that is the one i am trying to get back. 1986 model, columbus SL, campy dropouts. chrome rear with blue high lights on white.

I used to call it the Wonder Bread bike when Al Toefield showed us the jersey for the Kissena's Sr Team (George Hincapie,Richard Hincapie, John Lorhner and his brother, Trevor Silvera,Charlie Issendorf). They used to Kick A*$. George still is! look at the logo with the blue ,red,green and yellow squares.


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CEYA!

Thanks kindly.

Yah an ebay score from an ex racer in CT. He bought it new in '86. I want to try to find pre 2002 Campy C-record for it and go to town. Campy or no it still rules.

Ceya, no flat fork crown but it's definitely still a looker. The slopes on the crown are pantographed with the Conti logo too. Chrome chrome chrome.

Another shot here:
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...chmentid=40414

Not mine, but I found this searching around a Japanese collector's site, a 1964 Bianchi Pista

http://www.uploadhouse.com/images/69...nchi_pista.jpg

is it the exact one? it was purchased from someone in philly maybe 5/6 years back.

i can't say. mine was sold in NYC. i heard a friend of the family has it.

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CEYA!

somec's are gorgeous. especially those older ones. the decals are like an old atari game. they have all the classy details too, just enough chrome, tight geometry, minimal but different lugs, pantographed, etc. plus the name is some sort of reference to socialist mechanics. so-mec.

In the 60's, Oliviero Gallegati worked as a mechanic for the Giro d'Italia. Seeing a need to establish standards for Giro mechanics, he established the "Mechanic's Society"--(SOcieta' MEChanica), thus creating the acronym for SOMEC frames. A rarity in Italy, as he did not name his frames after himself as most other Italian framebuilders do, but after his society. Today, every SOMEC frame is made in Lugo, and is crafted from steel or aluminum. SOMEC still makes less frames in a year than a mass producer makes in an hour. (note: When you see the SOMEC logo, do not be confused with Ferrari. As the story goes, back in ancient history when Oliviero and Enzo Ferrari both wanted to show the Cavallino on their product, they came to an agreement as fellow "Romagnesi": Ferrari would put the tail up, SOMEC the tail down. They have never argued from that day).

http://www.virtualitalia.com/sports/bike_manuf.shtml

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CEYA!

read that one too. thanks! why is it that bikes dont really come with cool stories and pedigrees any longer? shameful!

another nugget of wisdom from the CEYA archives. nice one.

Seriously.

Nice, but I think all de rosa's should be red.

It should? I didn't think De Rosa had a team color. Colnago's definitely should be red though.

Hope i'm not too late. Here is my Guerciotti. Campy C-Record Hubs, Cranks etc.. The only non Campy parts are the Nitto B125 AA Handle bars and Nitto Jaguar stem.

http://junipero.3sheep.com/~chris/guerciotti.jpg

damn...

Wow. Normally these bike porn threads don't do too much for me, but that bike is really nice.

m.

Thanks - Just realized how badly I spelled Guerciotti! Though when I posted my gf was right next to me going why are you posting your bike on the internet? I tried to explain it but she didnt get it. Oh well!

what kind of fork does the first black Colnago have? Looks so nice.

i just got gooey in my pants?

will try and post more pics later.


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CEYA!

it's a colnago fork... that came with the frame. so i'm assuming it's a track fork. you can get another angle here: http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...chmentid=36929

Holy Ish. I really need that bike.

So Sheldon Brown dosn't post on this forum any more....that's cool,we got dibs on Ceya as the Jedi Master! :D

Jedi Master..me??


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CEYA!

may the force or what ever else be with you.. oh shoot its Lord Helmet!

Bumping this thread up... I'm going to commit heresy here:

Are Italian bikes overhyped, finish-wise? People complain about Italian paint quality frequently and decal quality as well (surface applied vinyls vs clearcoated transfers) among Italian bikes, and I have to admit, many of the Italian bikes I've seen in person just do not have the same level of finish quality that high-end Japanese and American frames seem to.

This is not to denigrate the ride quality of Italian frames, but solely the finish-work. Some of the bikes in this thread look great, but I'm curious if the lug finishing/paint quality in person are as nice.

Any Italian advocates care to comment?

one word COLNAGO

Well, Colnago is actually a large part of why I asked... I owned an '83 Colnago Mexico, and the paint (while a gorgeous metallic golden yellow) was fairly thickly applied, and the decals were falling apart. Now, I've never seen a super-condition vintage Colnago up close, but it seems like the 80s bikes in particular were kinda shiesty...