Well it seemed like spring is around the corner today here in St Paul, MN. Dragged out a bike I haven't ridden in a long time. Took some picture in the snow today for some before shots. I'm going to go through it and clean it up for spring and hopefully remember to take some after cleaning pictures.

I'm thinking just some cleaning and lubing and rewrap the bar tape. The brake hoods are bad also.

nice to see. thanks for posting.

btw - take good care of that special gian robert front mech; tough to replace.

iirc there was an importer for these bikes in san diego.

Nice bike. Looks like a Nuovo Record triple arm, and Weyless pedals.

Always have like those. Almost picked one up about 15 yrs ago, but it was a bit too big.

Nice looking ride.

I never even noticed the triple arms. I'm going to swap to a regular double and use these on an old touring bike that could use the triple. Thanks for pointing that out.

Wow, checking out the routing of the FD cable, the noodle and then the cable comes straight up on the right!

These bikes attack hills well, since the frame angle are both ~78 degrees.
Also these can ride in a most compact paceline for better aerodynamics of the rider and follower. The front and rear portions of the wheelbase are both very short.

I think these bikes are super-collectible, as the steepest-angled bikes ever produced.

The next-steepest bikes that anyone here is likely familiar with are the PX10's produced after 1973 or so, the Thevenet-era bikes including the LE model.
But those are more like 76 degrees, not nearly as steep as a Rigi.

Bet this thing is a wheelie monster also! Very cool bike.

Very interesting bike! I've never seen one before.

Yes, nice bike, please share more about it!

Here's another post from a couple years ago. If that green one had been just a little shorter...man what a nice looking bike.

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...highlight=rigi

The only problem with those is that the BCD of the inner ring is non-standard at 100mm. It can be tough finding a ring to fit that BCD, and then the bolts and stand-offs to mount it properly. Campy only made one size to fit, 36T, but there were aftermarket 31T rings that Jim Merz made. All are rare, though. You might try selling it, since it is a factory-drilled triple, as evidenced by the fluting on the spider that stops short of the mounting holes, while cranks drilled on the aftermarket have the mounting holes within the flutes. That might make it worth more to a collector, and you could use the funds to buy a more versatile triple.

Thanks for the info John. I pulled the triple cranks off tonight and put on another set of record cranks. I'll be on the search for a chainring that would work for it. Either way I'll keep the cranks. I'm now planning on putting the triple campy crank arms on a Behringer touring bike I also have that is missing the crankset.
If I can find the chainring I should be able to make the standoffs on the lathe.

Thanks all for the comments.
I'll give alittle more infor on the bike.

I bought the frame set new in the 1980"s.
All the parts on the bike as you see it are the original as it was first put together when it was new.

TTT stem and handlebars
Zeus brakes
omas alloy headset
Omas titanium bottom bracket set
Campy Record crank arms
Weyless pedals
Campy super Record seatpost
Campy super Record rear derailleur
Campy Record high flange hubs

Great looking RIGI, nice to see one with the decals intact. As noted in the link these came as a complete bike (or likely a frame and 'kit') and a frame/fork. I have only seen a few but none seem to have been built with the supplied kit. Other than the HF hubs this one seems to have been built maybe a little weight weenieish.



The do accelerate and climb well (unless you take a 42x19 to Putney VT as your low gear) and while I have ridden mine in groups it does take a very steady hand to do so.

The guy made wheel chairs, in Italy, as his bread and butter sales.. as I recall.

Great bicycles TwinTI.

Look me up for a ride sometime, as I live in St. Paul as well.

John, you are right about the Campy triple chainring. It is a 36 tooth.
I found it today and installed it.

I started another tread to not clutter this one up.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...l#post16578640

Will do when the streets are clear.