Originally Posted by
vitaly66
Yes, that Bertin has gotta be the nicest orange I've ever seen on a bike. A fine looking ride, too!
Thank you. That's actually a Belgian Bertin, not from Andre's shop. Campy dropouts, supposedly Durifort tubing, English BB. It was an early use of powdercoating on bikes too. It's a curious bike with strange handling, maybe because I haven't set it up well. It feels sluggish, but that avg spd seems pretty high for the amount of hammering I felt like doing, so maybe it isn't sluggish after all. At speed it handles very well.
Originally Posted by
JJScaliger
That Bertin looks sharp Jim! The seat looks like a departure from your usual.
The saddle? Yes. That's a VeloOrange copy of the Brooks Swallow. I got that in a trade from BF member photogravity. It's light and hard. I figure that in another 2400 miles it might be broken in!
I probably wouldn't choose this bike for a century, but for sub-50 miles it's great fun!