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11-25-17, 04:47 PM
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Crap pictures of a cool bike. Hard to see, but the parts look older than 1995. I believe I spy 7400 Dura Ace stuff, single picot brakes...
https://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/bi...399625659.html
Vitus Ovoid Comp 992 - French racing bike (1995/1996) - price reduced - $500 (Lowell)
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Vitus
model name / number: Ovoid Comp 992
serial number: n/a
size / dimensions: 56
This is a good condition Vitus Ovoid Comp 992 for sale. It is a fairly uncommon bike and the last model year for this bike edition. It boasts Dura-Ace components and Mavic wheels. Cycling enthusiasts would be thrilled to own this machine. Cash only, $500 or best offer.
https://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/bi...399625659.html
Vitus Ovoid Comp 992 - French racing bike (1995/1996) - price reduced - $500 (Lowell)
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Vitus
model name / number: Ovoid Comp 992
serial number: n/a
size / dimensions: 56
This is a good condition Vitus Ovoid Comp 992 for sale. It is a fairly uncommon bike and the last model year for this bike edition. It boasts Dura-Ace components and Mavic wheels. Cycling enthusiasts would be thrilled to own this machine. Cash only, $500 or best offer.
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11-25-17, 04:55 PM
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https://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/bi...399068135.html
Masi Nouva Strada Road Bike - $500 (Wellesley)
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condition: excellent
make / manufacturer: Masi
model name / number: Nouva Strada
Masi Nouva Strada Road Bike
This is a bicycler's bike. It's for the person who wants to have a road bike that is something different from all the other bikes it'll pass on the road. A one-of-a-kind, simply elegant and carefully assembled machine, with a vintage vibe.
This bike has a 29" top tube, so it's probably best suited for a person approximately 5'4" to 5'7" tall.
A custom built bike with a racing geometry beautiful Masi frame, and Mavic rims, and Ultegra Campagnolo components. The bike is swift and agile. There is no other bike on the road like this one. It was assembled around 2001 and has only ~2k miles on it.
do NOT con
Masi Nouva Strada Road Bike - $500 (Wellesley)
© craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap
1 fells road
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condition: excellent
make / manufacturer: Masi
model name / number: Nouva Strada
Masi Nouva Strada Road Bike
This is a bicycler's bike. It's for the person who wants to have a road bike that is something different from all the other bikes it'll pass on the road. A one-of-a-kind, simply elegant and carefully assembled machine, with a vintage vibe.
This bike has a 29" top tube, so it's probably best suited for a person approximately 5'4" to 5'7" tall.
A custom built bike with a racing geometry beautiful Masi frame, and Mavic rims, and Ultegra Campagnolo components. The bike is swift and agile. There is no other bike on the road like this one. It was assembled around 2001 and has only ~2k miles on it.
do NOT con
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11-25-17, 05:21 PM
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Crap pictures of a cool bike. Hard to see, but the parts look older than 1995. I believe I spy 7400 Dura Ace stuff, single picot brakes...
https://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/bi...399625659.html
Vitus Ovoid Comp 992 - French racing bike (1995/1996) - price reduced - $500 (Lowell)
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Vitus
model name / number: Ovoid Comp 992
serial number: n/a
size / dimensions: 56
This is a good condition Vitus Ovoid Comp 992 for sale. It is a fairly uncommon bike and the last model year for this bike edition. It boasts Dura-Ace components and Mavic wheels. Cycling enthusiasts would be thrilled to own this machine. Cash only, $500 or best offer.
https://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/bi...399625659.html
Vitus Ovoid Comp 992 - French racing bike (1995/1996) - price reduced - $500 (Lowell)
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Vitus
model name / number: Ovoid Comp 992
serial number: n/a
size / dimensions: 56
This is a good condition Vitus Ovoid Comp 992 for sale. It is a fairly uncommon bike and the last model year for this bike edition. It boasts Dura-Ace components and Mavic wheels. Cycling enthusiasts would be thrilled to own this machine. Cash only, $500 or best offer.
Is the top tube supposed to be bent?
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11-25-17, 07:10 PM
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The glue holding the aluminum frame together is extremely strong on that part of the top tube, I would not worry about it.
11-25-17, 07:39 PM
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Nice $50 Bianchi, I believe it's a 1988 Bianchi Broadway:
https://slo.craigslist.org/bik/d/con...400605929.html
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11-25-17, 10:19 PM
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11-25-17, 10:34 PM
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If it wasn't manufactured like that, it's cause to worry. It points to mistreatment or accident.
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11-25-17, 10:35 PM
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We rendezvoused at a Taco Bell in Saint Cloud, so only about half the distance to Little Falls - a little over an hour's drive. I put the bike up on my trunk rack, turned the pedals, shifted through the gears, and said, "You've got a deal."
Money ($25!) changed hands, and she was mine. It rained on the drive home, but the saddle that was on there was pretty water resistant, so I didn't bother to put the Brooks rain cover on it. It wasn't the original anyway, and it wouldn't be there for long.
Condition-wise, it was better than I had any right to expect. Here are some details:
...and by sunrise this morning, she looked like this:
The top-tube "Specialized" decal was gurred up, probably from a workstand clamp, so I removed it with a heat gun, tweezers, and Goo Gone. I think it looks better this way. I might even be able to live with that.
I'll be posting our first ride later today on "Where Did You Ride Today?"
Money ($25!) changed hands, and she was mine. It rained on the drive home, but the saddle that was on there was pretty water resistant, so I didn't bother to put the Brooks rain cover on it. It wasn't the original anyway, and it wouldn't be there for long.
Condition-wise, it was better than I had any right to expect. Here are some details:
...and by sunrise this morning, she looked like this:
The top-tube "Specialized" decal was gurred up, probably from a workstand clamp, so I removed it with a heat gun, tweezers, and Goo Gone. I think it looks better this way. I might even be able to live with that.
I'll be posting our first ride later today on "Where Did You Ride Today?"
11-25-17, 10:47 PM
^that guy^
Local guy I just bought my Bianchi from has a 58cm Motobecane Le Champion, full campy, Columbus tubing.. $250... older fella, real nice house.. moving and has to get rid of stuff
11-26-17, 04:09 AM
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The bike's a real "sleeper" in that color. Very understated paint job, I love it. And the high flange hubs. But would it have killed them to put a couple of water bottle bosses on those old frames? I never understood that.
Any idea what the bike weighs?
Any idea what the bike weighs?
11-26-17, 08:06 AM
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We rendezvoused at a Taco Bell in Saint Cloud, so only about half the distance to Little Falls - a little over an hour's drive. I put the bike up on my trunk rack, turned the pedals, shifted through the gears, and said, "You've got a deal”
The top-tube "Specialized" decal was gurred up, probably from a workstand clamp, so I removed it with a heat gun, tweezers, and Goo Gone. I think it looks better this way. I might even be able to live with that.
I'll be posting our first ride later today on "Where Did You Ride Today?"
The top-tube "Specialized" decal was gurred up, probably from a workstand clamp, so I removed it with a heat gun, tweezers, and Goo Gone. I think it looks better this way. I might even be able to live with that.
I'll be posting our first ride later today on "Where Did You Ride Today?"
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11-26-17, 08:21 AM
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11-26-17, 08:24 AM
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LeMond Maillot Jaune - $350 (valley)
Not far from me and not my size. Probably not steel either. But for the price........
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sf...400717343.html
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11-26-17, 08:43 AM
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11-26-17, 09:06 AM
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It's getting there. I was going to order a pair of knobbies off Amazon, but even with Prime they wouldn't get here until Wednesday! (Black Friday rush?) So I cancelled that order and went to Walmart instead. Bell knobbies for $15 apiece were the only choice there. Staying with the low-budget theme of the bike, I guess. Those will go on tonight...
Yeah, I see what you mean. Sure, that makes sense.
What was the final verdict on the Biopace system? Did that actually give any kind of leverage advantage? I suppose I could look it up, but people on these forums tend to scoff every time they are mentioned. As for the year, the ad says 1988, and I checked an old catalog scan - it mentions "DiNucci Green" as an option, and the bike in the photo has the under-stay U-brake.
Yup. See above...
Yeah, they sure made a lot of them. The 'Comp' is a bit special though, in my understanding. I had a normal 1999 Rockhopper a couple years ago that I turned into a city/cargo bike with a 1x10 Deore XT setup. Did the cold-set on the rear triangle under adult supervision at my LBH. I re-named it "Curbhopper" and had some fun with it before trading it straight-up for my Ross Aristocrat.
Great story, great deal, fast transformation into something ridable. Hopefully no one questions your masculinity over the paint job (or the biopace chain rings). 
I love those old indexed thumbshifters, I have seen them go for $75 just by themselves on Ebay. That damned bike looks almost brand new, very few miles. Amazing for its age. Did you ever nail down the exact year it was made?
I love those old indexed thumbshifters, I have seen them go for $75 just by themselves on Ebay. That damned bike looks almost brand new, very few miles. Amazing for its age. Did you ever nail down the exact year it was made?
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11-26-17, 09:12 AM
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What was the final verdict on the Biopace system? Did that actually give any kind of leverage advantage? I suppose I could look it up, but people on these forums tend to scoff every time they are mentioned.
Certainly there must be a very good reason for this. I'll let you fill in the blanks, but these two holes in the front of my legs are all that's left of my knees after taking a Biopace-equipped bike for a test ride around the block.
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Ovalized chainrings, like the old Bio Pace or Oval Tech, are still "around." I see some fella named Chris Froome rides them.
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Here is a Rockhopper without any decals. I picked this one up for free a couple years ago. I am not sure whether it was a Comp though. It appears to be about the same year as yours. Notice the location of the rear brake caliper. Again it was too small so I passed it on.
11-26-17, 10:02 AM
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If that's your size, buy it. Fab bike.
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There is an '83 Team Fuji hiding in these lousy photos and probably plenty of room to bargain.
https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/b...367951858.html
https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/b...367951858.html
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Had a set when I was young - liked them a lot, other then when really spinning. Perfectly fine for casual riding. The reason they're not around is less about utility and more about marketing.
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Colnago Superissimo 60cm with Campagnolo components
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There is an '83 Team Fuji hiding in these lousy photos and probably plenty of room to bargain.
https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/b...367951858.html
https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/b...367951858.html
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Yeh I saw that too but if you could get it at a bargain price it might be worth it.
