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12-09-08, 08:10 AM
Not exactly vintage/retro (~1990), but getting there. Thought the (nearly) full C-Record might qualify me.
This is my first race bike, thoroughly abused and built with a complete hodge-podge of disposable (ie: mis-matched Shimano) bits for most of its life. But my stable and my income are recently to a point which allowed me to have it repainted (yes, that's the original color) and source a bunch of bling to rebuild it in its true Italian glory.
A Scapin EL-OS (fillet brazed head tube & seat cluster, TIGed at the DT & ST/BB, lugged chainstays/BB...weird), Mondonico EL fork (OEM was painted EL-OS unicrown...wanted chrome), 8-speed C-Rec drivetrain (Chorus RD), 5-pivot Deltas, Grammo stem & 65/40 bars, FIR silver box-section tubies waiting to be built. Needs a steerer trim. 54x54cm, 21.5lbs.
http://middlepath.gotdns.com/bikes/scapin.jpg
This is my first race bike, thoroughly abused and built with a complete hodge-podge of disposable (ie: mis-matched Shimano) bits for most of its life. But my stable and my income are recently to a point which allowed me to have it repainted (yes, that's the original color) and source a bunch of bling to rebuild it in its true Italian glory.
A Scapin EL-OS (fillet brazed head tube & seat cluster, TIGed at the DT & ST/BB, lugged chainstays/BB...weird), Mondonico EL fork (OEM was painted EL-OS unicrown...wanted chrome), 8-speed C-Rec drivetrain (Chorus RD), 5-pivot Deltas, Grammo stem & 65/40 bars, FIR silver box-section tubies waiting to be built. Needs a steerer trim. 54x54cm, 21.5lbs.
http://middlepath.gotdns.com/bikes/scapin.jpg