Is that a "beast from the east" or an "M" series?

Whatever it may be, it's spot-on!

Oh man, that hurts. It's all steel, baby.

"Velo-City" house brand, welded by a cranky local framebuilder that the shop refuses to name. ;)

Spot-on, indeed. I love the way it rides, and am considering going to the aforementioned unknown framebuilder for my next project.

Thanks!

Freakin' awesome!

Where did you snag it?!

It pretty much just fell into my lap. My old bikeshop boss showed up at my door one day and told me I needed it.

He was right. Eventually he figured out what he wanted to charge me for it and I happily paid it.

It's been through a bunch of changes since it first showed up, though..

http://entirely-adequate.com/newbike...e-Images/1.jpg

It's much happier these days.

what size wheels jim-bob? i like this bike too

26". Currently 26x1.9 in the back and x2.3 in front, but it's also been happy with 2.1" slicks. This bike seems happiest with big fat tires, it felt a little squirrely with 1.25" paselas.

I can't help it. This is neither single speed nor fixed gear (at least, until I decide whether or not to convert it) but I'm so geeked about it I have to share... so here's the new ride. 1982 Colnago Mexico, full Campy Super Record, high flange hubs, Mavic GP4 tubs, etc...

The question is... strip it and sell the parts to fund a conversion, keep it as is and ride it, or sell it outright (I got a -sick- deal on it.)

Photos were taken at a friend's last night, I should have it by this weekend, FedEx willing... My first Italian!

http://subtle.org/drupal/files/bike7.jpg

that colnago is pretty cool I'd keep it how it is

Dear god! Keep it as is and ride it like you stole it!

If you heard the price you'd believe I stole it ;)

-s

Yeah, no fixing on that one, Sashae.

The BB shell had cracked around the circumference of the downtube where the two join... I took it to an autobody repair place around the corner from my house and they welded it back together the same afternoon for (iirc) $10. I'm a pretty small guy so I'm confident about its stability; although, I've been toying with the idea of getting the BB shell replaced and then having the frame painted. The spray bomb job looks fairly ass-tastic.

As far as its vintage goes, I have no idea... my friend Steve, who gave the frame to me, wasn't the original owner. I believe the bike lived in Seattle at one point, but that's about all I got. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the fork is an add-on... all I got was the frame.

The drillium ends are my favorite part.

m.

thanks gravity, im glad it got a rise out of someone. this bike rides like butter, i love it. cheers. flexo

Is the fork bent...?

Nope, just a bad angle on the photo.

see this would have taken away all the guesswork had i seen this picture before meeting you.

btw

the phone number i gave you isn't exactly right, i had just came off a break and i got a couple of my numbers mixed up, i'll pm you the right one....

nice bike and it was nice meeting you as well.

hey kyle, you shoot? lemme see some pics man.

and no i don't know adrianan guerrero. who is she?

http://www.curlybro.com/filestash/bike1.jpg
62cm Sekine frame.
Parts soon to be swapped over to:

http://www.curlybro.com/filestash/newframe.jpg
58cm Raleigh frame.

Selle Italia Mythos Seat
Nitto b123 42cm
Nashbar rear hub threaded for fixed/fixed
Soma 16t cog
IRO lockring
Sachs Quartz front hub
Mavic Rims
Sugino VP 170 cranks
shimano 46t chainring

Careful with 170's on that Raleigh. It looks like 70's vintage, so it was probably made for 27's, and has a lower than average BB height to begin with. I have 165's on my similar Raleigh w/ 700x23's and still bonk in corners A LOT. I'm planning on moving up to 700x38's and maybe even getting 160's to try and alleviate the issue.

Does that fork look slightly bent back? Could be a camera perspective issue...

Actually, it looks quite bent back!

i've seen forks like that that were not bent at all. sometimes, for whatever reason, the builder will make the back of the fork blades (the side that faces the frame) run parallel to the back of the headtube, which makes the front curved part look overly curved and therefore bent. even when it's not. that raleigh seems perhaps extreme, but i wouldn't conclude that the fork is bent without actually seeing the frame.

I have a very similar Raleigh from what looks to be the same year even by the color/decals, and it has fork with much more normal looking geometry.

A 46T cog with a 46T ring?!?!


:D

Bought this bike on the side of the road for $!6, tore it down, and made it a fixie. Built a rear wheel with a surly hub, and mavic ma3. I'm running 42-16. So far so good, but I can't wait to change the bars! :)

http://www.fastclan.com/gallery/albu.../FIXED_001.jpg