Originally Posted by
mech986
I had spoken to the seller also, that was a very nice barely used frame, pretty much used as wall art for most of its life. I had much interest, but seeing as it was way too big for me, would have been up on my wall. Glad you got it and will make use of it, Hope you'll feature it in a build thread, and maybe even ride it in an Eroica event. I'm hoping more Italvega bicycles will show for this year's event,
Yeah man thanks for asking about that,(haven't even taken shipment yet.) and I will try and post about what I want to do with the Italvega build soon. To be honest even though I am 6'3, that is on upper range of bikes suited to fit my body type.(59.5 with long top tube is best for me. anybody got a Rb-1?) However I am sure I can ride it well enough and am excited about starting with a solid CV build base like this. The frameset was just too interesting to ignore, and when finally ecked down in price, I made a run at it.
Did I mention I am 50 slim, but out of shape and have a couple of old injuries. All I am doing right now is a 4x a week 10 mile rt commuter run on a piece-O-crap Mtb City bike special. Little far away from being "Heroic" in any event, and my mechanic skills are pretty lackluster right now, for a small but growing list of project bikes.
Thanks for encouragement though, well see about how I feel in a couple months. The New year is young, so now is the time to stay on top of healthy, fitness routine.
(I also work 20 hours a week and am full-time mature student.)