Originally Posted by
flash2070
Definitely continue to ride, maintain your bike in top shape, and don't lose the love for these beautiful road bikes. Give me a choice between a high end carbon fiber and a vintage high end Italian, and I'll take the Carbon Fiber, flip it, and buy myself 10 plus Italian gems from the 70's-80's! :-) Welcome again!
Flash
Hehe, thanks for the welcome!
I missed a PX-10 when I was buying a new bike, actually the guy that was selling it, sold it for the some money as I paid for the Zullo, though I was a week to late, so he told me he had a friend that is selling this Zullo, the rest is history! PX10s come and go from time to time here, but usually they are in really bad shape, but in my town (capital, around 900 000 inhabitants), I've seen at least two or three people riding PX10s.
I'm totally in love with Italian style steel bikes, and hopefully I get a new one as soon as I get a chance!
Originally Posted by
02Pilot
Nice to see people still riding the old stuff over there. I've spent a lot of time in the region - mostly in Slovenia, some in Istria - but I never did much riding while I was there. My father's company sponsored a ROG team at one point a bunch of years ago, and my relatives used to ride from Ljubljana to Austria or Italy to shop back when the borders were still an issue. Great terrain for riding.
Heh quite a story! Yes, Istria is pretty to ride, and since Austria and Italy are quite near (to Austria around 100km, to Italy around 140), I'll probably wait until Croatia enters the EU (july 2013), so I won't have problems at the borders, no customs or tax or explaining why "importing" a bicycle from abroad. Currently I have an option of buying bikes from Italy and shipped to my friend in Slovenia and them to smuggle it via car (with an old bike it's not a problem), but shipping the whole thing here is just mess with customs and tax. Anyways, I try to find bikes locally, I've seen a pretty Vitus frame and fork on the ads lately 100euros for a 55x55 frame (paint stripped down, ready to paint) and a chrome fork. The website is down so I cannot post link, the frame is Columbus, weights around 2030grams and fork is 700grams, so it's definately on the light side.
Link works:
http://www.njuskalo.hr/bicikl-dijelo...-oglas-6079706
Too bad I don't have money to spend now, since it seems like a bargain. Italian thread BB, 126mm rear spacing.