Ah hell, I was lucky enough to inherit these cranks from the previous owner, doesn't even look like a mile in them. Quality is outstanding though. Not that I'm some campy freak..

Just finished building this up for my roommate. Her birthday is this Saturday so I built up this SS for her. I bought everything except the wheels which her significant other dropped off this afternoon. Even though she's slightly shorter than me, she rides a bigger frame - her legs are longer.

Stats:
Bridgestone 400 in gun metal grey from Working Bikes here in Chicago (http://www.workingbikes.org)
Sakae SX cranks, 52 tooth chainring
20 dollar Ascent clipless pedals - cheap but they work pretty well.
Cut off Nitto's, now stubby bullhorns.
Rear wheel: MA3 rim with Suzue hub
Front wheel: Sun M13II with Shimano RSX hub (both wheels as a wheelset from NYCBikes.com)
700x28 Vittoria Radonneur tires - nice smooth roll, perfect for commuting.
Spanking new SRAM PC-1 chain - el cheapo and el reliable.

Very nice absntr! Your roommate is a lucky gal! My birthday's this august in case you were wondering...;) I was wondering how you got that barend brake lever on those cutdown bars. Then I realized they were cutdown Nitto's and not cutdown drop bars. I've got a pair of barend brake levers awaiting some real bullhorns.

That is a nice bike! Need a roomie?

Actually they are cut down Nitto drops - they originally came on my bike that I built up (http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=12632). The lever originally didn't fit then I realized they had a sort of shim of sorts which I took off and they fit perfect in 'em and the lever works real well so far.

Very nice. I think I need a new roomie...

Okay, here is my new ride. A used KHS Aero 60cm frame, Mavic MA-3 rims, Suzue hubs and Nitto track stem and Aero bars. Despite the extreme rake it is a pretty comfortable ride. I use it mainly to get a good workout so droping low on the bars works fine. Might not be the thing for a leisurely ride though. I added a rear brake as I have a few pretty steep downhills on my neighborhood route.
Tony

Nice bike, although I don't like the down slopping top tube, I sold a bianchi funny bike for the same reason, I just didn't like the fit. I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the MA-3 rims, really nice. What ratio are you running? Looks like a 46/18???

Phil

Mmmm, downward sloping :)

Actually it's a 42/18, fine for me since my usual riding route looks like San Francisco. Gives a nice workout and turns heads.
Tony

http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForum...o&PhotoID=7346

Schwinn Le Tour...awaiting a Campy lockring, will be a 42 x 16t.
It has Tufo tubular clinchers front (Giro Twix) and rear (Elite)

http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForum...o&PhotoID=7347

Trek frame, too small for me, but ready to be fixed.

http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForum...o&PhotoID=7348

This Motobacane Mirage almost disappears from the front. ;)

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Motobacane Nomade showing the Zipps from both sides. These wheels require an L-adapter to pump them up.

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Another shot of the Van Dessel.

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Wider shot of that backyard section and bikes.

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The Nomade in it's lightest format, with the 470 gram Mavic Gel 280 tubular wheel.
(Hershey Naked hub and titanium spokes.) This runs a 52 x 18t.

http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForum...o&PhotoID=7353

The Mirage runs a 52 x 16t. It has a Dura Ace track hub rear and A Mavic GL330 tubular front.

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Another view of the Mirage.

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Another view of the Mirage.

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Ginger waiting in her seatbelt harness ready to go for a ride and take a walk.

After three months plus of trying to find a decently sized track or old road bike on ebay and net searching, I decided to rebuild this old mid 70's 61 cm Apollo that was sitting in the shared garage. Heavy and not particularly stylish, it fits me better than the 53cm Nishiki Olympic I've been riding. No spectacular bits on this, flipped and chopped original bars, sprayed stem, stock centre pull, original Super Maxy (read Sugino) 165mm cranks and 40 t chainring with a set of wheels from my last bike (Alexrims D28 on Suzue flip flop w/ Durace 16 t cog and Mavic T519 on Campy record with 28mm Conti Contacts)- again nothing spectacular. And a racing green Brooks B17 to sit on. Black would better fit the rattle can black and red colour scheme, but I didn't want to lay out much for this one. A good bike for the holding pattern I'm in until something better comes along. (Although I'm missing the twitchiness of the Nishiki.)

http://www.eol.ca/~cmcd/bike1.jpg
http://www.eol.ca/~cmcd/bike2.jpg

ok ladies and gents. here is the bianchi that is converted to fixed gear. I've been riding it to work for the last month. those are ritchey drops, cheap a$$ diacomp levers, truvativ elita triple cranks (170), and a USE post that sucks a lot. I like the ride becuase of the long wheelbase, but the wheels weigh a ton. I'm think of making it a SS for a bit with some lighter freehub wheels I have lying around until I can get a nicer fixed wheelset. only time will tell, I suppose.

She's a bit moore than a roomate aey ;)

Long legs and can push a 52! Hot Dawg :)

So I'll finally get some pics here - this is my winter beater... kind of hard to believe I actually rode it for so long... The rust is mainly from the fact that the idiot that stole it wrapped it in BET which took off the paint when I peeled it off.

And here's the pretty one....

Sorry I'm not really sure how to get pics to just show up in the text... I could link to them, but I'm at work and don't have FTP to any of my servers...

nice old B...
how friggin tall are you??

Bout 6' - I'm not sure on the exact size of the B though... I've got to get a new seat post for her now that she's got a new saddle... It's way shorter than the WTB seat, and I've got the post extended out about 3/4" past the 'max' line...

I'm usually not a fan of celeste, but it looks really nice on the black.

Yeah, I would have bought it earlier if I had of known it was black and celeste, not just celeste. I knew the guy had it, but thought it was one of the full celeste ones. I was going to buy a black Miyata frame from him, but it was tooo small, then I saw this one and fell in love. I knew it was going to fit me perfect before I even rode it...

I do wish I had of gotten pics right when I got it though - it was freakin gorgeous!!! Tubular tires, celeste wrap on just the drops with red green and white tape holding it down, almost never used celeste look style bianchi pedals...

I don't think it ever saw the street before I started riding it...

Dude. Is your roomate a really tall pretty girl who hangs out or at least has gone to Letizias? If so, I think I saw her. And if so, she has a admirer.

Hey HereNT,

Great looking Bianchi. Looks like you found a gem indeed. That stem is friggin beautiful. Love the sculpted look that it has.

Dave

Skitbra, could be, we do go to Letizia's, I more often than her though. However, you could also be talking about another friend of mine, she's tall and rides fixed and SS. She's pretty damn awesome - used to ride amateur BMX back in the day. I know she goes to Letizia's pretty often.

It would seem that absntr has the hookups.

We should ride sometime, and bring the girls!!

You doing the Cutting Crew thing?