new new custom vintage purchase
08-24-09, 08:26 PM
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new new custom vintage purchase
hi. everyone. when it rains it pours. seems like great bikes are popping up lately. anyway, i just purchased this custom roland della santa bike. thought it was very interesting as the lugs have a very small cinelli flying c on them. also the bottom bracked shell is a cinelli as well. love the way the bike rides. not sure of the history of the bike but the guy i bought it from was the original owner in reno and i believe a semi pro racer. anyway i thought he kept it in fantastic shape for an 80s bike. 
08-24-09, 08:54 PM
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Pictures:
Check out the cinelli logo stamped into there lug on the bottom, thats pretty cool.
Check out the cinelli logo stamped into there lug on the bottom, thats pretty cool.
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mkeller. thanks again for helping with the pics. those close ups are great. i was hoping to get that little cinelli c to show up. ive never seen one before on a lug but then again....i havent seen alot of things that most of the vintage experts know about on bike forums. i heard that this guy ii bought it from actually beat davis phinny a race somewhere. that was pretty impressive stuff to me even though he said davis was very young at the time.
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Very nifty there, Joe! (Does anyone use the word "nifty" anymore?)
I particularly like the EM-inspired paint scheme.
Incidentally, that is an NR FD (and I'm not sure of the headset), otherwise, it looks to be a solid SR groupset. Excellent catch.
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I particularly like the EM-inspired paint scheme.
Incidentally, that is an NR FD (and I'm not sure of the headset), otherwise, it looks to be a solid SR groupset. Excellent catch.
-Kurt
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The headset says record, but it's obviously on the modern side.
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08-25-09, 05:35 AM
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Not sure how you do it Joe. You always turn up the coolest bikes. Congrats again!
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thanks. well i bought the frame with bb, headset, fork,put on an extra super record set i had with cobalto brakes. i could have used the more time appropriate c record group but since this does look retro, it thought the super would just look better. besides, i had it already and didnt want to go look for the c record group. went up to reno and paid 400.00 for it which may seem like alot but i really wanted a della santa and the super record group needed a good home.
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(It's a great bike.)
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No, the second-gen. rear pre-dates the front. The rear with the script-logo-on-black dates from circa 1979, while the front derailleur with the black arm is circa 1983. Both appeared in year-end trade show catalogs from late in the previous years ('78 catalog for the rear, '82 for the front).
