As I had my Concorde before digital photos - here comes a photo of a paper photo (will get it scanned evetually). In the 80-ies I studied in a town where there was a really good pro bike shop selling Concorde: s. This was my first custom frame. I wanted it without decals and I just wanted cable stops under the top tube. And some tweaked geometry. This became my every day bike for some years while stydying. A Wright saddle from an old Raleigh. Mavic 501 hubs and a mix of NR and SR. A wonderful frame it was. Sold it for reasons I no longer remember - or want to remember.

Love the bike and the (north)sea view.

Tubing sticker says SLX. I'd thought it looked similar to the 93 scheme, but wasn't TSX.

Well, in that case, let's hope it can be saved!

Anyone familiar with this site with Concorde catalogs 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000?
Concorde History

Strange, if you look at the '92 brochure the PDM scheme is done with anthracite instead of black like yours, so it isn't a '92 either... And 1990 used the same scheme as '89 AFAIK, which is completely different. Not much later than 1993 they stopped using the PDM scheme altogether as the team was ceased in 1992.

Maybe they used both tubesets for the frame, as they were more or less same quality...

Thnx! is indeed North sea, at Zandvoort ;-) I love the bike too, and I will have it repainted and rebuild after this season, so i'm sure it'll last me another 25 years :-)

Good to see this thread pop back up. I love Concordes. I have wanted to try a PDM Squadra or Aquila forever. If they ride anywhere near as good as they look, I would keep it forever.

A local seller is offering this Concorde Astore in PDM colors. Cromor tubing. Condition is nice. A few spots in the paint, chrome is good. See pictures.


What's a reasonable price?

I paid under $300AUD for my Prelude frame and fork with PRX tubing.
Not sure where Cromor fits in the tubing equation but from what I am told SLX and PRX are at the top of the tree.
PRX stands for Paris Roubaix I have been reliably informed.

His asking price is half of that, about $130AUD. Fair?

Green light I reckon.

I've got a deal. I'm so anxious in building this bike, I went online to order some hardware starting with a headset. Until now I bought frames with headsets on/in it. This one, as with the Colombo I bought a few weeks back, has no headset. What is the thread type of these italian bicycles? Can I order every 1 inch threaded headset available? Stack height might be something to keep eye on? Sealed bearings another one? What else?

You'll need to measure the steerer tube and headset and subtract the difference to find the stack height. Pretty much any 1 inch threaded headset that matches that stack height will work.

Got it! My Concorde Astore PDM Team. Yesterday I picked up the frame. Here it is on a clowdy, moisty morning.

Nice frame, I like the PDM colours. What are you building it up with?

I was thinking SS (SingleSpeed).
I have a spare Campy Daytona double crank in silver. I just ordered a 44t/135 BCD black VeloSolo CNC Road Chainring and some rear spacers. It will make a nice combination.
I have a set of silver Campy Chorus skeleton brakes. Finnish it of with a Cinelli 1A stem with a raiser bar and some (noname) brake levers in silver.

Wheels I don't know. I have some Shimano's RX100/FH-A551 with Mavic MA2s rims but I don't like them at all.

Daytona double cranks need 111 mm bottom bracket, correct?
So this one will do? Not sure it is ISO or JIS...

Any other non Campy crank that will match with Daytona double cranks?

That is a shame IMO.

If ít's going to be a classy SS, it's not.
Another option is to make use of a 10 speed Veloce QS shifting brake levers and 10 speed derailleurs.
But to get me a set of Shamal wheels and silver, compact Campy crankset, is way over budget.

I would ditch the Shamal's and just get ssome silver Open Pro's laced with silver spokes to the silver hubs of your choice.
Older sets of Campagnolo Record show up cheap too.

My Prelude at thetop of the page cost me under $2500 Australian built on 10 speed Record including silver 8,9,10 speed Record hubs.

I've got my eyes on this hub set:



Placed a bid. Now wait and see....

Update:
Yes! I got them. For a very nice price I must say.
Now I have got to find me a wheel builder...

The frame was more beaten than I wished for, see below.



A pity. I can't bare to tosh it so I decided to give it a try at a local powder coater. Never did business with them. Never had a frame powder coated before.
The color? RAL 6027... looks familiar?



I asked the guy to leave the chrome intact. I will keep you posted.

I realized I never posted my Concorde in RAL 6027.


As you can see she's not finnished yet. I am in the process of searching the right flat bar and some cheap SL-R440 8s shifter and brake levers.
Any alternative flat bar shifter than the Shimano SL-R440?

Specs so far:
- New TangeSeiki Falcon FL250C headset
- Shimano HB-1055 (105) hubs laced on Campagnolo Omega 19 rims.
- Shimano BB-UN55 107mm ITA bottom bracket
- Noname 165mm crankset (single chainring)
- SR stem
- Campagnolo alloy seatpost
- Selle Italia Flite saddle