Diavolo The Devil's Bike / Giant Roadie

Have recently bought this
Have never came across this brand before. A quick google search reveals that diavolo is italian for devil. Plan is to build it up for fairly cheap for the time being and save for silly wheels like HED3, Corima 4 spoke. bike will be mainly used for weekend rides but might try out on the local TTs if I get any faster in the future.
Firstly i need to tackle:
-Stuck Seatpost
-Identifying bottom bracket type
-Lack of arm rests on bars.
All advice and help would be greatly appreciated.

This appears to be your bike 11 months ago. It doesn't necessarily help you with your questions but it doesn't seem to have had arm rests then either.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/diavolo-carbon-bike-time-trial-triathlon-road-racing-frame-forks-and-seat/1152881390

One step closer to hhstttb. Specialised trispoke off the bay.

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Identifying bottom bracket type

Everything you wanted to know about BB, but were afraid to ask!

If it is Italian, then Loctite 222 on the DS cup will keep it in place.

Nice one thank you !

its from Patrick Schils originally, Interbike of Marks Tey in Essex, theres only a handful about..mostly in a metallic blue colour but Diavolo was a brand he and his wife came up with whilst eating a pizza on the pier in Clacton one evening in the Early 90s (his own words) as he probably thought he could shift more frames with an italian name rather than his own. Its similar to an early Aegis made frame but i think these are from taiwan, theres also a peugeot carbon monocoque and similar vitus frames ive seen. They had all sorts of merchandise with the Diavolo branding on it- some odds and sods like saddle covers still at the shop. The kinesis? forks are not the originals from what i recall. Patrick gets a mention on Ian Cammish site http://www.iancammish.co.uk/the-cyman-year http://www.veloschils.com/

Thanks for the info. Very interesting.

Small update , wheel should be with me tomorrow . Have bought these brake levers however the silver part which works like a quill stem doesn't enter bar fully so may have to sand them down little, it is literally less than 1mm difference.
I know it's probably been asked hudreds of time on here before but what is the best way to remove a stuck seat post ?

watching your project so i'll try and answer as best i can, older aero bars tend to have a slightly smaller diameter id, i found the same with cinelli angels- if you look at retro pictures they were originally used with externally mounted aero levers. My issue was the circular bung, in my case broze coloured part was too big to slide into the bars however when removed the rest of the lever did insert- its quite laborious to shave a bit of the expander. i opted to use a slightly smaller nut that still forced apart the splines if that makes any sense? not sure if thats what your parts are like from the description as there are 2 main ways a quill is held in. Half the fun for me with these kinds of issue is engineering a solution ( some may call a bodge).Seatpost is an issue as the frame is carbon- standard removal methods may not work. You may have to sacrifice the post. Who knows if theres an alloy insert in the frame or not? 1st lube everything up. if you can tip the bike upsidedown and get any fluids to reach the other end of the seatpost internally do it- either through bottom bracket or a bottle mounting hole. * remove the saddle and the seat rail clamping parts and try to clamp the seatpost in a vice (use wood or a cloth if you want to protect the post clamp area - again bike upside down and use the bike frame as leverage to wiggle/turn. Have you tried gently tapping the seatpost upwards with a hammer, block of wood under the set back part of the seatpost and just keep lightly tapping it, the shocks may help to break the oxidisation that has occurred - dont however try knocking it further into the frame. Whats the post made of? i wouldnt heat it either way or use any corrosive method of melting it out.

thanks for all the advice much appreciated ! i think seat post is alumni. either that or steel. Will try the various methods mentioned over this weekend. I am not to bothered about sacrificing seat post. As of the levers, I think i may sell them on and use aero road levers. Thanks again!

Haven't updated in a while. After weeks of soaking in many different liquids etc and trying all the method above the seat post has still not been able to be removed. With the help of my dad i have took a hacksaw blade to it and slowly bit by bit, am removing sections of the seat post with out damaging frame, it seems a bit stupid but it's sadly the only way to remove the post. Won this on eBay earlier tonight to build up whilst i decide what to do with the diabolo. It's also a perfect match for the flite.

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Big fan of that frame. If you ever sell, let me know, I'd be interested! Front mech attachment on the wrong way though?

might be interested in the daivolo if you decide to sell(and pending what condition you leave the seat tube in) as id reunite it with its old club. Is that a cadex giant with alloy lugs and carbon tubes? Team colour scheme is the best one imo so good find.

it's a giant cfr team. I presume it is carbon tubes with alloy lugs. I am to finish removing seat post before deciding whether or not to sell, but if i do it's yours.

2nd dibs on the giant

Frame has arrived. Many scratches and paint rubs like described but still a great looking frame. Got most parts now just waiting on a groupset and brakes.

Crap pic but you get the idea. Plan for the build is :
Rear Specialized trispoke
Front roval wheel (in post)
Schwalable uptrend ht tubulars
Yellow flite
Seat post in pic
Itm stem
Compact bars
105/rival 10 speed if possible.
Time pedals.
Bit of abparts bin build at the moment but still think it has potential.

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Front wheel arrived. Very nice and fairly light. Ideally would like a matching trispoke but can't find one for the right price.

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Hoping to build this up before Christmas. Anyone have an idea what diameter skewer I will need for the trispoke? I don't have any accurate measuring tools and little knowledge of trispokes.w

Not sure if this is the right answer but I have just used whatever road skewers I had around at the time on mine. Don't think they take anything special

okay ill try see if i have a spare. thanks

130mm

You know the difference between diameter and length right?

Seat post is free from diavolo finally . Few paint chips in tie process but happy days. Now I decide which frame to build up

I think the tri spoke looks a bit odd on the Giant unless maybe its a pair but deffo not mismatched set. It would look best on a pair of shallower rims in all honesty and built up like a proper race bike with drop handlebars rather than any effort to turn it into a TT bike which it simply isnt.. been there done that and realised it looked gash. If youre after a TT bike then the Diavolo is more suited to that role.