Originally Posted by
eja_ bottecchia
I believe that it is pronounced: "BO-TEK-KIA
You may ask the girl driving the flat bed Ford slowing down to take a look...
I love driving by Winslow on my way to Santa Fe. It is really a very nice town.
Just remember the left turn at Albuquerque or you could wind up in Arkansas...........which is where I am.
Yes, there's a Winslow, Arkansas. Population 400+. One gas station, a post office, and the rustic town center located at the old, once was train/wagon stop before settlers made their way through the Boston mountain range in the Ozarks. It's not as exciting as Santa Fe, but the hillbillies are friendly......mostly. If you're quiet and listen closely, you may hear a banjo off in the distance.
Thank you on the pronunciation.
Originally Posted by
balindamood
I have two of these, one is too big (60cm) and one is to small (56cm). Bikes are relatively high grade for the time. The tube mitering is minimal, the lugs are nice Cinelli's, but are not thinned or finished well. The Giro and the Professional (the two top of the line) used the same frmae, but the Giro had a French crank versus Campy. I think they used Record hubs vs. Tippos as well. Brakes are Universal centerpulls (61 I think). I have never found one of these which seems to have all of the original parts, but there are '72 and'73 catalogs easily found by Google.
I have found the paint to be awful, but both frames are fully chromed (which does not help the already iffy Itialian paint to stick). However, they were (and are) very nice examples of bikes for their time.
Yeah, the red paint is rather faded and there's some chipping, but the decals are in quite decent shape. I didn't see any rust except on the BB and some other hardware. Very minor, though. This is the Giro frame and the Stronglight crank on it has the five bolt pattern. Appears to be 118mm BCD. Is that correct? The ****er (nice fella that he is) couldn't get the non-drive side pedal off, so he cut a V shape notch out of the bottom tip of the crank arm to relieve the tension. I hope I can have that fixed. Fortunately for Winslow (and me), there's some good welders here.
Here's the list of goodies on the bike:
Stronglight crank (52/45) w/ Christophe pedals, clips, straps
Campy BB
Campy headset
Campy dropouts
Some Italian seat post beginning with "N", I believe
Early Cyclone derailleurs..........GT in the rear
Suntour power/ratcheting DT shifters (clamp on style)
Avocet Touring I saddle (have one on my '82 Trek....love 'em. Altough, I'm going to swap it out with a same era Soffatti Prestige saddle and put the Avocet on my Dawes)
Cinelli Bars
Lee Chi levers (will replace at some point, though they work good for now)
Universal sidepulls.....Super 68
Not sure on the stem.....didn't get a good look as the bike was hanging on the wall
Alloy Wheelset: Front's a Fiamme with Campy hub, rear's a Super Champion with Normandy hub and five spd freewheel. Both in good shape and 27". Campy skewers.
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Cinelli stem
Suntour ratcheting DT Power shifters
Seat post is a Nitor (made in Italy)
Shimano Uniglide freewheel 5spd-14-28
I need to replace a spoke or two, true the wheels, new tubes and tires (I've several pairs of 27x1 gumwalls to keep it on the rode), new lever hoods, regear for the hills (52/45 and (appears to be) 26-13 judging by sprocket size.........didn't get a chance to count), new bar tape, and lots of cleaning and lub'ing. Overall, I'm happy about it. I love the geometry, and it fits so perfect it's like it was destined to be mine.
With a 23" TT, it has nearly the same dimensions as my 70's Dawes Galaxy except for the tighter head tube/rake angles. I can't wait to ride it. Since winter's upon us, I may have to throw some chrome fenders on it, as well.
BTW, is there some way to protect the paint to keep it from fading and chipping any further? Maybe a clear coat or something over it all? I appreciate the aged look of it, so I'm not interested in restoring it. Just want to protect it, if I can. The fellow suggested if I cleaned it up real well and made the necessary TLC repairs, I could flip it and probably get $300 or so for it. Meh....ain't gonna happen.....hahahahahahaha. MINE!!! Woohoo!
Thank you for all the input, so far. Any other tips/input on what I've acquired is much appreciated.