Popular Post Rattlecan ★ Posted March 18, 2023 Popular Post Share #1 Posted March 18, 2023 Not for me, but for one of my regular customers. A few days ago he showed up with this gorgeous old Bianchi. He told me he was out riding his bike and saw this guy dragging the bike to the curb and leaving it there. He stopped and asked if he was leaving it there for collection and the guy said yeah, if you want it you can have it. So he brought it to me to ask if I thought it was worth fixing up, and I said heck yeah. It obviously had not been ridden in years because the tubular tires were dry rotted, and the grease in the bearings was dried out. The wheels were in desperate need of truing and tensioning, but I managed to bring them back to acceptably true. The paint has a few minor chips but cleaned up quite nice. I overhauled the hubs with new bearing balls, but the cups and cones were fine. No brand markings on the hubs, crankset or bottom bracket, but the shifters and derailleurs are Campy. Haven't found any date codes, but I haven't spent much time looking. Got a new set of tubies stretching on my stretching rims and all the components cleaned up and ready to go back together. 4 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 18, 2023 Share #2 Posted March 18, 2023 wow, that's a nice bike. Wonder why it was being tossed. Maybe he didn't want to be bothered selling it.+ Can you still buy gum hoods? I liked those a lot. Wish they were available for modern brakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu Fang Bastard ★ Posted March 18, 2023 Share #3 Posted March 18, 2023 Nice find! Does the bike fit him too? Couch 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted March 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Shu Fang said: Nice find! Does the bike fit him too? Couch Yeah. Too bad, because it is just about my size too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 18, 2023 Share #5 Posted March 18, 2023 14 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: Yeah. Too bad, because it is just about my size too. So how much will he pay to have it refurbished and rideable? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 18, 2023 Share #6 Posted March 18, 2023 Very cool! Is that Campy group set Victory maybe? It’s definitely not Nuevo or Super Record. Every-time we roll by a garage sale I always look for a vintage bike being sold on the cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share #7 Posted March 18, 2023 28 minutes ago, shootingstar said: So how much will he pay to have it refurbished and rideable? Just curious. 300ish 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted March 18, 2023 Popular Post Share #8 Posted March 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: 300ish Does that include a paint job to cover over that awful green color? 2 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 18, 2023 Share #9 Posted March 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: 300ish I guess it depends also on what he wants for saddle and tires too. Or maybe men aren't as fussy. (Dearie would plunk down $150.00CAN for his..a few yrs. ago). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share #10 Posted March 18, 2023 16 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Very cool! Is that Campy group set Victory maybe? It’s definitely not Nuevo or Super Record. Every-time we roll by a garage sale I always look for a vintage bike being sold on the cheap. Not sure. I think it is a lower tier group set but still not bad. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share #11 Posted March 18, 2023 7 minutes ago, shootingstar said: I guess it depends also on what he wants for saddle and tires too. Or maybe men aren't as fussy. (Dearie would plunk down $150.00CAN for his..a few yrs. ago). Tires are tubulars so not too many choices under a hundred bucks a tire. I got him a set of Schwalbe tubulars at ninety bucks apiece. Plus mounting them is a lot more labour than clinchers. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 18, 2023 Share #12 Posted March 18, 2023 18 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: Tires are tubulars so not too many choices under a hundred bucks a tire. I got him a set of Schwalbe tubulars at ninety bucks apiece. Plus mounting them is a lot more labour than clinchers. I understand Rattlecan: last yr. I willingly paid $90.00 for 1 Schwable blue liner tire ..I can't remember the width. Something more than a skinny. My older, loved Schwable tire had fine cracks. It was over 7 yrs. old. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 18, 2023 Share #13 Posted March 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Rattlecan said: Tires are tubulars so not too many choices under a hundred bucks a tire. I got him a set of Schwalbe tubulars at ninety bucks apiece. Plus mounting them is a lot more labour than clinchers. Can you put sealant in those? I ran tubulars or “sew ups” back in my racer boy days and man were they a PITA. I guess for a Eroica or such they would be fine (maybe) but not something I would ever ride on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share #14 Posted March 18, 2023 7 hours ago, ChrisL said: Can you put sealant in those? I ran tubulars or “sew ups” back in my racer boy days and man were they a PITA. I guess for a Eroica or such they would be fine (maybe) but not something I would ever ride on a regular basis. Yeah you can run sealant in them. I will be putting some in. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rattlecan ★ Posted March 22, 2023 Author Popular Post Share #15 Posted March 22, 2023 All buttoned up and ready to go. A bit more info. The model is Rekord 841 which makes it 1985ish. Not quite entry level but not too high on the pecking order. Hi ten tubing. Haven’t weighed it yet but I have a hanging scale in the garage so I will try to remember to check it before it gets picked up. 4 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 22, 2023 Share #16 Posted March 22, 2023 10 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: All buttoned up and ready to go. A bit more info. The model is Rekord 841 which makes it 1985ish. Not quite entry level but not too high on the pecking order. Hi ten tubing. Haven’t weighed it yet but I have a hanging scale in the garage so I will try to remember to check it before it gets picked up. Wow, it cleaned up really nicely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted March 22, 2023 Share #17 Posted March 22, 2023 Lovely find! My neighbor years ago, put a Holdsworth at the curb. He let me take it. The shop I worked at cleaned it up nicely. Top tube was a little too long for me and I wound up selling for $300. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a bunch of numbers Posted March 22, 2023 Share #18 Posted March 22, 2023 A friend of mine, his sister was getting a divorce from her husband of many years. They were pretty well off, she got over $2M in the divorce. He was a avid rider, I'd see him out on the riding trail regularly and he was always on a nice bike. I think he was on a Canondale the last time I saw him. Anyway, after he moved out, but hadn't moved all of his belongings yet, she was cleaning house and took his two road bikes out to the end of driveway and put FREE signs on them. Someone got some nice bikes for nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted March 22, 2023 Share #19 Posted March 22, 2023 That is a really cool find. Someone didn't know what they had. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted March 22, 2023 Share #20 Posted March 22, 2023 Beautiful. Love the white bar tape and cables (I just wish white bar tape stayed white). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share #21 Posted March 22, 2023 So not exactly a featherweight but not too bad for a gas pipe frame. 22 1/2 pounds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share #22 Posted March 22, 2023 7 minutes ago, TrentonMakes said: Beautiful. Love the white bar tape and cables (I just wish white bar tape stayed white). I know. Even installing it I leave it until last thing and scrub my hands like I am performing surgery but it still manages to get a bit dirty in the process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 22, 2023 Share #23 Posted March 22, 2023 3 hours ago, Rattlecan said: So not exactly a featherweight but not too bad for a gas pipe frame. 22 1/2 pounds. That’s about what my Ritchey weighs. IIRC my 531 tubes Campy SR equipped Gazelle I rode in the 1980’s was 20 LBS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu Fang Bastard ★ Posted March 22, 2023 Share #24 Posted March 22, 2023 It's stunning! Couch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 22, 2023 Share #25 Posted March 22, 2023 FTR, I spotted the Ultegra Di2 12sp gruppo for sale @ $1,998. You could update that thing to modern standards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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