What a collection.
 

In case anyone interested in this era hadn't seen this yet.
Fantastic collection.
Beautiful Machines | It's all about the bikes!

Fun stuff. I do like that Hetchins Spyder, just to pick one.

It should be pointed out that the owner of the collection has the opportunity and does ride every single bike. These are not bikes that remain on hooks. I went to visit him two weeks ago and all the bikes are in top notch shape and all fitted to him.

:thumb: that's good to hear.

Poor unfortunate fellow. He only has one French bike. :(

and nuttin' with baskets or fenders. How's the poor fellow doing his shopping?

And a Grand Record at that! Well, at least it adds a certain bit of red-headed-step-child contrast to his collection.

thank you rootboy, this is a wonderful find. :eek:

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Twist the strap?

The fact that the owner is a rider makes it special.

Thanks, this was new to me.

Another which may be new to some:
Rapha | Ah Joo

Thank you! True beauty. Form and function.

Nice collection. The Italian Masi is curious. Nice re-paint but I suspect some details aren't right. I may be wrong and would love to be corrected. Masi generally didn't apply tubing decals - if Masi built it that was good enough. The HT decal should say Milano - that one looks like a Carlsbad decal for which thy used to cut out the "Milano" for some years. Faliero's signature should go on the left, though there was some argument that putting on the right meant it wasn't covered by the brake cable. Finally, AFAIK red was never offered in the catalogs, at least not in the US. (Granted, mine is red but I wasn't looking to do a restoration.)

Nevertheless, it is a beeyoutiful bike! All of them are.

And I admit I'm being pretentious by posting this at all.

Yes, repainted he mentions that Gangl did it. The tubing transfer did show up on a few Italian Gran Criteriums, usually Reynolds. Very rarely Columbus showed up on Carlsbad bikes. If you look through Bob Hovey's Masi visit images from the 70's there are a few colors that are not associated with Masi hanging from the hooks on the walls of the Vigorelli shop. Including red, (bearing in mind that color fidelity of a scanned continuous tone print or negative over the web is fraught with error).

Colnago ? 1977 Super | Beautiful Machines
My life will not be complete until I ride something like this.

The Binda straps are so tight in Campagnolo pedals that there is no real need to twist the straps.

From what I have read, Italian Masis could be whatever color the buyer requested.

Been back to this thread a couple of times now. Haven't gone through all the bikes but wow. I know Bianchi is like ho hum but this is one I would not kick out of bed for putting oil on the sheets! Bianchi ? 1961 Specialissima | Beautiful Machines
Can someone explane the cork? I assume it was to retain a sew-up, but how?

Beautiful collection of Italian racers, it pretty much covers all the biggest names. But ain't it kinda unfair to include a mid-range, mass-produced bike (Moto GR) among all those expensive top-of-the-line racers, and then diss it because it's not as nice? If one wants, there are actually quite a few very well-made top-end French racers, which I often find more interesting than the Italian bikes. They tend to be rather obscure and unknown to Americans, and not easy to find outside France, but they are out there. One of those should be the Token French.

That is a beautiful Bianchi, eh? I can't remember exactly what they're for but Dale of the CR list sent me a couple of them with his logo on them. It was connected with some tradition or other, but it escapes me right now. Someone here will know.

Yes. Too tight. I often relieve the edges of my Record pedals so they don't chew up my Binda straps. But they're a tough fit anyway.

Yes. He could've chosen a Champion Team, for one. But he may have chosen to diss one of those too.

he might have to get a Gillot, Pochlopek (how the hell do you spell that) or something like that to cure him of his Francophobia. Besides, I can't really say that the mitering on my top o' the line Somec is much better than on my dingy old Grand Rec...

Or a Le Champion, if he could find one in his size. He appears to be tall.

What's with the cork?

Champaigne and sine, ftw!