Current Projects chat and miscellany

G: Stunning. What are the rims? Deltas?

Haj: Nice. Rossin club FTW.

Omega V's I think

Giz - Jizz in pants.
duck - fuck! in' hell!!
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How's anyone supposed to come and post any other bikes this year!? ; )

Someones gotta put Giz's bike in the bike porn thread!!!

er....ok!

Giz - Jizz in pants.
duck - fuck! in' hell!!
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How's anyone supposed to come and post any other bikes this year!? ; )

I know what you mean.

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

Sorry guys, I really had to re-paint it, because it was really ugly and the paintjob was poor.
Now it's all black powdercoated.
This picture is before the "home brew" decals are applied...
Nice toy to play with, the coming weeks.

Frame and fork Columbus steel. Roto BB-shell, possibly Cinelli fork crown, Campag dropouts.
Frame size 58.5cm c-t-t, top tube length 57cm c-t-c

• Dura Ace FC-7600 165mm 52T 3/32"
  
• Dura Ace BB-7600 English thread
  
• Dura Ace cartridge threaded headset
  
• Dura Ace 27.2mm seatpost
  
• Concor light team edition saddle
  
• 3TTT Super Competizione Gimondi 44 o-o bars
  
• 3TTT Record (?) 14cm stem
  
• SRAM PC870 chain 3/32"
  
• Dura Ace 16T cog
  
• Dura Ace SPD-R pedals
  
• Wheels: Navigator Pista Tubular with Conti's or Miche Pistard Clincher with Vredestein Fortezza TriComp, or some others...like Mavic Comete.
  
• Bar tape Bike Ribbon Eleganza black (perhaps I'll change to plain white)
  
  

Powder coated F&F glosssy black with some waterslide artwork

New track bike project.

Not so much of a project, it's going to be pretty easy. Most of the stuff is already there. Regular track bike for racing on the velodrome, mainly modern parts.

Got this baby today. Same as with all other babies, it's ugly when you get it.
It was not for free, but for rediculously little money. Seller even has a 2nd one to go...

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

I do, but mines nicer :P

was yours free though?

that is a loooooooooong stem^^

was yours free though?

No, very very not free. Easily the most I've ever spent on a frame. Looks like it'll be the most I've ever spent on a bicycle when I'm done with it. But its lovely. Just hope I like riding geared.

that is a loooooooooong stem^^

14 cm
But I need it so the bike fits me well.
My roadbikes are 1.5 cm longer...

^^very nice build

That's the closest I can get to today's posts... my new wheels are ready.
Dura-Ace HP 7710 3x to ARAYA RS-430, Phil Wood spokes.
Lobly

I can't get a picture linked for some reason, but Hutch is building this up for me:

http://retrodicorsa.cc/Retro_di_Corsa/archive/Pages/Moser_Leader_Purple_Lge.html#0

That is stunning.
I heart Mosers!
Will be building my old repaired one up in spring I hope.
need to see rik this week about some wheels.
I owe him about a gallon of beer too now!

I just pulled a bike out of a box.
But I ain't going to show you kids, well maybe later.

More photos of the free Rossin.. after dismantle and a quick wash..

What would be the correct english word for tubes shaped like that?

The finishing of the frame is not very good.. the decals bubble a bit some places and the paintfilling in the lugs are a not done very good..

haj where did you get the stem that is behind the frame?

You dont wanna know... :)

edit; okay.. it was in the skip'o'metaljunk behind a big copenhagen bikeshop... as was the rest of the tri-bar, NOS! (not the bullhorn though). Need to get some better armrests for it, they are a bit too low.

Haj: The tubing is fluted.

Its in very good nick for its age!

i've also heard the term 'crimped' used about that kind of tubing. don't know if that would be correct

Fluted, crimped or profiled can all be used. It's typically English to have at least three words to describe the same thing.

But hang on, those are three very different words. It's typically British to have an extremely specific expression to describe every last detail.

Fluted - refers to the shallow, concave grooves that run along the length of the tube.

Crimped - refers to the method by which such grooves are sometimes made.

Profiled - refers to the unusualness of the tubing in cross-section.

Thanks for the comments.. :) The frame seems to be in very good nick for it's age yes.. I suspect it must be from about 1986-1990.. Again it dosn't look like it has been used that much.. chainrings and the cassette are not worn that much... But it was stored really badly so I suspect the rust on the crome has come from moisture in the basement where I found it.

I think I'll try to remove the worst rust-spots from the crome, fix the headset - perhaps it'll be fine after a clean->regrease and then just start to building it up.. :)

The frame seems pretty nice.. :)

@ Dutch Cheese - nice!