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Yeah that Colossi is lovely. Ditto on the chain.. though it's working better than usual here.

Busyman custom, that.

In 1990 the bikes I drew looked more like this.

In seriousness, if it looks like they could but don't line up then they should, I think! :)

Whole photo is anti.

Forum favorite project, my size, wish I could justify the purchase :) glws

^ nice ercol

I think you are right to question that.
The sentence quoted is poorly worded. I think they are three separate statements, they have flipped the tube to 'soften the ride', also because they 'mate better' and 'look better'. I don't think they are saying as they mate better therefore a softer ride. Stiffer if anything, surely?

If you read up a little in the article they mention more on the topic.
My understanding, the oval tubes are stiffer across the longer section. If the flatter section is at the headtube there should be slightly more flex come through from the fork/head tube to soften the ride.

For the tl:dr crew:

the ovalized tube can be either stiffer or more compliant in a given direction if that is important to the builder... we orient our top tube and down tube on opposing axes at the head tube to soften up the ride, because the top tube will mate better with the tubes at each end, and because we find it attractive.

Yawn maybe but if you've ridden a CU ring you'd know they aren't shit. Good price too.

edit: ^ lol yup

more:

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new piks...

Preferred the first pics, studio shots are a snooze. Stunning bike, though!

I think the best thing surrounding the foggy pictures is the detective work that found Miss France did some strutting in the same stretch of road.
Gold.

Bike is sex though.

^ aww yeah.

I love this. I wonder though, where has the derailleur hanger gone?

sucky photo, but hey.

These crowns can be crazy for clearance.

I have one on my wife:
..which I have ridden on the street without any worry. Straight fork, though.
Can't say I'd brave the same clearance with curved blades!

Also (not mine):

lovely.

...and a few average shots by me. Incredible in the flesh.. massive regret not shooting more of it.

Yeah I gotta shim. Reynolds OS tubes, 29.4 diameter. The other post is campy Olympus.. MTB group is it? Shim looks ok I think anyway :)

Edit:
Hard to tell about speed, the old 90mm deep rear was already a pretty quick setup but I didn't take it to the track. Nothing to compare it to.

Yo!

I think there is something about having Soma bars on an Italian build makes one consider different bars.. but I think they are lookers and get me into perfect position, I couldn't really do anything deeper.
I would love to see a quill on here with cinelli/3T pistas but ultimately, why downgrade?

Took it to the boards last week, super happy with how it rides. Disc is crazy on the banking! Didn't get much of a session so no pics. Will do next week. Loved it. We are lucky to have such a world class indoor Velodrome here.
Bike got a lot of attention there... for the right reasons I hope. :)

Call me picky (I am).. so a few aesthetic changes came this week.
Wasn't feeling the fat post so much, needed an aero post. Finally managed to source one of the nicer clamp style Campag posts in the right length. Happy! No record, just Chorus. Not a bad thing, though. I don't rate the carbon record top cap on the headset so I swapped it for the Chorus top cap. Matchy match and yay no more carbon; a much cleaner look I think.
OH yeah, new rainbow are coming so looking forward to cleaning those up.

Some boring pics of the changes:

My poor grass :(

Thank you for the compliments btw.

yesss. nice wall, too :)

Never *really *liked the paint on that.. but I know I am a minority. It's OK.. just not sure about it on a bike.
The workmanship/brushed stainless/photo/pantos/rest of the build is spot on however.

Turn this into an appreciation thread.

Check out this porn TT machine. Track geo..? Look at the HT angle and toe overlap.

Which cogs are OK for vintage campag track hubs?

So far I have tried EAI and Phil

EAI for sure plus their campy lockring if you don't have one. The Deluxe is very good.

^ probably attempt to reduce turbulence behind the rider. Aeros