^^must...convert.....back.......

I'll give you twenty bucks for the rest of that group

there musta been something in that popeye's chicken for you to do that...

My new to me Samson. 753r tubing dates it to the late 80's or early 90s. It has a bit of ornate lug work on it, and rides like a dream.
Changes to come:
Bars will be changed to drops, have a set of Cinelli Criterium bars and a 1A stem
Seatpost will be a Shimano 600 once I get it out of a Cannondale which has a stripped seat post clamp
Wheelset will be silver DT Swiss RR 1.2 laced to Superbe hubs
Different pedals, clips and straps
Different chain
http://lh6.ggpht.com/nshimek/SHQAlOP...0/IMG_2246.JPG


I bought the saddle for my red 1986 Paramount, so it will see dual duty.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/nshimek/SHQApHb...0/IMG_2255.JPG

Lug work
http://lh3.ggpht.com/nshimek/SHQAool...0/IMG_2254.JPG

Track end
http://lh5.ggpht.com/nshimek/SHQAnVy...0/IMG_2251.JPG

Seatstay
http://lh3.ggpht.com/nshimek/SHQAn8r...0/IMG_2252.JPG

Tight clearance, though the bike is a "57" and has no toe overlap using large clips. It was very surprising.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/nshimek/SHQAjon...0/IMG_2259.JPG

It would seem that the likelihood of toe overlap will decrease as the length of the top tube increases on a given frame. On some of the larger keirin frames that I've seen, the top tube is significantly shorter than the seat tube, which brings the front end in a bit. Your frame seems to be rather 'square', which might be why you don't encounter much overlap. I have a ~58cm Vivalo that doesn't have much (if any) overlap; the top tube is about 57-57.5cm.

Those Looks are notorious for being noodley as hell, is it true? Carbon with Aluminum lugs...

i dig the samson

Yeah, the samson's nice. Esp the campione del mondo striped turbo.

ahh, red bike

Coming from you that means something =) Trade ya for the Merckx....

where can these beauts be had?

color blind?

that bike needs a record headset and cranks OR c record hubs and seatpost.

No it doesn't.

that bike needs nothing other than to be ridden only in the dark w/the priests. otherwise, quite nice and worthy of a year-round commitment to miles.

First off:

-C Record Hubs aren't the best idea for the street, especially when your commute consists of 100s of potholes. I want a hubset that's virtually maintenance free and a set of rims that are light and soft enough to give it a nice ride.
-I don't like the C Record Aeros as much as the Super Record Fluteds. You CAN get non-aero CRecord posts, but they're so widely sought after by pantographers and collectors that you won't find one for less than $200. They were the last model of the CRecord posts...
-Priest bars are comfy, you'll have to try them Mr. Chris 175... I don't care so much about riding drops in traffic. Riding the tops of drops is as faux paux as riding riser bars. Even with the shallow drop of my Criteriums, I only ride drops when doing laps or on the track.

Second of all:

-The bike doesn't need anything unless I say it does. :p

well in that case it needs dura-ace all around, and a steep steel nitto stem, like mine!!!!!!!!!

post your bike, I'm interested to see this thing.

i think you have seen it, but here ya go

drool

That's a first. Never seen a dura ace groupo on a Meckx before. Looks good...

Here Prolly, let me show you how it's done :D

http://velospace.org/files/IMG_1557_complete.jpg
http://velospace.org/files/IMG_1544_stem.jpg
http://velospace.org/files/IMG_1546_chainring.jpg

Wear a jersey with pockets and carry your bottles like a PRO.

good lord that is sweet. sweet sweet sweet. where and when do you ride it?

:love: