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vpCogworks
Couldn't resist buying this when I came across it on Marktplaats. I have a weak spot for unusual - not necessarily good looking - retro bike designs and parts and this ticks pretty much all the boxes.
The frame is a Softride PowerWing 650. The bottom section of the frame is aluminium and full of weldporn. The beam is made out of carbon and is quite flexible, hence the softride.
The bike has Magura HS77 hydraulic brakes with Syntace thumb levers on the aerobars. The thumb levers seem to be integrated in the gripshift system somehow.
Plans for now are to change the saddle for something that I can actually sit on comfortably for more than 5 minutes. I also just bought a silver Cinelli Angel aerobar on Ebay to replace the rather uninspiring Syntace handlebar.