DeBernardi
09-27-06 | 09:36 AM
#26
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 3,990
Likes: 36
From: Williston, VT
Bikes: Bridgestone RB-T, Soma Rush, Razesa Racer, ⅔ of a 1983 Holdsworth Professional, Nishiki Riviera Winter Bike
Originally Posted by Aeroplane
Nope, the DeBernardi. It's also mass produced, and Thron is among the lowest grades of tubing that Columbus makes. The Bianchi Pista is made in Taiwan, so calling it "The <anything> of Italy" is a misnomer.
09-27-06 | 09:49 AM
#27
girl anachronism
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 434
Likes: 0
From: Philadelphia, PA
Bikes: cayne uno
Originally Posted by [165]
ahhhh...the beloved Chipperilli!
mine is awesome, yet upon recently riding it - it feels like it shrunk. i am 5'10" and it is a 53cm...way too small. seemed right at the time.
consignment shop, here i come!
mine is awesome, yet upon recently riding it - it feels like it shrunk. i am 5'10" and it is a 53cm...way too small. seemed right at the time.
consignment shop, here i come!
hahaha.. I hope that's a joke. I tried the cayne that my LBS had in stock and it was a 53cm. I felt like a clown riding that.
09-27-06 | 09:49 AM
#28
Fresh Meat
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 36
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: centurion, raliegh singelspeed busted down right now
Originally Posted by [165]
ahhhh...the beloved Chipperilli!
mine is awesome, yet upon recently riding it - it feels like it shrunk. i am 5'10" and it is a 53cm...way too small. seemed right at the time.
consignment shop, here i come!
mine is awesome, yet upon recently riding it - it feels like it shrunk. i am 5'10" and it is a 53cm...way too small. seemed right at the time.
consignment shop, here i come!
09-28-06 | 11:04 AM
#29
Junior Member
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 9
Likes: 0
From: los angeles
Bikes: kiyo
To anyone who rides one of these, im looking for the standover height for the 51 and 53cm. Im looking to pull the trigger on one but im undecided on which size to get. Wish I could ride one first but the only shop I know that has one deals mostly in just frames and not set up completes. Hows the toe overlap also, seeing that its a more relaxed geometry, i know this comes withe territory of track frames but I had a 52cm KHS flite and the wheel would hit the crank arm! if turned at just the right angle/time. Any help would be appreciated.
Last edited by hclip; 09-28-06 at 11:37 AM.
09-28-06 | 11:31 AM
#30
...addicted...
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 886
Likes: 58
From: East of the River, Washington DC
Bikes: 1985 Alpine, 2007 IRO Rob Roy, 1985 Ross Mt. Whitney, 1991 Diamondback Master TG
A guy at my work rides one, I always notice it locked up... Sheldon Brown style. It's one of two track bikes, and the other's a '05 or '06 pista. I ride the third fixie, a converted raleigh, I always feel bad when I lock up my f....ugly bike next to that sleek red machine.
09-28-06 | 01:30 PM
#31
park ranger
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,794
Likes: 0
From: mars
Bikes: recumbents
Originally Posted by hclip
To anyone who rides one of these, im looking for the standover height for the 51 and 53cm. Im looking to pull the trigger on one but im undecided on which size to get. Wish I could ride one first but the only shop I know that has one deals mostly in just frames and not set up completes. Hows the toe overlap also, seeing that its a more relaxed geometry, i know this comes withe territory of track frames but I had a 52cm KHS flite and the wheel would hit the crank arm! if turned at just the right angle/time. Any help would be appreciated.
