Classic & Vintage - Basso Fior di loto?

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taco ty
01-25-06, 10:05 PM
Can anyone help me out with any info on this bike? (i'm not sure i chose the right catagory but here goes anyways) All I know for sure is the brand - Basso, model name - Fior di loto, and it has a columbus slx sticker on it. I got it recently and had to take some rust off and polish up a couple spots... was worried at first but, now i'm enjoying it. It rides nice though and I'd like to know more!
Thanks in advance
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a53/tacoty/bassowrapped.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a53/tacoty/brakes.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a53/tacoty/shifters.jpg
plodderslusk
01-26-06, 12:37 AM
Very nice bike !
I have two loto's, from 92 and 96. The oldest is made from SLX. Heavy, but a very sweet ride. Tracks very solidly through high speed corners and is comfortable on long rides. Nice gruppo on yours, mine have full DA 8 speed.
USAZorro
01-26-06, 06:55 AM
Yeah, those brakes are worth a small fortune.
Also, a very safe bike to ride in traffic. It looks so loud that it even drivers who aren't paying attention will see it. ;)
taco ty
01-27-06, 01:35 AM
Thanks, do you guys happen to know the year of the bike and what gruppo this is? I looked in some older campy catalogs but couldn't find the parts. :D
looks like '91 Chorus, from what I can see. The shifters look like retrofrictions, which would make them Record, the seatpost and headset are something else altogether. What are the hubs?
taco ty
01-27-06, 12:50 PM
the hubs are campy but no other markings, the front rim is campy omega and rear is a mavic. the seat and seatpost i just replaced... salsa shaft seatpost and san marco regal saddle. stem and bars are cinelli. king headset. if brakes are '91 maybe the frame is 91 also?
All I can say fer sure is early 90's. I'm looking at a '91 campy catalog that has the group, but it may be a little earlier, or a little later, and you can't be certain that the group came with the bike (although it most probably did...).
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