Classic Vintage Bikes

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2010-01-11T05:49:00.001-08:00

Classic Vintage Bikes is a blog intended to share my passion and interest for the Italian classic bikes, mainly lugged steel frames from the 80ies and the 90ies, aka as vintage or retro bikes. The website will be updated regularly with pictures and articles, also with a For Sale / Trade section with doubles from my collection.

For sale

2009-12-11T07:27:00.000-08:00

In this section you will find the material I'm intended to sell / trade.

For sale a beautiful lightweight carbon bike with the following components:
- Cycles Menet MX carbon slooping frame (size S), Menet is a well established bike dealer in Ploegsteert, Belgium.
- Columbus Muscle carbon fork (not the cheap carbon fork which was sold with the frame),
- ITM Carbon Lite stem, 125 mm,
- Ritchey WCS Classic italian round handlebar, alloy, 44 cm,
- Carbon look handlebar tape,
- Sigma BC1200 cyclocomputer,
- Selle Italia new Flite titanium saddle, black, SOLD
- Campagnolo Record carbon seat post, 35 cm, 27.2 diameter,
- Menet alloy seat post clamp, black,
- Cane Creek Hiddenset,
- 2 Tacx bottle cages, black,
- Mavic SSC brakes, black,
- Campagnolo Record 9s ergopower levers,
- Campagnolo Record 9s rear mech,
- Campagnolo Record 9s front derailleur + clamp,
- Campagnolo Record 9s chain,
- FSA SL-K Force carbon crank set (compact), 170 mm, comes with 5 different chain rings, SOLD
- Shimano Dura Ace bottom bracket, SOLD
- Front wheel: French Mach1 rim with Sapim spokes on Campagnolo Chorus hub, SOLD
- Rear wheel: Ambrosio Evolution rim with Alpina spokes on Campagnolo Chorus hub, SOLD
- Campagnolo Record 9s cassette, 13-23,
- Pair of Continental GP4000 tyres 23 mm section, black, SOLD
- Pair of Continental / Michelin / Vittoria tubes, SOLD
- Campagnolo Record 9s brakes and gears cables,
- Campagnolo Record headset,
- Possibility to get a pair of Look CX6 carbon pedals with it, black.

Pictures will follow shortly, don't hesitate to contact me for more details!

Selcof profiled seat post (diameter 27.2 mm) from 1995, the copy of the Campagnolo C-Record one, lightly used, in very good conditions. SOLD

For sale a used Campagnolo C-Record front derailleur from 1994, in very good conditions except the upper part (where you fit the little screw to block the gear cable). Sold for the parts as a defect derailleur.

For sale a nice pair of Gaerne Crono shoes from 1994 - 1995, in blue as worn by the team Carrera Tassoni from Pantani and Chiappucci. Size 42, worn only a few times. A nice collector item! SOLD

Up for sale an almost new Selle Italia Turbomatic 2 saddle with Manganese rails, very slightly worn, very nice conditions and hard to get. SOLD

See the For Sale / Trade Page 2

Links

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Feel free to contact me for a link exchange if you are the owner of a website / blog relating to vintage bikes or retro bikes!

The Virtual Musette A Road Cycling Blog

Bikeadelic De Rosa // Cycling // Italian style

Local Bike Trader - Bikes for Sale

Lugged Steel Lugged steel road bikes admired, ridden, built and occasionally sold

Velobase.com Your Vintage Cycling Database

vintagebicyclepress Vintage Cycling Books and Components

Oldroads Menotomy Vintage Bicycles, Inc., on the Web since 1995

Cycling Links Database of bike manufacturers and their UK dealers. Find UK stockists searchable by postcode, plus links to UK clubs and organisations and more.

Velo-Retro the gathering place for vintage bicycle enthusiasts

Blogs Directory

For sale - page 3

2009-09-29T11:16:00.000-07:00

For sale a beautiful Windtex winter vest made by Threeface, size is XS, new without tags. SOLD

Up for sale this beautiful Vermarc set (short sleeves jersey and bibshorts) from the professional cycling team Quick Step Innergetic. The set is new with tags and original packed. Size S. Price 60 €

For sale a nice long sleeves jersey from the professional cycling team Merida Kenda, new and never worn. Size S. Price 30 €

De Rosa Vision 2001

2009-07-25T11:22:00.000-07:00

Another beautiful example of Dedacciai 7003 aluminium framing: a De Rosa Vision from the year 2000 or 2001 with Campagnolo Daytona 9s group (Campagnolo Veloce compact chainset), Mavic Open Pro rims, Selle SMP Strike TRK saddle, bi-colour Continental GP3000 tyres, Elite gel bottle cage, ITM Millenium stem.

De Rosa Vision 2003

2009-05-29T08:25:00.000-07:00

Not a vintage bicycle but worthy showing in my opinion, a beautiful aluminium De Rosa Vision frame from 2003. The size S is particularly adapted to women, here with Campagnolo Veloce 10 speed components and Campagnolo Vento G3 wheels. Very nice ride, bike is very light and stiff due to its small size. To complete the De Rosa a Deda handle bar, LOOK pedals, Continental tyres and Tacx water bottle cages.

For sale - Page 2

2009-05-26T11:40:00.000-07:00

For sale a NOS and boxed Selle Italia Flite Titanium saddle from the 1990ies serie. New. SOLD

For sale a NOS Selle Italia Flite Kevlar saddle from the end of the 1990ies. New with tags, pictures will follow soon.

Beautiful Campagnolo Record bottom bracket, 102 mm axle, for double chain rings, BSA thread. SOLD

For sale a Selle Italia Flite Trans am titanium saddle from the end of the 1990ies.Used but still in very good conditions. SOLD

3TTT vintage Record 84 stem, standard diameter, 100mm length, very good conditions. SOLD

For sale a pair of Colnago water bottles made by Elite, standard diameter, new and never used. SOLD

One of my recent finds: A beautiful pair of vintage silver Sidi Tecno road cycling shoes. Size is 39.5, NOS never worn, with a pair of cleats adapters and original Sidi screws. The shoes come with a pair of Airplus inner soles. Don't miss out those ones, they are quite rare nowadays in unused conditions!

Up for sale a nice Briko Active Strato cycling bib shorts in red, maxi dry concept, size S, NOS, never worn, comes with tags. Chamois padding is Sanitized as found on the Nalini and Santini bib shorts. A nice retro look! SOLD

See the For Sale / Trade Page 3

Vintage goodies

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I will list here a serie of items from the 80ies and 90ies such as vintage cycling jerseys, caps, bottles and pictures.

The first item is a long sleeves jersey from the Gewiss Ballan team from 1995, made by the Italian maker Biemme.

A Gewiss-Ballan short sleeves jersey from 1994, made by Biemme.

Here a very special item of my collection: It's an Asics jersey from the Asics Cycling Team 1998 worn by the former Italian champion Michele Bartoli the year he won the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Classic. The jersey is approximately a size XS, the label shows "Bartoli" because they were tailored for the team and are different from the ones on retail. This jersey has been signed by Michele Bartoli in the late 1998 in Montecarlo.

Here a pair of legendary Briko Zen sunglasses as worn by Marco Pantani in 1998. Still look fantastic!

And a pair of Rudy Project Aggressor sunglasses as worn by Giorgio Furlan and the Gewiss-Ballan Team in 1994... Such a great retro look!

Another of my recent finds in Europe, a beautiful and rare cycling jersey made by the Italian Sportful for the Sovietic Cycling Team in the late 1980ies (1989-1990). This one has been issued and worn by a team member of the legendary Alfa Lum Infissi squad, which could be either Serguei Soukhoroutchenkov, Andrei Tchmil, Piotr Ugrumov, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Viktor Klimov, Dimitri Konyshev, Vladimir Poulnikov or Ivan Ivanov. A real piece of history! I let the pictures do the talking.

My recommendations

2009-03-09T11:29:00.000-07:00

I will post in this section the products which I consider to be the best and why.

Let's start with the tubulars cement or glue. I used to glue my tubulars with this one and I'm happy to see that it's still being produced. I'm talking about the Velox Tubasti, mastice gutta. Never had problems with it and in my opinion a bit better than the Vittoria glue. On top of that it's one of the cheapest on the market!

I'm also recommending strongly all the Veloflex products, both tyres and tubulars are fantastic. How to legally dope your bike! Veloflex might be slightly more expensive than the competition, but they are still manufactured in Europe and they supply many many professional cycling teams under white label. Veloflex offers the tyres which give you the closest sensation to drive on tubulars! Tubulars are still ahead in my opinion in terms of comfort and precision, but having Veloflex tyres on your rims is the best alternative to tubulars... Have riden many years Wolber, Vittoria, Continental and Michelin, but Veloflex takes it all.

If you want to fine tune your bike, then PMP is your best choice. I'm using their products since 1998 and I just love them. The titanium seatposts are great, not only they look very good on a bike, but they also filtrate a lot of the road vibrations, even when you have a very stiff frame. PMP offers a wide range of products, quick release skewers and bolts are a must.

Using Silca Pompe pumps for almost 20 years, I strongly recommend them! They are reliable and strong, those ones won't let you down!

If you are looking for something exceptionnal, then the Marresi cycling shoes are for you. Made from leather in Italy, they ally a beautiful vintage look and a pure italian style design.

Not a vintage one but probably one of the best cycling apparel manufacturer around these days, namely MEM. Made in Italy, which is getting rare...

SCI-CON s.n.c., established in 1980, had been the first company in Italy which recognized the cycle bags and accessories field as an available commercial area with a certain expanding future. For almost 20 years the company has been projecting and manufacturing bicycle travel bags and under-seat bags. I really recommended those product for their great design, ease of use and durability.

De Rosa Primato pictures

2009-02-27T05:03:00.000-08:00

The De Rosa Primato 1994 Team Gewiss-Ballan Replica in its version "indoor". Still waiting for better days for making pictures outside...

Finally some sunny days! I managed to do some outside pictures of my De Rosa Primato, but not completely in the Gewiss-Ballan Team Replica since I used the Campagnolo Shamal HPW wheels from 1996. Also the Selle Italia Flite saddle doesn't match the Replica and will be replaced with a black one soon...

De Rosa Planet

2009-02-15T09:57:00.000-08:00

De Rosa Planet 1998-1999

This one has been my racing bike for one season. It’s a Dedacciai 7003 aluminium frame from the year 1998, the same was used by the professional team Riso Scotti the same year. The particularity of this frame is its exceptional painting; De Rosa indeed released a small amount of frames in the blue-yellow colour of the unfortunately no longer existing Team Ferraro of Arma di Taggia, Italy. I estimate the total amount of those frames to 30-40 pieces maximum.
The frame came with its steel fork, I added the 1999 Campagnolo Chorus group and other components the following year.
Here below the listing of the components and the pictures. Enjoy!

- De Rosa Planet frame with aluminium 7003 tubing made by Dedacciai. The size is a standard 51x53 cm.
- De Rosa steel fork, painted.
- PMP titanium seat post.
- Selle Italia Flite titanium saddle, black leather.
- De Rosa alloy seat post clamp.
- 3ttt status stem, 110 mm.
- 3ttt Ergo Power 2 round “Belgian” handlebar, 43 cm.
- Campagnolo Chorus bearings.
- Campagnolo Chorus 9s ergopower levers from 1999.
- Elite Ciussi water bottle cage.
- Campagnolo Chorus bottom bracket.
- Campagnolo Chorus crank set, 9s in 170 mm length, chain rings 53 and 39.
- Campagnolo Record pedals, Look system.
- Campagnolo Chorus brakes.
- Campagnolo Record 9s front derailleur.
- Campagnolo Chorus 9s rear mech.
- Campagnolo Record 9s chain.
- Ambrosio Excellence rims, light blue anodised finish, for tyres.
- Alpina spokes.
- Campagnolo Chorus hubs, 9s.
- Campagnolo Chorus 9s cassette, 13-23.
- Vittoria Corsa CX tyres, 19 mm section, yellow and black.
- De Rosa blue handlebar tape.

Impressions:

The De Rosa Planet is with certainty one of the best bikes I have ever ridden. First of all it’s a very resistant frame, with a perfect finish and welding. It is reactive, fast and still very comfortable for an aluminium frame. The PMP seat post adds some comfort in my opinion too. No wonder that a professional team adopted it as their race machine in 1998.

De Rosa Primato

2009-02-14T09:54:00.000-08:00

De Rosa Primato 1994

This is my second “vintage” project, already more vintage that the Colnago Tecnos one.
I found this one in Italy too, the bike was kind of put-together mixture with Campagnolo C-Record, Chorus and Athena parts.
The frame has seen some wear and is rusty in some parts. The Columbus EL tubing was quite the top end at the time, and it’s still a light weight bike nowadays. An additional interesting feature is the Gewiss Ballan team colours pattern (blue-grey), quite difficult to find. A real “Eugeni Berzin” Replica for collectors.
Here below the listing of the components and the pictures. Enjoy!

- De Rosa Primato frame with particular reinforced bottom bracket, slightly oversized EL tubes made by Columbus. The size is a 52x53 cm, quite standard for the time.
- De Rosa fork, chromed.
- Campagnolo C-Record seat post.
- Selle Italia Flite titanium saddle, black leather with Selle Italia embroidery.
- Campagnolo seat post bolt.
- 3ttt titanium stem, 120 mm.
- 3ttt Prima 220 “Anatomic” handlebar, 42 cm.
- Campagnolo C-Record bearings.
- Campagnolo C-Record 8s ergopower levers from 1994.
- Elite Ciussi water bottle cage with titanium bolts.
- Campagnolo C-Record bottom bracket.
- Campagnolo C-Record crank set, 8s in 170 mm length, chain rings 53 and 41.
- Campagnolo C-Record pedals, Look system.
- Campagnolo C-Record brakes.
- Campagnolo C-Record 8s front derailleur.
- Campagnolo C-Record 8s rear mech.
- Campagnolo Record 9s chain.
- Campagnolo Shamal 8s aero wheels, for tubulars.
- Campagnolo Record 8s cassette, 13-23.
- Veloflex Criterium tubulars, 22 mm section.
- Deda white handlebar tape.

Impressions:

I was writing in a previous post that my Colnago Tecnos was probably the best bike I have ever ridden... well, that's not true anymore! I will put the De Rosa Primato on top of my list. The bike is just fantastic, smooth ride, pure pleasure and unequaled comfort. Even with the Campagnolo Shamal wheels and tyres, the frames absorbs most of the road vibrations, much more than the Colnago Tecnos with the same wheelset. That makes the Colnago Tecnos a pure racing machine and the De Rosa Primato more an "all-rounder", which is just perfect for my current usage.

My vintage bikes

2009-02-13T09:44:00.000-08:00

Colnago Tecnos 1997

De Rosa Primato 1994

De Rosa Planet 1998

Bianchi Mega Pro XL 1998

Raleigh 1982

My Project

Non vintage bicycles: De Rosa Vision 2003

Non vintage bicycles: De Rosa Vision 2000

Colnago Tecnos pictures

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The Colnago Tecnos with Campagnolo Shamal wheels and with FIR rims.

Colnago Tecnos

2009-02-12T09:47:00.000-08:00

Colnago Tecnos 1997

This was my first real “vintage” project, even if I don’t know if one can speak about vintage for a bike which is only 13 years old.
I found it in Italy, the frame has been converted a long time ago to a city bike with a dull steel fork, straight handlebar and Shimano components. I decided to buy only the frame and get the parts myself. The frame was only lightly used and still looked great. The Tecnos is well-known to be the most refined and light steel frame ever made by Ernesto Colnago, maybe less famous than its brother Master Olympic, but definitely as good.
I managed to find a NOS Colnago Precisa fork to match the Gilco Design frame. The project was getting to life…
Here below the listing of the components and the pictures. Enjoy!

- Colnago Tecnos frame with the particular Gilco Design, slightly oversized tubes made by Columbus. The size is a 51x53 cm, quite standard for the time.
- Colnago Precisa straight fork, chromed.
- Campagnolo Chorus titanium seat post, which I will try to replace in the future with a Campagnolo Record titanium or a PMP titanium one.
- Selle Italia Flite Vanox saddle, black leather.
- Campagnolo seat post bolt.
- 3ttt titanium stem, 120 mm.
- 3ttt Ergo Power 2 round “Italian” handlebar, 43 cm.
- Campagnolo Record/Chorus bearings.
- Campagnolo Record titanium 8s ergopower levers from 1996.
- Elite Ciussi Inox water bottle cage with titanium bolts.
- Campagnolo Record bottom bracket.
- Campagnolo Record crank set, 8-9s in 170 mm length, chain rings 53 and 39.
- Campagnolo Record pedals, Look system.
- Campagnolo Record brakes.
- Campagnolo Record 8s front derailleur.
- Campagnolo Record titanium 8s rear mech.
- Campagnolo Record 9s chain.
- Campagnolo Shamal 8s aero wheels, for tyres.
- Campagnolo Record 8s cassette, 13-23.
- Veloflex Pavé tyres, 22 mm section.
- Colnago Pink handlebar tape.

Impressions: The Colnago Tecnos is definitely one of the best bikes I have ever ridden. On it you don’t only feel fast, but also easy and safe. The frame is very reactive and precise in the trajectory. Coupled with Veloflex tubulars that makes the Colnago Tecnos probably the most enjoyable bike to ride with!

Contacts

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Winter Bike Project

2009-02-05T10:06:00.000-08:00

Winter bike project

Under construction

- Campagnolo Chorus 1995 seat post,
- Selle Italia Flite titanium saddle, black leather.
- ITM Goccia stem, 100 mm.
- 3ttt Ergo Power 2 round “Italian” handlebar, 43 cm.
- Campagnolo Athena bearings.
- Campagnolo Athena 8s Ergopower levers from 1996.
- Elite Ciussi Inox water bottle cage.
- Campagnolo Athena bottom bracket.
- Campagnolo Athena crank set, 8s in 170 mm length, chain rings 53 and 39.
- Campagnolo Athena pedals, Look system, white.
- Campagnolo Athena brakes.
- Campagnolo Athena 8s front derailleur.
- Campagnolo Athena 8s rear mech.
- Campagnolo Record 9s chain.
- Campagnolo Athena 8s hubs.
- Ambrosio Excellence rims, light blue-grey anodised for tyres.
- Alpina spokes.
- Campagnolo Record 8s cassette, 13-23.
- Continental GP3000 tyres, 23 mm section, grey and orange.
- Deda handlebar tape.

Raleigh

2009-02-04T10:03:00.000-08:00

Raleigh Competition 1983

Under construction.

- Raleigh Competition frame made from Reynolds 531 tubing, black painted. The size is a 50x53 cm.
- Raleigh Reynolds 531 fork, chromed.
- seat post.
- Selle Italia Super Leggera saddle, black leather.
- seat post bolt.
- stem, 90 mm.
- handlebar.
- bearings.
- Weinmann perforated alloy brake levers.
- Suntour 6s frame levers, non indexed.
- Alloy water bottle cage.
- bottom bracket.
- Suntour crank set, in 170 mm length, chain rings 52 and 42.
- pedals with toe clips, with Christophe straps.
- Weinmann brakes.
- Suntour 6s front derailleur.
- Suntour 6s rear mech.
- Sachs 6s chain.
- Wolber alloy rims, for tubulars.
- Suntour 6s cassette.
- Wolber tubulars, 22 mm section.
- Cinelli cork handlebar tape.

Impressions: The legendary Reynolds tubing needs no presentation and makes of this bike a perfect race machine. The bike is not only very light, it is also very resistant and safe in driving. This one accompanied me on various alpine mountains and races. I climbed up the famous Mont Ventoux with it in the year 1995.

Bianchi Mega Pro XL

2009-02-02T09:59:00.000-08:00

Bianchi Mega Pro XL 1999

This bike needs no presentation. It’s a Dedacciai SC61.10A aluminium frame from the year 1999, to commemorate the one used by the professional team Mercatone Uno from Marco Pantani in the year 1998.
The frame came with its Bianchi Carbon fork, not the Time one like on the Team’s issue bikes and 1998 bikes. My intention was to create a team replica bike as ridden by the Mercatone Uno squad in 1998, thing which is not so easy for different reasons: For example finding a round ITM handlebar can be very challenging! I also replaced the original ITM Big One stem by a no name one, since the Big One didn’t have a great reputation in terms of solidity… The pedals are Look ones since I don’t use Time.
In the next future I will replace all bolts and skewers with PMP titanium ones.
Here below the listing of the components and the pictures. Enjoy!

- Bianchi Mega Pro XL frame from aluminium SC61.01A tubing made by Dedacciai. The size is a racy 51x54 cm. The paintwork matches the one from the Team Mercatone Uno 1998.
- Bianchi carbon fork, painted.
- PMP titanium seat post, Bianchi edition.
- Selle Italia Flite titanium saddle, embroided Marco Pantani limited edition.
- Bianchi alloy seat post clamp.
- No name yellow stem, 120 mm, a copy of the ITM Big One.
- 3ttt Ergo Power 2 round “Italian” handlebar, 42 cm.
- Campagnolo Record headset.
- Campagnolo Record 9s ergopower levers from 1998.
- Elite Ciussi Inox water bottle cage.
- Campagnolo Record carbon bottom bracket.
- Campagnolo Record crank set, 9s in 170 mm length, chain rings 53 and 39.
- Look PP296 pedals, red.
- Campagnolo Record brakes.
- Campagnolo Record 9s front derailleur.
- Campagnolo Record titanium 9s rear mech.
- Campagnolo Record 9s chain.
- Echowell Echo cyclocomputer, red.
- Campagnolo Shamal titanium HPW 9s aero wheels, for tyres.
- Campagnolo Record 9s cassette, 13-23.
- Vittoria Corsa CX tyres, 23 mm section Mario Cipollini King Lion limited edition, yellow.
- Bianchi celeste handlebar tape.

Impressions:

About me

2009-01-12T11:54:00.000-08:00

Wanted (I'm looking for the following items)

- Pair of Briko Stinger sunglasses (blue-white or blue-yellow)
- PMP titanium seat post, 27.2 diameter
- Limar Gewiss-Ballan helmet from the mid 90ies
- 1 Campagnolo Nucleon front wheel, for tyres. 700x23C, from 1999 possibly
- 1 middle range frame for winter bike, size 51x53 or 52x53 cm (e.g. Bianchi Thron, Carrera, Basso, Pinarello)
- 1 Legnano green frame from the end of the 80ies
- Campagnolo Athena front and rear derailleur / mech from the mid 90ies
- Pair of Sidi Tecno shoes, size 43

Bianchi Mega Pro XL Pictures

2009-01-12T11:01:00.000-08:00

Front view of the Bianchi Mega Pro XL, here with black Campagnolo Shamal 9s wheels.

De Rosa Planet Pictures

2009-01-03T11:09:00.000-08:00

Outdoor shot of my De Rosa Planet 1998 with Veloflex Pavé tyres.