
Hope to have it back from BJ by the end of April, and intend to race it at our club day.
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My new audax/touring bike...
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MisterP given that you already changed groupsets what thought did you give to just buying a frame? I bought a Genesis frame and fork and built it up with parts sourced from here And there.
I am in the process of changing the frame now as it happens so I have a spare metallic red genesis that could go with your group set.
damitamit is that a front dyno hub? That's next on the agenda for my tourer/audax bike when this retro thing is all done.
Yep, its a SP pv-8 on a Velocity A23 rim with Sapim Lasers.
Very subtle, and the model I was looking at. Nice.
This is my happy 😀 thread.