Current Projects chat and miscellany

Few "teasershots" of a bike I found behind 15 years of rubbish in the basement below our apartment.

Now, I am in need of a bike to do longer Audax-rides on, and I'm planning on restoring this to working condition using a mix of older Shimano 600, DuraAce, and perhaps 105-parts.. depending on what I can find for free/cheap during the winter... and run a pretty low gearing (mtb cassette + something with smaller rings in the front). It will be STi shifters since I already have a complete set of Shimano 600 shifters/mech..

Now that tube has a funny shape yes? :)

80's italian graphics.

WTF? it looks like it might have a number stamped in it under the paint on the stay, and that it was filled before painting.. I think perhaps a bit of rust is making it stand out? the paint is cracked as can be seen, don't think that stay is cracked.
The stay on the other side dosn't look like that, and it sure as hell dosn't say "Rossin" there.. The other number on the ST is the required by danish law framenumber stamped by the bikeshop that sold it.

Columbus Matrix... don't know how common this is? or how good? Lugs look pretty standard.

original stem.. :) Bars are black Belleri.

Shit front brake, 500EX.

The bike is equipped with a cheap shit gruppo, 500EX..

original saddle... Rossin's came with these..

Hope this surface rust will polish up... without damaging the graphics..

Looks like early 90's Look-pedals.. made of plastic, only identification I can find is that it's ARC-system..

Show a bit of the dirt... that wheel has a broken spoke, could be why it was put away.. it hasn't been doing many kilometers judged by the brakewear.

Would be funny to know if anyone else has seen a Rossin with non-round tubing like this? It looks to me like it's a mid-range frame with low-range parts on it..

whos a lucky boy, pm harry.major he has a funny shaped rossing too