The frame was built with butted 3-2-5 titanium and was intended to mimic the ride of my 1991 Merckx. It has classic European road racing geometry. 72.5/73 angles with a 54cm st and 54.5 tt. The chainstays are short at 40.25cm. This geometry results in an extremely stable and comfortable all-day bike that is still plenty stiff for riders under 175 lbs. The frame weight is 1350g.
40cm Nitto classic bend bars and Nitto Pearl 11cm stem.
Straight seatstays with just enough flex and the magical asymmetrical oversized chainstays (with the drive side 1mm thicker) result in a fully sprintable frame for lighter riders.
This bottom bracket does not move.
Yes, that is a titanium pump peg.
All the braze on hardware is ti and tiny.
Hand painted woodgrain Velocity Deep V rims.
I suppose the buyer will want a carbon fork, which is fine.
Made in Italy, just like a Maserati.
The chain is a Campagnolo Record Ultra with 1,500km.
You can't have the Moots ti seatpost or limited edition brown Flite.
Cut out ti dropouts and Campagnolo Centaur drivetrain, back before they went carbon and were hit with the ugly stick.
This is a 34/50T Campagnolo compact double in 170mm. It is ideal for those who spin at over 100rpm. That, or you'll want to stay in the 50. I really liked the Centaur Grey stuff.
I've had really good luck with this setup. The wheels are handbuilt 32h Campagnolo Centaur Grey hubs laced to Velocity Deep Vs. I have never had to true them, and unless you are unreasonably tough on your equipment, neither will you. The rear is 3x. while the front is 2X. The rear spokes are 14/15g silver DTs and the front is asymmetrical: 14/15g silvers on the non-drive and 14/15g black on the drive.
So clean, yes?
You will be hard pressed to find better, stiffer brakes, with better modulation than recent model year Campagnolos.
These are 2006 Centaur levers, so no ugly carbon business and the action works just like Record: you can dump all the gears at once.
The front wheel is 2X, asymmetrical with non-drive 14/15g silver DTs and drive 14/15g black DTs.
Yes, the leather is real. It's by Fujitoshi of Japan and from the early 90s.
It doesn't get better than a Nitto bar and stem. That said, I suspect the buyer will want to swap things out for a carbon fork and threadless setup, so the cockpit is negotiable.
If you don't take this, it goes on my track bike...
Flawless weld #1.
Flawless weld #2.
The bike has been ridden for less than one season by a 150lb non-competitive rider. I'd say it has 6,000km on everything except the cassette and chain, which were replaced recently. The wheels have about 1,500km.
