I am ready to start shopping....
 

I posted yesterday about my bike accident on Christmas. In short, I was hit by a car and my bike is totaled.
I am already thinking about my next bike and I am looking for some insight, thoughts and suggestions. First, my old(new) bike was a Cinelli Mystic Rat and I really loved the bike. It was my first single speed and it got me hooked!

I have/had been a roadie for almost 25 years and I love cycling and bikes. That being said, I want my next bike to be better than my last. I'd like to use one of my two local shops and the brands I am considering are Bianchi, Cinelli, Colnago and Torelli. I am leaning toward aluminum, but could probably be pushed in the steel direction. I'd like to spend less than $2,500.

A friend offered me some Campagnolo Pista wheels for a very good deal, but I am not sure if they can be run with brakes? So what should I get?

http://mashsf.tumblr.com/post/117354...1-mash-cinelli
hmmmm?

That Cinelli looks wicked. Get the Cinelli.

I think the geometry on the Mash is too aggressive for me. I am thinking about the Vigorelli. I have also considered buying the Colnago Sprint (pretty fairly priced and already drilled for rear brake) and then changing a few things out like the wheels, post and stem(Thompson). I don't know...just thinking.

The Cinelli does look wicked! However, I am going single speed.

I'm in the same boat (literally- got hit the day before my birthday at the end of Nov though).

I like the Colnago Sprint, but cheaper is Motobecane Team Track from BD.. full dura-ace w/ deda bits.

for the 2500.00 budget, you could buy the Colnago Pista Frameset and and outfit the Colnago with full dura-ace for a 13-14lb bike. This is what I might do.. or buy the team track and ride it until I find a frameset I like (mercx has my eye too).

Not really sure what to do. Anyway, hopefully you are ok? I had a fun ride to ER, but am pretty much fine other than some road rash that seems to not want to go away.

i would leave the stem and seatpost and use the money to swap the tektro brakes for campagnolo skeletons.

Do you know if the Colnago Pista frameset is drilled for brakes?

Go for steel and get the cinelli supercorsa pista.....so classy

http://www.cinelli.it/prodotti/bicic...sa_pista_2.jpg

The Super Corsa Pista is so sweet! My only concern is the $2,400 price tag. How does this steel frame compare to Colnago and Torelli?

Weren't you trying for a complete bike for under $2,500? Because that bike will end up being like $3500-$4000...
Anyway as with all bikes some people hate Cinelli and say it's just trying to be a quality Italian Steel brand when it's not, while others love them. I personally know that Torelli's are absolutely beautiful, and really so are Colnago's. Just buy what you want, I believe they're all pretty much the same quality.

Right, the Cinelli would be more than I want to spend. I am leaning toward Colnago or Torelli. Does anyone know if you can use those Campagnolo Pista wheels with brakes?

The campi wheels do have a flat profile near the wheel that a brake would be able to grab onto, but not well. They also are only tubular wheels, which is not what you would want for a city bike. They defiantly are not the best wheel for what you are planning on building.

it's campy, not campi

Try to find one italian word that ends in a "y". Now with ease find me thousands that end in an "i"

campy is trademarked campi is not

from the campagnolo website:
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...m/Picture1.png


do you have any "real" evidence supporting campi?

pwn

I know just one: Campy.

I know the front fork is, so I would assume the rear will take a brake also. You can call wrenchscience.com and ask them, pretty sure they have one on the floor. (510) 841-4748

I'm glad to hear that you are "gettin' back on your horse" so to speak.

i thought eddy merckx doesnt have track bikes or frames amymore, where did you find a place that has them

I thought you could find the supercorsa pista for way less than the MSRP, something in the 1500-1900 range?

Really, if that's the case I am going to start looking. Do you think it's a good value at $1500-1900? I wonder what it cost to have a frame built?