Schwinny
I live for the CABE
This was donated to the co-op two years ago. It was in terrible condition. Corroded, dirty and crunchy from one end to the other. Originally it was outfitted with a COMPLETE Campagnolo super record group, rims and all.
Only a few of the parts were sellable, as folks that do super record won't put up with corrosion or scuffs.
Dibs was immediately called by a shop employee, it was hung in back and there it stayed.
It changed potential owners through the hierarchy of the 2nd and 3rd dibs procedure but after almost a year, was disassembled and readied for scrap. It was deemed "dangerous" being an unknown quantity of so many different materials, all bonded together and corroded.
Pffft. Buncha speculation and conjecture. I dropped a Jackson on the frame and got it out of there.
After another year and a half... It lives again.
About 3/4 of the parts are from the bins in the co-op and since there was no way to actually restore it, I made it mine.
This is my newest bike and I'm drawing the line right here. It bothers me a smidge it is 32yo and can be pigeon holed as classic or vintage.
Custom and bad-ass are pigeon holes i don't mind so much though...
Finer points...
Titanium triangle, Reynolds 753 stays, Carbon fork and bars.
Just under 19 pounds.
Now a single ring, thumb shifted 10 speed
105 Hubs and hollowtech BB, Dura-Ace all else that matters.
My old steel bikes and this have very little in common, they ride completely different.
Only a few of the parts were sellable, as folks that do super record won't put up with corrosion or scuffs.
Dibs was immediately called by a shop employee, it was hung in back and there it stayed.
It changed potential owners through the hierarchy of the 2nd and 3rd dibs procedure but after almost a year, was disassembled and readied for scrap. It was deemed "dangerous" being an unknown quantity of so many different materials, all bonded together and corroded.
Pffft. Buncha speculation and conjecture. I dropped a Jackson on the frame and got it out of there.
After another year and a half... It lives again.
About 3/4 of the parts are from the bins in the co-op and since there was no way to actually restore it, I made it mine.
This is my newest bike and I'm drawing the line right here. It bothers me a smidge it is 32yo and can be pigeon holed as classic or vintage.
Custom and bad-ass are pigeon holes i don't mind so much though...
Finer points...
Titanium triangle, Reynolds 753 stays, Carbon fork and bars.
Just under 19 pounds.
Now a single ring, thumb shifted 10 speed
105 Hubs and hollowtech BB, Dura-Ace all else that matters.
My old steel bikes and this have very little in common, they ride completely different.
