Old 08-26-19 | 11:46 PM
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tbessie
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From: San Francisco, CA

Bikes: Custom Ti Firefly Road Bike w/Campy Chorus; Custom Ti Steve Potts Touring Bike w/Shimano XT; Custom Steel Steve Rex lugged frame for everyday w/90's era Campy Veloce; Jamis Quest when Steve Rex is in the shop.

Originally Posted by mackgoo
By the way. I see you have an Eros, not Celeste I guess
You mean in my profile? That's not entirely accurate; my first road bike was a late 90s Eros, and it WAS in Celeste.

It's now on an early 2000s Brava frame, however, as the Eros frame cracked. The Brava is not Celeste. Over the years, I've replaced parts on it. Recently, I had it partly rebuilt with mostly parts from the same era (late 90s Campagnolo Mirage, with some late 90s Campangolo Veloce). I'm going to have all the parts on that bike transferred to the new frame I'm talking about in this thread, as well as some Veloce brifters I found. All the replacement parts have been New-Old-Stock ones I found on eBay and on places likes "Steel Vintage". Eventually, when it becomes cost-prohibitive, I'll upgrade to a newer gruppo, but for now I'm trying to keep it as close to the original parts as possible.

The Jamis Quest I mention are just the parts. They've all been put on a Surly Pacer frame (I didn't like the sloping top-tube of the Jamis). THAT bike will also be replaced eventually with another custom bike, which will be a light-touring/gravel-grinder/alternative-city-bike combo.

- Tim
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