gnugear

It's sweet. Still waiting on my Cinelli stem and bars so I'm using the Nitto bars off my vintage Univega.

megavovan

Nice! How many gear inches?

TheRealNicola

Looks good!

PedallingATX

yeah thats an amazing conversion.

gnugear

Thanks! I'm running a 46 and 17. Not sure how many gear inches that is? It's a Vintage campy record crank with Colnago engraved on the arms It rides like a dream!

derailer

A real beaut!

megavovan

That's about 73 GI: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/gears/

dddave

should've left it as a road bike.

clink83

Would it kill you to install your hoods properly? It's jarring to have them too high on an otherwise nice build.

Ep3licious

one of the few conversions i would agree with...

dutret

mounting them high approximates the comfort of modern hoods at the expense of lever reach from the drops.

It's sad to see such a nice bike converted and sadder still to see the obligatory hipster brooks tossed on it but it could be a lot worse.

Golden3ye

looks sweet man, im jealous

robertkat

Wow that's a nice frame. Too bad it's been put to waste.

otismedina

+1. Why wouldn't you build that up as a road bike? It's an amazing frame.

adriano 

the facts are that that is an amazing single gear, it would have been or was an amazing geared scalpel, and many people dont and cant have one. ride on!

darksiderising

OP, the bike looks great! I'll bet it's a wonderful ride. I am guessing that you are taking it out on longer rides because of the water bottle and saddle bag. I am not sure why BF SSFG members feel that nice bikes have to have gears, so just ignore all of those Negative-Nancies. If I had a Colnago frameset, I'd probably build it up as a single speed, too, as I don't need another geared road bike.

gnugear

Yeah, I went 25 miles yesterday and it was amazing. I got it as a frame so I didn't convert anything ... I can always add gears later but I'm enjoying the heck out of it as it is!

wearyourtruth

i knew there would be some complaints about this build, but are we really being that picky? his hoods look fine to me, given the curve in his levers. and sad to see a brooks on a vintage colnago??? come on guys. also, if i remember correctly, the OP bought this as just a frame/fork, so at least it's back on the road. it's not like he bought a full bike and stripped all the **** off it (someone else takes that blame)

deathhare

Why not add a rear brake too?

dutret

Yeah look at pictures of colnagos of that vintage. Brooks had been dumped by then. They're incredibly ****ty saddles for a road bike.

deathhare

Well, I'm sure it was mostly added as a fashion item as it is on most bikes nowadays.
The bottom line is that theyre ugly, heavy and not that comfortable for real riding IMO.
Most people that run them are only headed to Hole Foods for more bananas anyway.

PedallingATX

jesus you guys make so many generalizations. I just bought a bike that came w/ a B17 and I love it. It's the most comfortable saddle I have ever had and I have owned many saddles. Bad for a road bike? Maybe in the sense that it's havy but it's extremely comfortable. Do you guys even know what you're talking about?

I hate the way mine looks, but I keep it on b/c it's comfy.

palladio

Gnugear, awesome bike! Glad to see you finished building it up.

Are those Campy road or pista cranks?

More pics would be great. I'd be interested to see a close up of the engraved cransket.

clink83

The diffrence between a great bike and a normal bike is in the details IMO. Brake levers are usually desgined to be set up vertical, with the bottoms more or less level the bottom of the drops. I don't know about you, but I like to be able to use my brakes properly when my hands are in the drops.

blickblocks

I was about to say this.