...in the process of being built up:





Mix of Veloce/Athena. That fork won't be threadless for very long.

-Kurt

i thought this was crashed..no?

That was the black '92 Guerciotti EL. Mind you, I've owned/own 5 of these things in total. Sold off the tall ones, and got royally fed up with the oddities of the blue '78 (which included sloppy framebuilding and a paint job that made powdercoat look thin), which led me to sell it. I kept this one, and I still have the wrecked EL.

Ironically enough, this '83 has the best quality lugwork and brazing of all the frames I own presently (not necessarily in excellent condition, but top craftsmanship nevertheless). Superior comes in second-best, followed by the chrome Paramount. The EL is right up there with these too, but I don't count it ever since it was rendered unusable. The rest of the fleet are unspectacular in comparison (the fake Rossin isn't bad though). Then again, I must admit that Windsor's relatively cheap Super Carrera has some unusually nicely fit dropouts.

-Kurt

Anyone have number suggestions to hang off that top tube braze-on?

-Kurt

420

Anyone have number suggestions to hang off that top tube braze-on?

-Kurt[/QUOTE]

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420? On a bike owned by a fellow who doesn't booze, doesn't smoke, and doesn't fool around with women?

Nah.

I was figuring "888" - just to call out my username.

-Kurt

666 ?

So Pastor Bob can have a legitimate reason to throw his Silca pump into my spokes?

Nah.

-Kurt

No wonder you have so much time to build bicycles.....

When I did the Leadville 100 a few years back there was a guy who got 666 just by random assignment of the numbers. He caught hell the entire race from the crowd yelling, cheering, and flashing the horns to the "Devil Rider". They retired the number after that.

Costs less, can't get you canned, and the bikes don't nag you back. Ideal arrangement, in my not-so-humble opinion.

-Kurt

Looks like a round blade track fork? Braking might be sub-optimal.

It should be a problem at all. I have two road bikes with round blades and they both are perfectly Ok with braking. The round blades are perhaps more harsh at times, but that is about it, no effect on braking.

PS: Faliero Masi and Sante Pogliaghi also built road forks with round blades.

The blades are not much larger - if that - then most of the larger diameter fork blades in use today.

Granted, they do not look as svelte as traditional, narrow blades such as on 531, but I'm not complaining. It has sufficient rake and tire clearance; that is all that particularly matters in my book.

-Kurt

Are we looking at the same thing? My Bianchi Pista has a round blade track fork and the blades are, well, round. Those don't look round to me. They look oval.

More build photos. An early Campagnolo Chorus BB came in today. I am undecided on whether to retain and continue stripping the anodizing off the FSA headset, or whether to seek something else. It has a C-Record look to it, but I'm not certain that it suits the build.





Ugly chainring bolts.



The BB donor - a '90(?) Eddy Merckx Corsa, being converted to Record carbon by forum member nine14six:



Extracting the tight-as-hell cup with a Park wrench and a quick do-it-yourself brace. The brace kept the tool in place while I shocked the cup (via the tool) with a couple of hammer taps. Did the trick:




I would have used a threaded rod (simpler), but I did not have one at hand.

-Kurt