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La morte di un cucciolo

Credit list (in alphabetical order)

Crankset:
Charco

Bars:
Jimbilly

Goods delivery service:
Plagiarist

Saddle:
Provenrad

Sterling customer service:
Sano

**Freewheel, levers, cables and putting most of it together:
**Scott not scot

mother fucker! I don't make the credits for moral fibre and drinking buddy..nice bike Rosie you've done well! canny wait for the Panasonic or what ever you got waiting in the wings at the towers!

Wait till you see the Denti in the flesh....looks so good!

Wait till you see the Denti in the flesh....looks so good!

i'd had a feeling it might do..(in head to self...motherfucker!)

good work team towers.

whats going on there with the bars on the neil orrel above? are they aero bars?

Carbon and alloy bullhorns by the looks of it.

http://www.gumtree.com/london/50/40658050.html

Possible next bike project. Any advice/Tips for a n00b/newbie here? :)

I think I would want to change the handlebars, they dont look the kind id be comfortable with

I think I would want to change the handlebars, they dont look the kind id be comfortable with

try before you judge them..

Will do! I wont be changing them just yet anyway, just saying I think.

Nice work Rosie, looks very pretty.You do push some massive gearing (required for 88mph i guess).
I'll post up that frame you gave me here once i'm done degenerating the 'hipster eater'.

As some of you know, I bought a new titanium bike for my 40th birthday earlier in the year. The titanium bike I bought for my 30th, a De Rosa Titanio, has had a bit of a makeover and been returned to pretty much how it was when I bought it.

This bike has given me sterling service for the last 10 years. I've ridden it over both sides of the Stelvio, done the Dolomite Marathon and the Marmotte on it amongst numerous other sportives, and raced on it. It had it's maiden voyage with the current set up on Tuesday evening with the TNRC.

Thanks to Retro di Corsa for the work he did on fitting the fork, which included cutting a longer thread on the steerer. I owe you a beer at least, Hutch. Thanks also to Tim (Soul on here) for the stem, although it's a 130 mm not a 120 mm, and to The Smiling Buddha whose beautiful Pinarello gave me the idea and the inspiration.

This is the new bike, a Paduano Racing Giuda made by a little company in Terni, Umbria. I flew out to visit them in November, got measured up and ordered the frame. It arrived in March. I've fitted Campag Super Record throughout and it's shown with Eurus wheels but I also have a pair of deep section carbon wheels for special occasions. It is beautiful to ride.

I need to cut the steerer still but was waiting until I was happy with the setup. I'll be riding this for the Etape next month.

Very nice Andy. I'd like to see that new whip. TNRC bundle in and out of the train!?

I really want to build my Lejeune frame up geared. No idea what groupset it would/should have had. Not overly concerned with building it up as it 'should' be. But any advice on fairly decent though not overly expensive groupsets would be greatly appreciated... It's a french make, and i'd need a french threaded bb...

Over indulgent IMO.

Very nice!

BUT THE WINNER IS... :D

I really want to build my Lejeune frame up geared. No idea what groupset it would/should have had. Not overly concerned with building it up as it 'should' be. But any advice on fairly decent though not overly expensive groupsets would be greatly appreciated... It's a french make, and i'd need a french threaded bb...

One word ..... Campagnolo

Yeah, but which groupset? I really don't know a whole lot about gears (at least not road gears).

Honestly you'd be better buying a lovely old road bike nobody is interested in and converting it yourself, just having single/fixed in an eBay/Gumtree listing adds to the price. Then you could spend the extra on a better frame.

BUT if you're not that practical/don't want to spend time converting it/don't have the tools it's not expensive. The chainset look a bit naff though, I reckon you'd want to ditch it quite quickly and new chainsets are expensive...

http://www.gumtree.com/london/50/40658050.html

Possible next bike project. Any advice/Tips for a n00b/newbie here? :)

Honestly you'd be better buying a lovely old road bike nobody is interested in and converting it yourself, just having single/fixed in an eBay/Gumtree listing adds to the price. Then you could spend the extra on a better frame.

BUT if you're not that practical/don't want to spend time converting it/don't have the tools it's not expensive. The chainset look a bit naff though, I reckon you'd want to ditch it quite quickly and new chainsets are expensive...

The owner just emailed me this morning and said the chain was shit, and few other things were broken but they were happy to accept a lower price, but only problem is they wanted me to pick it up today, which I'm unable to, as need to sell current bike first, so am waiting to hear back from this person.

I will still continue to look at bikes, specially old ones, thank you for the tip

How can a bike be over indulgent? ;)

Seriously though, I like it - even the aerospok, which is weird because I normally hate them. I think because it's black it makes the bike look like a big fast wasp.

I would have considered black cranks/seatpost/stem/bars though for the ultimate black and yellow look, but the black/silver/yellow combo works I reckon.

Over indulgent IMO.

The owner just emailed me this morning and said the chain was shit, and few other things were broken but they were happy to accept a lower price, but only problem is they wanted me to pick it up today, which I'm unable to, as need to sell current bike first, so am waiting to hear back from this person.

Looks like a bit of a money pit ... You can get better for similar money.

Looks like a bit of a money pit ... You can get better for similar money.

So, even if I got the price lowered do you think its still not worth it?

Have you measured yourself to get a rough idea for sizing? I still reckon it might be too big.

http://www.terrafermacycles.com/fit/measuring.htm

Have you measured yourself to get a rough idea for sizing? I still reckon it might be too big.

http://www.terrafermacycles.com/fit/measuring.htm

I havent yet, but I'll get someone to help me with the measurements, thank you for the link Hippy

I ride a 21 inch frame and I'm 5'6", if that helps, Lndngrrl (what did vowels ever do to you, by the way? :D)

How tall are you?

And 21" is 53 cm, not 52. One of my other bikes is 52, and that's 20 and a half. If you see what I mean.

Looks like a bit of a money pit ... You can get better for similar money.

I am kinda divided ... If it is the right size and it is a decent frame then probably. Though as stated earlier, chainset looks a bit rubbish and I would remove the "Vampire Fang" handlebars because I only do drops.

I ride a 21 inch frame and I'm 5'6", if that helps, Lndngrrl (what did vowels ever do to you, by the way? :D)

How tall are you?

And 21" is 53 cm, not 52. One of my other bikes is 52, and that's 20 and a half. If you see what I mean.
I'm 5"5

You'd be ok but it's not ideal. A 50/52cm would be, probably.

That said, everyone's proportions are different, so who knows.