Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

Built the Ciombola frankenrat from 'graveyard' parts from work. The only new parts are the 16 spokes in the front wheel, The rest was going to be scrapped. The ksyrium on the back has a microscopic crack in the rim, but it's fine for hacking down to the shops.

The bars are great for bunny hopping! It has a 5 speed cassette (the smallest 5 sprockets from a 10 speed), and the long cable is for bar spins.

Nice to see a Ciombola in London (I'm assuming).

Ciombola were all built by Wayne Roberts, father of Luke (ex CSC, currently on the pro market and rising for UniSA team in the TDU) who stopped building frames about three years ago.

Ciombola were nearly all sold through Trak Cycles AFAIK, certainly later in the marquee's life, as a sort of 'in house' upper end brand.
Wayne was last heard of welding and building caravans somewhere in the Adelaide Hills.