How'd I do? Torpado/Campy content in side........
06-01-14, 05:11 PM
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How'd I do? Torpado/Campy content in side........
Picked this up while on vacation. Friend of mine we stopped in to visit saw my Centurion hanging from the car rack, and asked if I was into road bikes. Well, DUH
Said he had an old road bike he was going to be listing on CL soon, and asked if I wanted to look at it. I said sure, and we walked back into the garage and he pulled it off the wall hook and handed it to me. First thing I noticed is that someone de-badged it almost completely. The second thing that caught my eye was all the Campy Chorus components.
Said he had an old road bike he was going to be listing on CL soon, and asked if I wanted to look at it. I said sure, and we walked back into the garage and he pulled it off the wall hook and handed it to me. First thing I noticed is that someone de-badged it almost completely. The second thing that caught my eye was all the Campy Chorus components.
06-01-14, 05:23 PM
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The only down side is the job the LBS did on trying to fit him with a different handle bar stem:
I would eventually like to find a panto'ed stem and seat post.
As near as I can tell from comparing to online catalog specs, it started out as a mid 80's Super Strada. The paint color matches, as does the panto-ed seat post stay ends and fork crown, fully chromed fork, single water bottle cage braze on's, the Campy dropouts on the frame and fork. It should be built using Columbus Aelle R, which I know little about. Anyone care to educate me on that tubeset?
Oh, and the hubs are Campy laced to Mavic Reflex rims.
We came to an agreement of $100 cash, and some additional header flanges he's been buying, that will add about $90 to my cash outlay. I don't think I did bad at $190 total for a decent frame set equipped with a complete Campy Chorus 9 speed setup. Opinions?
I would eventually like to find a panto'ed stem and seat post.
As near as I can tell from comparing to online catalog specs, it started out as a mid 80's Super Strada. The paint color matches, as does the panto-ed seat post stay ends and fork crown, fully chromed fork, single water bottle cage braze on's, the Campy dropouts on the frame and fork. It should be built using Columbus Aelle R, which I know little about. Anyone care to educate me on that tubeset?
Oh, and the hubs are Campy laced to Mavic Reflex rims.
We came to an agreement of $100 cash, and some additional header flanges he's been buying, that will add about $90 to my cash outlay. I don't think I did bad at $190 total for a decent frame set equipped with a complete Campy Chorus 9 speed setup. Opinions?
06-02-14, 05:29 AM
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Dunno where your friend lives but on most CLs you would see a bike like that at about $500. Parting it out would have been the way for your friend to go as the group looks to be in great shape, I could sell that group with the wheels here in Toronto for $500 pretty easily and the frame for a quick $150 or so. If the frame fits you, enjoy it or do you intend to flip the bike?
Aelle is generally seen as a mid-range tubing.
Aelle is generally seen as a mid-range tubing.
06-02-14, 12:55 PM
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No on flipping the bike. It was sold to me with the understanding I would actually use it, and it would have a good home. Flipping it would be a pretty low brow maneuver. My friend leans toward the MTB side of biking, and this has hung in his garage, unused, for about 3 or 4 years. I had a idea of what I it was worth, even just as a part out/flip, but I was a little low on my estimate.
This will be a long term keeper. My only plans are to put a traditional stem back on it (I'd like to eventually find a "Torpado" unit), find the missing parts for the Campy headset, and possibly a Campy seatpost with the Torpado "T" panto'ed on it. A thorough cleaning on the frame, possibly followed at some point by re-applying the missing decals.
This will be a long term keeper. My only plans are to put a traditional stem back on it (I'd like to eventually find a "Torpado" unit), find the missing parts for the Campy headset, and possibly a Campy seatpost with the Torpado "T" panto'ed on it. A thorough cleaning on the frame, possibly followed at some point by re-applying the missing decals.
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You friend did you a good turn. Aelle R was a carbon manganese double butted tubing based on the Aelle metallurgy. It was a seamed and drawn tubing roughly equivalent to Cromor which was itself mid-way between SL and SP in tubing gauges. It was good stuff. Pantographed items for Torpado often show up on EBay and reproduction decals are readily available.
Cleaned, polished and re-decaled, your bike will be an excellent example of an under rated brand.
You friend did you a good turn. Aelle R was a carbon manganese double butted tubing based on the Aelle metallurgy. It was a seamed and drawn tubing roughly equivalent to Cromor which was itself mid-way between SL and SP in tubing gauges. It was good stuff. Pantographed items for Torpado often show up on EBay and reproduction decals are readily available.
Cleaned, polished and re-decaled, your bike will be an excellent example of an under rated brand.
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