Originally Posted by
Erwin8r
I think most of us here suffer from the same affliction(s)...
This is a somewhat recent thing for me --- i was looking for a Colnago project a couple of months ago and i still have no Colnago -- but within a week i had a Bottecchia and a Pinarello --- the Pinarello is poised to be my daily driver now, so i may never need another one -
Originally Posted by
vincent_r
I have two bikes in tretubi aelle: Mercier turbie (pink!) and MBK mirage pro. I love them, period.
Good to hear ! --- Both the Aelle DeBErnardis are early to mid 90's as they have 130 spacing --- the plan is to bring the PEarl white one up to speed with top drawer stuff from 1995 - Chorus or Record 8 speed with a nice set of hand laced tubulars - which is what i wanted when i bought the frame back then , but instead built it up with lower tier Campy stuff and an old set of freewheel hubbe'd Record tubulars and a Sachs Aris 8 speed freewheel
The blue Tre Tubi Aelle bike i may build as a L'Eroica legal bike --- a few threads on here about such machines have the wheels turning in my head a bit --- and that way i wouldnt have otherwise nearly identical bikes just waiting for their day in the sun
Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
I see no evidence of mental error.
My wife would argue that fact-- she called me a hoarder yesterday when she saw working on that silver and blue Pinarello -- 20 degree temps mean i havent got in a test ride yet, but i was dismayed when i tried to mount up some 27's and -- holy toledo, the rear triangle on that thing only has room for 23's.
I guess i should have expected that -- the Opera was one of their flagship framesets a decade ago so they likely didnt intend for many fat Clydesdale hoarders to use their stuff
Rita - (my wife) : "You got another bike? "
Me: "No No --- this is just a frameset - its been sitting in the garage for a month and you've walked past it a hundred times
Rita: (slightly puzzled look on her face) - "So - its not a new bike?"
Me: "No-- just a frame -- see, i took my old Litespeed apart to build it up!" (as i point to my forlorn looking Litespeed frameset now hanging on the wall)
Rita: - still looking perplexed --- "Well............ you just need to start riding these things more instead of playing around in the garage! " Then she goes in the house shaking her head
She made a darn good point there -
I still feel the confrontation was a small victory though