Sold: 58cm Chesini track complete bike

Hi all,
Sadly the time has come to sell this, it was my first track bike and has always been a bit too big for me. The geometry is fast and responsive, it's fairly light and it's a lot of fun to ride.

The build is as follows:

Frame and Forks: Chesini Iljo Keisse 58cm
Top Tube ctc: 58cm
Seat Tube ctc: 58cm
Seat Tube ctt: 60cm

Frame and fork are made from Dedacciai Com 12.5 tubing, frame has Italian threaded bottom bracket and takes a 26.8cm seatpost. Fork has Columbus stamped dropouts.

The frame has nice tight clearances and this distinctive triangular/teardrop shaped downtube.

The frameset was painted by Frank Hoste, a Belgian ex pro cyclist (and Tour de France Green Jersey winner) who started a custom paint shop after he retired from racing. Het Verzet ('the resistance/the gear/gearing' in Dutch) are a bicycle rental company based just outside Ghent and I think these were made in honour of Iljo Keisse, Belgian track and road cyclist currently with Etixx–Quick-Step. From what I understand, the frameset originally belonged to a velodrome/ track cycling club in Flanders (possibly the local Kuipke Velodrome, home of the Six Days of Ghent race). I emailed Frank a while back to try to find out more info about the frame but never got a reply.

Components are:

Crankset: Campagnolo Record Pista 165mm with 49t chainring
Chain: KMC Kool
Bottom Bracket: Campagnolo Centaur
Headset: Neco
Stem: TF Imports
Bars: Profile Design Airwing
Seatpost: Kalloy Uno
Saddle: Leather Cinelli Unicanitor

Front wheel: Gipiemme (or possibly rebadged Ambrosio Alu Splinter) deep section rim and low flange hub. When I bought the bike the previous owner told me it was NOS Gipiemme but I'm not completely sure of the model. There was some discussion on this in the 'Can you help to identify these frames, bikes or parts?' thread.

Rear wheel: Mavic cxp22 laced to Formula hub, Sapim spokes. Profile Lockring and Halo 19t cog. Previous owner told me he though the rim was Velo Orange which it may be as it's slim and boxy like their rims but the walls of Velo Orange rims are not machined so I'm thinking this is a cxp22.

Tyres: Panaracer RiBMo PT with plenty of life left in them

Pedals: Worn Odyssey twisted BMX pedals with Veganski straps

Overall the condition is very good, the frame and forks have some paint chips and scratches from locking up but no rust. The front wheel doesn’t sit dead centre under the fork crown, this is very nit picky as it's only about 1mm off - hopefully you can see this in the attached image. The fork has a very small dent on the inside of the left fork arm, I've had this checked out by 3 different LBS and everyone is in agreement that there is no structural damage and the fork still steers true. The bike was serviced recently and everything is running smooth.

I’d like £440 £300 for the complete bike. I'm based in Hackney, I’d rather not post at the minute, unless there is no local interest. Please PM me rather than dibs, if you would like to see more photos or have any questions please get in touch. Thanks!

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good writeup!

het verzet also mean "the gear/gearing" though, and guess thats what they meant with it. glws!

Sweet bike, GLWS

Made me think of these guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfAYaaCHOdk

Thanks - that makes way more sense!

@FujiRacer cheers!

@Sig_Arlecchino yeah I came across these guys on my useless attempt at translating Dutch, it's a banger

I would so trade this for my Fort Track

awesome bike, GLWS

GLWS Patrick

@CrookCV @MattG87 thanks guys!

Price drop - now £420

lovely bike. great writeup. glws

@Sam_hell cheers!

Price drop to £400

Price drop - now £380

Still have this just sitting in my flat, really needs a new home, great summer bike:
Price drop - £350

Price drop - £300

Pm'd

Nice to see this is still about, I used to own this F&F with the same crankset years ago, sold it to a friend who must have done the same. Great bike! GLWS!

Ah that's interesting, I bought built up like this from a guy named Mark(I think?) start of 2012.

Sold! Nice to meet you @HungryJayBoy , enjoy the bike!