auroch

Hey all. Looking to finally build up a road bike & see what these things
called "gears" are all about. Right now I'm looking at getting a
Pegoretti Palosanto as seen here:

https://www.competitivecyclist.com/za...&PRODUCT.ID=49

While $1500 on gvhbikes.com is a good deal, I'd like to see if anyone
has any other options that might not cost as much.

What I want is a nice steel road frame with a carbon fork so I can build it up
with Ultegra9. The Pegoretti weighs about 3.5lbs and I'd like to stay close to
that weight or under. The goal is a durable bike that will be comfortable on
centuries & tours, but still be nimble enough for the city biking that I mostly do.

Jeff

Also any Pegoretti owners out there I'd love to hear what you think.

Grasschopper

Click the Salsa link in my sig. I just built that up with Ultegra 9 for about $1350 including all shipping fees. Please note that I did get the frame used off of eBay but you can get the frame new for less than $200 more than I paid for it from airbomb.com so you would be floating right at your $1500 number. I wouls also look around for deals on Specialized Allez Comp Cromos as I have heard they are very nice as well. This bike is just great, super smooth ride and comes in right at 20 lbs with cages and pedals as shown.

Scroll through the thread to see how the build went and finished photos are on page 2.

pearcem

while i've never owned one, i've always been a huge fan of Gios. check out their bikes at excelsports.com

sydney

Don't try going to the bak with that 3.5 pound weight.

auroch

huh?

auroch

Grasschopper: Your Salsa looks unbelievable! Good work on the build. How do you like your ride now that you've had it for awhile?

Also I was looking a Gunnar, but their frames seem to have strange geometry. I'll have to check later "off the clock".

jeff

fogrider

check out the ritchey logic...here are the reviews on roadbikereview: https://www.roadbikereview.com/Road%2...x.aspx#reviews

I have a 54 cm with steel fork...I keep wanting to switch out the fork, but I can't bring myself to do it. It's a great riding bike. I have it set up kind of retro with downtube non indexed shifters, but this bike can keep up with my scandium/carbon bike. If I could do it all over again, I might go with the break away.

Grasschopper

Jeff - well I must say, and this is no BS, that I enjoy it more every time I ride it. As a compulsive upgrader (in other sports as well as my home life, I should really see a psycologist) I am sure the feeling will wear off some day but right now I can see myself not ever wanting another bike. It is VERY smooth on the road and handles very well. The Jury is still out on the Selle Italia SLK I am not sure if it gives the right comfort for the length of ride I do when the weather is good (2+ hours) but I have been riding on the trainer for the last month in non padded shorts for 30 min at a clip and it isn't too bad. The only change I have made to the bike is a Weyless R18 stem that is 10mm shorter than the ITM, which I picked up for $10 from Supergo to see if it would position me better on the bike which I think it has. I may go to a nicer stem down the road but maybe not, there really isn't anything wrong with the Weyless other than the cheesey brand name, the quality and weight are fine. I have also added a Cateye Astrale 8 computer, mounted my Polar HRM with one of their handlebar mounts and got Shimano Ultegra level SPD-SL pedals to replace the PD-M520s that are in the photos. I would not hesitate to suggest this bike to anyone.

John

squeegy200

You are already at WWW.GVHBIKES.COM

You can get a Viner Steel frame and carbon Fork for under $700. Great Italian framebuilder with a long history with bicycle racing. Not too popular here in the States but well known elsewhere.

late

Gunnar is made by Waterford.
They know geometry. Try one.

531Aussie

Safe to say he meant to write "bank", and by that I think he means that, while many websites
claim certain weights for frames, it's quite rare to see steel frames under 3.5lbs.

auroch

Ahh! going to the back or the bake didn't seem to make much sense.

Of course I'm not going to bet my life on specs on a manufacturer's website,
even if the Internet is always true. Always. True.

jeff

531Aussie

I CAN'T RESIST DOING IT AGAIN!!!!! somebody stop me.

Steel frame, you ask? I bought on of these 6 months ago, and I love it. It's SMOOOOOOOTH and stiff enough.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...GW/bike_ch1825

The frame, fork, headset and carbon post are $990 US -- just these bits.
Were you looking for a whole bike for under $1500?

My "58cm" (which is actually 57cm c to c, with a 57.5cm top tube) is 1687g (3.7lbs)

531Aussie

Actually, I nearly bought a Bianchi boron frame before I bought the Superprodigy.
They were selling 2003s, brand new for about $800 US, which is really cheap down here.

boze

at one point gvhbikes was selling the Pegoretti for like $2100 or $2200 built up with ultegra - i forget what wheelset.

that looked like a killer midrange steel frame to me. my experience is way limited but i'd bet a bike built around that frame would be lots of fun.

auroch

thanks everyone for the tips. right now I'm trying to reconcile the chasm between my desire to own a nice steel ride with S&S couplings for travel and my bank account.

I'm only looking for a frame as I have a wheelset, & parts of the build kit already.

jeff

taimaixu

is that bianchi eros for around 740 or so worth it?

howd you manage to get a vigorelli for so cheap?

FatBomber

I know that you can buy a brand new Specialized Allez Comp CrMo frame and fork for $550.00 from a dealer...