Just about done with my 96 Pinarello Dyna. The build is a mix of Chorus, Veloce and Centaur. I polished the Cinelli stem and bar, the crank and the Campy cable stops. The open pros are robbed off my Bianchi and will be replaced with silver wheels in the future. Don't fret, the seat post is only until the Chorus post gets here. Sorry for the pics, my ankle is broken so I cant make it down the hill to the white garage door. I am still working on the chain, I may remove a couple of links still. As it sits it weighs 18.3 lbs. Not to bad for not using any light weight parts.

Sweet bike! Almost too pretty to ride! Well done.

so you removed the annodising from the stem and polished it? Nice work! I can't believe it's that light. I have to weight my steel steel with modern campy.

You need to trim that RD cable housing.

WOW! The tires are a nice touch. It's so beautiful I'd be afraid to ride it!

Sweet ride man.

Very nice bike!

Could you tell me where I can get a gold chain (in 1/2"x3/32ths") like that? My Voyageur originally came with one to match the gold freewheel. Haven't had much luck finding one.

I cant see!! Im blinded by such beauty!! Insane build my friend! GREAT job!

Thank you for the complements.
I stripped the anodizing off and polished the parts. The chain and rear cable has been trimmed.
You can get the KMC gold chains on ebay for the same price as a Campy chain, and they have a way easier master link setup.

Steel fork? Really like the bike's appearance. Campy is great because you can intermix most parts and not worry.
You need to replace the ferrule on the frame side of the RD cable with one that will fit into the brazon stop. If you leave it like this you will break the cable prematurely. Your LBS will certainly have one.

I have had no luck finding a ferrule that fits in the cable stop. Do you know where I can get one?

I'll make sure to bookmark your build thread as something to aim for when I get my '97 Radius in (hopefully) the next week. Very impressive!

18.3 lbs with a Brooks... WOW!

I was very surprised with the weight. One pound more then my 928 Bianchi. The Cinelli bars and stem are far from light. I just changed the seat post which added a little bit and the bottle cages and pedals are on now. I absolutly cannot wait to ride it.

Wow. That will look even more amazing with the new post and wheels. Are those Banesto team colors?

Look for an LBS in your area preferrably one that has a good shop attached. If you can't find one then check with American Cyclery in San Francisco. They do online stuff. Do you know what I mean by a proper ferrule? It is one that has 2 barrel sizes one to fit the cable housing the other to fit the RD cable stop and pass the wire through with a fairlead that is straight. Hope that helps.

Wow, does that ever provide motivation for my own Pinarello build!

Did you happen to weigh the frame set by itself before the build up? I'm guessing the pedals weren't included in the weigh-in but that weight is still surprisingly light to me even considering the small frame size (48cm? 50cm?). My 2003 (2004?) specialized allez is substantially heavier than that! Are there any “light-weight” components on it? The gruppo is nothing unusual in terms of weights savings or is that how you picked the mix you used? Are the wheel set or tires high-dollar/light-weight items? Are they 700 or 650 sized?

Maybe it is just a case of a small frame and incrementally savings due to proportionally smaller crank arms, narrower bars (?), stem & seatpost (although they don't look short), wheels & tires. Sorry for all the questions but I'm in the planning stage of my late 80's Pinarello build and would love to duplicate your results as much as possible without breaking the bank (may be starting grad school late this year). My matching vintage stem, bars and seat post probably won't help me.

If you could post or send more details about your build spec, and possibly where you think you added or saved weight that would be most helpful.

Hope your ankle heals strong & you have a rapid recovery! At least you didn't break it during riding season .

The frame alone { no fork} weighs 3 lbs. I picked the mix of Chorus, centaur and veloce parts due to needing all silver parts, and what kind of a deal I could get. The bars are heavy Cinelli 64/44. The wheels are your standard Record hubs, Mavic openpro with DT spokes, 32 count. I do not know what they weigh, but they are not considered light weight wheels. They do weigh less then the Fulcrums that I had on it. I will more than likely go with some silver wheels, lower priced Fulcrum 5 or Reynolds and that should add a pound to the bike. I have a Bianchi 928 I am building and the difference between Record/ Chorus and Veloce is less than a pound. It will wind up with Chorus. The Pinarello frame is very light compared with other steel frames I have seen, { by a pound}.

My main concern was getting alloy parts that I could polish and that would look correct. I bought a new Centaur seat post thinking it would look good polished. For the life of me I cannot strip the finish off of it. I am starting to think it is made of steel and not alumimium. Here is a pic with the new post. It will more than likely get replaced if I can win a bid on a old Record post.

Thanks for all the information. It is encouraging to read you don't have any lightweight or unusual components on there. So it comes down to starting off with a light frame more than anything - being lugless and slightly larger tubing diameter helps. I wonder if one of my friends has a fishing scale so i can weight my frame. It will be quite a bit more than 3 lbs that's for sure!

If you are wondering about the seatpost, maybe see if a magnet will stick to it. That seatpost looks fine as it appears to match the seat rails and it's not black like the previous one which is a much different look. Liking the bottle cages (i have similar on my older Pinny) and the look of the Brooks saddle on there is great!

Take care of that ankle.

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Spring has sprung so how is the ankle doing and are you able to ride yet? What is the latest on your build and how does she ride? Curious minds would like to know and an update pic wouldn't hurt any either!