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I'd imagine they simple removed the rubbery-sheath the lock's usually covered in and replaced it with leather.

Personally I'd think leather would be gentler on delicate paintjobs...

That plus an S3X hub, with saddle-bars-stem swapped would be something.

That stem is a little much... to what extent is one person going to adjust a stem?

Still, beautiful bike... doesn't hurt that it has the same saddle that came on my Rossin roadbike (usually resides on my fixed gear).

I'm in a perpetual nursery.

But it's self imposed... so...?

Wow, priceless!

Look at cruz's profile... then go visit his homepage at www.slownlow.com or whatever.

d'oh... November of 08.

thanks! my bad.

DO NOT POST YOUR OWN BIKES IN BIKE PORN!!!!!!!!!!!!

It doesn't take much perusing of this thread to figure that one out...

Ok fine, I'm jumping into an ancient thread because it suits my needs... I admit it!!!

Anyway, if the OP is still around I'm curious as to how this bike rode in its original get-up... I ask because I have the track version of the same bike and was always curious about its counterpart and how it compared to other racing bikes of its day.

They're downright antiquated and anti-fashionable by today's standards, but I have been using the same Courierware bag since 1993... I've managed to season it over the years, but it's certainly held up well.

Admittedly there weren't many options back then and they were local (at the time) with a discount for messengers.

I apologize... one it was a Schwinn not a Raleigh, and two a quick websearch revealed that the info provided on the site I was looking at was clearly wrong.

It's 531... carry on, sorry to interrupt.

There's a guy in my neck of the woods who rides a nice lugged track frame with 532 tubing (or so the sticker says). When I mentioned I'd never heard of 532 before... he acted a bit like I was a crazy!

WTF is 532?

I can only find one reference on the web... to a Campy-equipped Raleigh allegedly built with 532DB tubing...?

oh!!!

darn, I guess I'll have to raid my NJS fund... better I should write pretty than ride pretty I suppose.

Why is he self righteous? He cares passionately about a sport that gave him a lot, both financially and personally. He has no commercial interests in the sport so doesn't have to toe the party line and he speaks out against doping at every opportunity. He should be hailed as a hero.

The pathetic argument that he is somehow jealous of Armstrong's success is yet more of the cynical PR Armstrong and his cronies put out to undermine the veracity of Lemond's arguments. Armstrong's attempted bullying of Lemond and attempts to damage his credibility and his business show Armstrong up for the unedifying cunt that he is.

I think Lemond comes across that way in that he attempts to take the moral high road while slandering Armstrong left and right... it doesn't exactly help that Lemond's diatribes about Armstrong are the only time he gets himself in the national news in the U.S.

You can say what you want, but I seriously doubt I'm the only American who views Lemond's continued inserting of himself into this issue as, at least in part, a misplaced attempt to put himself back in the limelight. If GL isn't trying to do this he needs some help on his message, it comes across really badly.

Don't get me wrong, I want to see GL's honorable intentions in all of this (somewhere I still have photos I took of Lemond and a few others when a race wound through my hometown).

I realize this thread is 6 months old, but if anyone's interested I'll share what little I know of Rossin when I'm not tipsy (post 1993 the name was sold and I know very little beyond that time period).

Greg Lemond is the conscience of professional cycling. He is the last Tour winner who won without using blood doping. We should all listen to what he has to say.

I realize I sound like a jerk saying this, but he's also a self-righteous schmuck who, it seems abundantly clear, is bitter that way more Americans remember who Lance is and couldn't care less about who is he is...

Admittedly most Americans don't pay the slightest attention to professional cycling, which causes part of the problem... we'll be polite and not talk about the other problem.

I totally understand the logic behind the no editing rule... but it's making me insane!!!

How am I going to sound like I can form a sentence if I can't go back and edit myself a number of times?

Just shield your eyes, I'm hideous.

I am not sure what it is, but the Masi Cotello is very similar - but quite a few american fame builders use that tubeset

When I said I thought it was a repainted Bianchi Pista Concept, I should've said it is a repainted Bianchi Pista Concept... I recognized it from the bulging downtube.

But you're right, a lot of (not American) frame builders use the cut-away... Masi for the Coltello and Bianchi for the Pista Concept of course, and doesn't the Fuji Track Pro feature a cutaway seattube as well?

I would've gone back to make the Pista Concept comment clearer, but I can't edit yet!

On that same note, I apologize ma9n3t, I wrote 12 but meant 11 Mario Confente built track frames.

I noticed in one spot (I apologize if this is widely known and I'm repeating the obvious) that it was mentioned that Masis were badged as Confentes... as the link I posted above suggests Mario Confente only built 12 track bikes (or fixed gears anyway) some of this may not actually be Confente built...

(Keep looking at the photos to the right, there are more)

http://flickr.com/photos/10043807@N04/2879246935/in/set-72157607436069245/

(all details shots)

http://flickr.com/photos/slimmbuick/tags/confente/

Confente...

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/pn.htm

Is that animated gif the little guy from the TISM video?

Rosmal makes a good point... I can't really imagine spending the kind of money it would take to get a Yamaguchi messenger nevermind one of the more extravagant frames but I probably could save the money without too much trouble.

And hey, they're giving us something to look at!!!

More importantly they're keeping people like Yamaguchi in business. I shudder to think what this recession will do to the (admittedly bloated) framebuilding world.

Oh... haha, I was just looking at that site earlier today but I didn't make the connection.

But as long as you've brought it up, does anyone know who built that frame for PW?

Interesting... I hadn't noticed the hub on the Vanilla until now.

Drilled Phil it looks like?

Those are nice looking bikes.

Has anyone else noticed that Yamaguchi's messenger frame seems to have high tensile stays?

His site cites issues related to the stresses of backpedaling.

I'm going to be the gullible nice person who falls into the trap: appears to be a Bianchi Pista Concept painted yellow?

Someone cares what Greg Lemond thinks?

Regardless this does stink.