svt4cam

It's a 62cm. It's pretty whippy compared with todays aluminium or vintage steel frames. You can see the bottom bracket flex when you stomp it in a high gear or stand and climb. But it rides very comfortably for a short wheelbase bike. If you take your hands off the bars and whack the side of the top tube with your hand it will start vibrating pretty severly. But it rides great as long as you don't go hands free. I've really enjoyed it all these years riding it more than a custom built Witcomb I was stupid enough to sell when we moved.

gwhunter

Nope I'm actually in the Big city of Houston.. Here we have a Goodwill clearence center where they get merchandise from all over Texas that other stores either didn't want or couldn't sell. Somehow ever now and then a really cool bike shows up and If i'm there I snag it.. So far I have found some real gems in there, my coolest being a 1973 Lawwill Pro Cruiser, and a Nishiki Medalist in mint condition..

cudak888 

Sorry, that's a Victory/Triomphe post. Note the extra bits of metal on each side of the binder bolt area.

And IMHO, better functioning then NR, and even SR in the drivetrain department (particularly in the RD). As for brakes, both Victory and Triomphe are identical in function to NR and SR, differences are cosmetic only.

Take care,

-Kurt

svt4cam

Thank you It's a 62 cm It rides very nice but you can see bottom bracket flex to the sides when you stomp it in a high gear. It also flexes quite a bit when climbing on the bars. If you take your hands off the bars and whack the top tube it will start to occilate. Just fine when hands are on the bars though. A true flexible flyer. Whatever Crazy Glue Alan used on it must be pretty strong though lol.

svt4cam

Sorry for the double post was sick most of last night and had forgotten I posted a reply.

bigbossman 

It's my understanding that they're glued and screwed, so my guess would your more likely to see cracks in the lugs befeore you see a tube/lug separation.

svt4cam

They are threaded and epoxied with allen bolts holding the seat stays to the seat lug and the rear brake stay on mine. The newer models pictured have the seat stays threaded directly to the seat lugs. I was just being silly.

M-theory

""You've got a C-Record seatpost on there""
""-Sorry, that's a Victory/Triomphe post. Note the extra bits of metal on each side of the binder bolt area.""

Cudak... What extra bits of metal are you referring to? I thought at first it must be Victory but then I saw the seat clamp. It's got a Record seat clamp on it. Victory /Triomphe /Croce /Chorus/Athena posts had the larger toothed-adjustment clamps.

cyclotoine

I really need a close up to be sure but I think Cudak is right. I was going to correct but he beat me too it.

cudak888 

The extra bits of metal surround the seatpost allen bolt, in an upside-down valley of sorts. The C-Record post does not have this valley, exposing the binder bolt from the sides - in other words, you don't have to stick your head under the saddle to see the binder.

-Kurt

cyclotoine

My desire to be certain got the better of me as usual and I went off in search of comparison photos. I turned up what I believe is a victory post but it lack the campy logo etching:


or could that be the difference between victory and triomphe and the above is a triomphe?
ah-ha I found this: clearly this muct be victory:

Finally, C-record:

Most people say the first 2 are record on ebay but they do that with lots of other stuff too.

cudak888 

Victory and Triomphe are both identical to the post in the second photo. Third photo is C-Record. I've never seen the one in the first photo before, and I suspect it is not Campagnolo, but some form of copy.

-Kurt

M-theory

I totally agree that the first seatpost is Triomphe, (it didn't have a Campy sheild but should say Campy near the limit line) The second post could be Victory, Athena, Croce or Chorus as they were all the same! The third is Record.....and to me (I can't the seatpost too well in the Alan photo.... if the alan bolt is truly covered then you are right) it's the same post as in the Alan photo. Look at the pointy top of the clamp. The other, lesser seatposts have a flat, roundish top. Pointy top clamps mean Record!!! But I admit I really can't make out the bottom part of the seatpost in the photo.

Can we PLEASE have an enlarged image of that damn seatpost! (Oh god, I think I need to give the internet a rest)