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According to Campagnolo's 1994 spare parts manual it is a C-record pista model.

Hello,

I need a Fork/Crown race to fit this C-record pista headset.

What size seatpost does it take?
27.2 or 31.8?

Both with the appropriate shim...

Ok, build time approaching, anyone know the correct pantone number for Gios blue?

Did we ever find out the answer to this?

I have some touching up to do as well.

unfortunately the ones I saw in Japan were made in Taiwan, iirc

You're probably correct. Far east of Turin anyway.

Nice thread, nice Gios.

Keep it up!

Such a wilful rebel would certainly liven things up a bit imo.

ANC Halfords team on Blue Peter the day they found out they were going to TDF

I've got the book about them 'Wide eyed and legless' by Jeff Connor.

It's a nice little read.

Notice Malcolm Elliott's deck shoes. never understood why they didn't catch on with the Peloton.

Nice thread here..

I have a Gios Compact from the late 80's that I bought on Ebay, a passerby today mentioned that the colour is not the proper Gios blue, and I've seen another Gios in a much brighter colour as well, so could it be that I have a fake? Is there a place one can check serial numbers or authenticate somehow? its a niggling issue for me at the moment!! Heres a pic of it anyway..

Any advice is appreciated!!

Cheers

Sun

I doubt that it's a fake. that seat tube - seat stay lug combo is very Gios also it looks like you have the adjustable rear drops outs as well.

A lot of expense/hassle to fake those.

I have a compact but with chrome forks and it is a darker hue like yours.

The newer Gios bikes are now made in Japan becuase they sold out.

Mmm...dirty Dutch girls...

Original Kodak images of the 1953 Tour de France, taken by a member of the Aspro caravan team.

Looks like Margaret Thatcher...

True ^

Anyway, here's an example I prepared earlier.

The cycle lane starts on the far left and then shifts to the right, via three blobs of blue paint, before continuing in between two lanes of traffic.

In this same 30-metre stretch of road that cyclists are being asked to move to the right, drivers wanting to turn left at the junction ahead are being filtered across the cycle lane. This is utter madness.

The whole situation, of course, is made worse by drivers inevitably but illegally doing 50mph.

Happily, there is a set of traffic lights (not pictured) shortly before this known accident blackspot. By jumping that red light (if the road is clear) I can comfortably make it across that 30-metre stretch and live to tell the tale.

Start from the middle, take the lane, make eye contact (if possible) with anyone who looks like they might pull across.

It's not infallible, but if you position yourself square in the middle of the lane and are aware of what is going on around you that junction is 100% fine.

Not one of the solutions posted so far, Ed's included, is safer than jumping the red light (if the road ahead is clear).

Gambling my safety on drivers a) seeing me and b) slowng down to allow me to merge into much faster traffic, is laughable in rush hour and fanciful any other time.

Again, Cycle Training will help massively in boosting your confident in being able to change lane without worried about getting hit by drivers.

You just need to be more assertive, look back, put your left arm out high and straight, then change lane from primary to primary when there's a sensible gap.

If you're in secondary, you're significantly less visible than you are in front of the car.

Like I said earlier, drivers are not out to hit you, good communication is keys, as Dammit said earlier, eyes contact is vital, you don't even need to try and lock your eyes with the driver's in order to fall in love and have homosexual babies, just looking back is powerful enough.

14 years ago i was run over and nearly killed on this stretch of road.

On the other side of those railings where that car is to the left of the white lorry is the exact spot where a berk in a red Vauxhall Astra piled straight into the back of me and sent me and the Cannondale flying forward into the air. lucky for me he knew how to brake because as i looked up from the tarmac i saw his radiator grille coming right at my head!

I escaped with a crushed 'dale, torn clothing and a broken Scaphoid (wrist bone).

It transpired that the chap who rammed into my bike had been road raging behind me with a Nigerian mini-cab driver (who sped off) and when he resumed looking at the road ahead encountered myself...

That was the late 1990's since then Lambeth Council's toytown planners have made that stretch along Kennington Park road to the Oval and the left filter to Brixton road even worse.

So yeah I'm with Diamond on this, trust your own instincts and not any other bugger out there.

Something else just arrived too.

New Tools by Casa-Steve, on Flickr

Also, Panaracer Paselas in 32c.

I got this exact tool last year. done about 3-4 frames with it, already paid for itself by excluding fitting service fees.

Wow! was '79 really that long ago!!?

The diminishing perspective makes the guys on the right look like Liliputians. Also Mr. Beckett has a head start.

Where are they all now?

These to go with your Looks.

I'm after an undamaged Look TI carbon seat post like this one in the photo.

Oh dear! lucky escape.

You may want to bring the better stuff indoors though if possible.

fine until the time that you forget to do them up properly and/or the lever gets knocked somehow and you end up needing face reconstruction/new teeth etc. For the sake of a couple of extra seconds each time I wouldn't.

I've never known any of that to happen. if one can't operate a simple mechanism such as a quick release safely then perhaps one shouldn't...

As for the lever getting knocked i always close it so that it is behind the fork to minimise any such occurrence.

And bear in mind also the wheel won't come away from the fork if you are on the bike because your weight will keep it place, unless you do a wheelie.

I was thinking more on whether or not i would be affecting any potential resaIe value. However I had to go and read up on that UCI ruling that you touched on, sigh...

Is there no aspect of human existence that the bureaucrat doesn't have a restrictive opinion on?

I think you may be better off using a metal club hammer the ones that look like mini sledges than a rubber mallet.

Mass is king when it comes to tools.

Chaps,

What's the consensus regarding filing off the idiot tabs on a pair of Look carbon forks? They come with a 1990's Look KG 251 frame that i run as a single speed.

Living in central London i'm constantly undoing the front wheel to lock it up and these little tab things are a pain in the arse.

Would i be ruining a classic?

I didn't think they made fireplaces like that anymore.

What length are the cranks?

Does anyone know if Look delta cleats fit the 1st gen Look pedals (circa 1987)
I've just bought some Mavic (made by Look) pedals but need the cleats. Any help welcome.
Thanks

Yes they do.

Attached pics show 1987 Look pedals and brand new cleats to fit them that i bought a couple of years ago.

Moreno Argentin's De Rosa...yum!

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Do you think that rear derailleur is original?

PS: You too can look this cool if you buy this bike...