Pinkarello - 2006/07 Pinarello Surprise Pista (Giro Pink)

lol^ this

Leave silver alone!

I went for the softer approach on this one and I believe silver suits it. I just need a Pina branded silver seatclamp and we're all good.

I do have a complete black finishing kit.
I do have loads of frames

What I don't do and will not do is ride the thing since it is kept in France, hanging on the wall...

If you need an ITA GXP I have one lying around, New in box, I don't remember how much I paid but I guess you can have it for a tenner ;)

looks good in silver! was scrolling through the thread thinking, this needs white contact points. So imo perfect.

I think that's quite a charming and original build. Nice to see something colourful with chrome/white instead of ever present HHSB blackness. (saddle angle does need attention)

The build has been evolving slightly - now with a Miche Supertype seatpost.

I think it will stay like this for a little while (since I keep it in France and I don't use it much).

And I have found a Pinarello branded silver seatpost clamp in eBay - It should be delivered soon.

Next stage would really be finding some good 1" track forks to replace the Kinesis.
And a silver Pinarello top cap...
And maybe some silver Shamal track wheels...

a Miche Supertype seatpost

Italian / Silver / I never use the bike - makes sense :-)

aint that difficult to find italian silver seatpost, isnt it ?

Vince I have a Campag Chorus silver post that would go nicely on that you can have cheap if you like?

Thanks for the offer James but I will pass - I do like the Supertype and it took me a while to find one reasonably priced

No probs, bon chance!

just sayin'

Update!

I have purchased new steel track forks for this.

I will fit them when I head home next!

2 years later, still needs black bits....for shame Vince...for shame.

The track forks are flat crown Columbus steel, painted in black.
So there will be more black bits!
(although I have purchased a silver seatpost clamp)

Weird enough but I love how it looks with silver theme, but black wheels. Fantastic.

The Turbo always looks strangely bulky, it looks like a comfort saddle, but yeah, black wheels sets this off well. Turbo suits a retro mtb tho.

Added a couple of parts on the Pinkarello.

New Campagnolo Record Pista chainset - 165mm and 49t.
New Campagnolo Record threaded headset.

Also purchased a new San Marco Rolls in pink which will be fitted later this year.

I found used flat crown steel track forks which happened to be out of alignment. They are in the capable hands of @Jingle_Jangle to get straightened.

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Fork have been sorted by @Jingle_Jangle - thank you!

I was told the forks were straight, however there was crude welding beads near the dropouts that needed to be filed off. Those prevented the hubs to go all in.

I took the forks to Isambard Cycles on Brick Lane, they have been cut to 200mm, BSA thread have been "cut" (they were French previously) and the crownrace has been fitted. £25 for the work.

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Slow progress on this.

Thanks to @billygoat8 I now have a lovely pantographed 100mm ITM stem.
Had matching bars in the parts box so coupled then and transferred the Pinarello tape.

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Looks Pro !!!

Looking Super Italia Pro 2 even!