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Stunning old Volvo.....


...and a LOL Toyota, invisible to traffic wardens, brilliant!

Readers. Admittedly I've just added OG Shamals to my newly built road bike, which may not qualify on its own, but fuck it, they make my bike as HH as it can be and the matchy pink wheels and decals look great imo.



To be honest I've yet to see a steel frame that isn't made more HH by the addition of original Shamals, so I'll make it a Shamal threesome and add my 2 other most recent builds in their most HH/shiny shoed guise.

60cm Reynolds 753 Champion Mondial refurbed by Bob Jackson, ends in less than 24 hours and only has 1 bidder at £200 so far.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266369546884?_trkparms=ni_actn%3Anav%7Cni_nt%3AWATCH_ITEM_ENDING_SOON%7Cni_apos%3A2%7Cni_sg%3A1%7Cni_pos%3A2%7Cni_st%3ANEW%7Cni_wh%3A1%7Cni_nid%3A563987999761%7Cni_nsid%3A266369546884%7Cni_et%3A1692427852000%7Cni_bn%3A1&_trksid=p2380424.m570.l5997

Cheers, yours is looking great too :)

Got a good deal on an excellent condition Campag Chorus Ultra-Torque crankset, so recently put it on my MX Leader. I'm not a weight weeny nor is the bike, but the new combo is noticeably lighter than the alu crank /square taper BB combo it had before. Bike now fully dialled-in and finished, well happy with it.

Campag 10 speed double to Campag triple conversion, advice please.

I want to change one of my Campag 10 speed bikes to a triple, but not decided on which bike yet. The bikes I've got currently have the silver 10 speed Chorus or Centaur shifters, from what I can gather both of these can be used in a triple set up, is that right?

So apart from buying a new crankset I'm trying to figure out what else I need, I guess its just a new bottom bracket and a new front derailleur.

My existing BB for my doubles are 102mm wide which is clearly not going to be wide enough, I've got a barely used Campag BB that's 113mm in my parts bin , will that work with a triple? If not which one do I need?

Onto the FD, the groupsets I have are all silver so to keep matchy I don't want any carbon or black FD versions, so don't want any of the modern 11 speed ones. I need a braze on not clamp. Will any of the Campag FD's marked as triples work? I've seen a Victory one ebay but Victory predates 10 speed, but for front shifting that will be OK won't it, or not?

I've also seen a Campag Olympus triple FD, which is for MTB use, any reason this won't work with a road 53/40/30 triple? Is a 53t big ring maybe too big to fit in a MTB FD, or the spacing between rings in road and MTB different?

The other one I've seen that is specifically for 10 speed and silver (and more expensive) was called a Campag Comp Triple, so is this the 'correct' one I should be getting?

And anything else I should know that I've not considered let me know, thanks.

Haha, I'd never heard of it, but when looking it up and discovering that was an 8th generation one, my first thought was I bet @Aroogah or his family have owned one of these.

My spots of the week have been much more svelte, this is achingly cool, so much want, perfect for transporting my Italian bikes.


Also saw this minty VW, I'm guessing it has some trick air suspension rather than being that slammed all the time, don't know tho.


And is giving cars a floral hairpiece a thing now? Front visibility looks a tad compromised!

And with all that lovely coachwork, a 6.7 litre V8, enough hardwood to build a tree house, the leather of many cows and carpets so thick your feet almost disappear, it still weights about as much as a Porsche Taycan turbo. Modern electrics are such fat fucks.

I guess they chose to ignore Reynolds and Peugeot weren't the only ones, I've got a 753 merckx that has chromed fork, and full chromed seat and chainstays, and its still going strong 35+ years later.

This sounds like it belongs in a Tarantino movie, a 1967 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. Cheeky little ULEZ exempt 7 litre town runabout.

Amen to that, I think we're long overdue.

I have visions of a close up of a cab drivers face....

"OYYYYYY Deliveroo cunts!
Stop jumping reds you pricks!
Signal you wankers!
Get some fucking lights!"

And final caption with stern voice over man voice....

"Scooters, bikes, e-bikes, hoverboards, get off the road you twats!"
....fade to black with background heavy breathing of irate taxi driver.

:)

Car spot of the day. The reviews were a bit shonky when it was released, it was the first Maserati released when they were owned by Citroen, but damn this is a fine looking car, 4 seater 1974 Maserati Indy.

Wiki says they only made 1100 in total, and this top spec 4.9 litre one, they only made 300, so this is proper rare, and what a looker, swoon.

I'm old enough to remember this advert on the telly box . LOLS, absolutely seamless crash sequence here :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c23MFIKiVdE

£77,000 buys you this. This papped on the Col de Clerkenwell = close thread.
https://steel-vintage.com/products/f-moser-time-trial-bicycle-big-wheel-x-230609-01-03
Full custom tubulars/tyres/tubes needed for that the rear then, or just use ALL THE SEALANT and hope that tyre lasts forever.

They also have this for just under £39,000 but think this belongs more in anti.
https://steel-vintage.com/products/f-moser-time-trial-carbon-bicycle-x-230609-01-04

Thread needs a Max fork

Few changes to my Somec from previous page. Now with added Shamal clinchers.

And the yellow pedals developed a creaking that even loud techno couldn't drown out, so they had to go. I couldn't find any replacement yellow ones that used Look Delta cleats that I have on most of my bikes, so resorted back to some grey ones I had in my parts bin. But grey pedals on a 90's neon bike seemed frankly wrong so I've been on the look out for something more in keeping with the frame, and today the postie delivered some more suitable replacements.


They look the same as the ones @JamesPaletti got for his Somec on the previous page, did you finish building that up?

Cheers, and haha yes I too felt very guilty about not taking one of my Italian bikes, but needed all the help I can get to haul myself over those mountains. All my Italians have old school 53/39 cranks and most don't have a cassette with anything over 25 teeth, so I'd have done a lot more walking :)

One day I'd like to throw them all in a van and take them all on a trip home to visit their makers.

In fact since being here I've not seen a single old steel Italian bike, which I was very surprised and disappointed by considering Italy's cycling heritage.

I've of course been on the look out for old Lancia's and Alfa too, but disappointingly have seen only one, so this little beauty was the only old Italian steel I've seen.

My first trip to Italy has been amazing, such a great cycling country. Not looking forward to returning to London tomorrow. Some pics.
The mini Stelvio on the way to Lake Cancano

The real Stelvio, from Bormio side





Stelvio from Prato side




Gavia Pass




The Dolomites is also amazingly beautiful
Passo Sella



Passo Pordoi



And though you can't cycle there, my favorite view was probably of Seceda in the Dolomites

I've been in Italy a week and if you're anything like me you'll have been blowing so hard on the way up you'll be thankful for the cooling effect. I took arm warmers to the top of Stelvio, put them on at the top but took them off almost immediately as they weren't needed. I've not worn any gloves or socks all week either and no base layers.

And if it happens to rain I'd just sack it off and go back down as the descent in the rain ain't going to be much fun anyway.

I regret taking a 39 tooth inner so came close to walking but HTFU and made it to the top by pedal power alone, and blowing out me 'arris.

And rollocks to the metric measures, I'm a pint and miles guy.

If you look closely at the building in the last pic is says 2652 metres, which is what I'm going by, or rather 8700 feet :P

Well Italy is prettier than Lambeth, who knew...well everybody.

Rode up the Gavia Pass today, up to 8700 feet. I've not cycled extensively abroad but that was the biggest hill I've climbed, and the most amazing descent I've ever done. Left early this morning to beat the heat and the hoards of motor bikes and it was amazing, mostly deserted and just jaw droppingly beautiful at every turn.

Cow bells, now it really felt alpine.

Paint looks amazing on that, proper Bobby dazzler.

Lush alvis, that colour is dreamy.

At a garage :)

As the boot is not shutting properly and it has a roll cage I'm guessing it has some sort of racing tank inside somewhere.

They sound great being thrashed, but even sound good in traffic. Saw this one earlier in the week, the owner clearly adores it. Those wheels look so tiny, like its running on skateboard wheels.

I love the red and gold gaudy paint job, but if you find that a bit much look away now, as this E-type with a Jason King cravat paint job almost made me vom on my shoes.

To refresh the palette here's a DS with whitewalls, what's not to like.