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@mihaicara
been lurking for a while now and it seems like a good ideea to post something that would, i take it, qualify as an intro to this forum? i went through the nursery thread, so i hope i'm doing it right.
short bit about me: 22, studying architecture in bucharest, romania. this is a pic of me on my daily rider, a rebellato track bike of uncertain origin, proper pic of it as soon as i take one:
current project is an early (pre-1975) gazelle champion mondial which i'm trying to restore with period-correct parts. nuovo record rear derailleur is on its way to replace the current non-period-correct super record, waiting for cloth bar tape to arrive as well, and looking for a campy n.r. seatpost and 42t chainwheel to complete it:
some of the past bikes i feel are worth mentioning:
a 1952 pista with oscar egg lugs, built up with a mix-mash of old and brand-new parts:
which then took on a cruiser/pathracer-ish guise and ended up being owned by a brit:
a concorde aquila with a full campy athena groupset (platform pedals are massive anti, i know):
i swapped the concorde for a faggin campione del mondo which was my size (unlike the concorde) but then passed on to my brother. gorgeus frame but in quite a poor shape paint/decal-wise. some nice campy g.s. panto'd parts on it peculiarly mixed with 7400 dura-ace:
also had this koga miyata prodelta for a while. loved it to bits, did some messengering on it and once went out for a 200+ mile ride in a single day, ruined my back beyond repair i think:
so this is my hello to all of you, hope it's not too long for an intro, beer tends to make me want to share things with complete strangers.