Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas Bike Fans!!!!

Tommasini Diamante With Mavic Gruppo

This is a special bike...
Columbus MS (multi shaped) tubing, and the drivetrain like Greg Lemond used in the 89 Tour de' France...I love those cranks...This bike is nearing 20 years old and still looks fresh and clean like it came from the shop last week.

Bianchi EL-OS with Campy C-Record

Classic Lugged Italian steel in celeste. With full Campagnolo C-Record Ergo, and last gen. Delta brakes...
It doesnt get any better.

Old School Mountain bike build...

Here is my Montare...I remember the ad in the magazines 20 years ago very fondly...
They depicted the bike going up a near vertical ascent touting the ultra shot elevated chainstay, and the Fisher Evolution system...
I just scored a super sweet set of spinergy wheels for it, and I have a full old school Deore XT thumbshifter drivetrain to go with it. The finishing piece will be the Girvin Crosslink fork...
Dont mind the renovation materials in the background... gotta keep the wife happy....

Colnago Titanium...Lux Oval Master....

Colnago Titanium...The Lux Oval Master.... Revered as the perfect Classics bike, and made from indestructible 6/4 Titanium...
The beautiful finish is done in TM11 otherwise known as the Landbouwkredeit Team color scheme...
When I first started building the bike I was trying to stay "period specific". After riding the bike I realize I could care less about "period" because this ride is so bad ass it deserves the best I can throw at it....
This bike is a beast... one of the stiffest bikes I have thrown a leg over, and yet surprisingly comfortable.
Yes those are 40mm Shamals, and yes they are clinchers... I dare you to find another set...

Colnago C-40 HP Geo....

Here it is... the crown jewel of my collection. a 2003 C-40 HP B-Stay in the beautiful, rare Geo paint scheme....

Full Record with Shamal's... sub 16lbs. as shown.
I have a Gold Tiso bolt and pulley kit for it I have not yet installed.

Colnago Master B-Stay

This is a cool low volume frame called a Master B-Stay (sometimes called a Master Carbon)
Combines the front triangle of a Master X-Light with the rear end of a C-40

I have seen two variations of this frame one like this with a full carbon rear-end, and a few examples with carbon seat stays.

To my understanding this frame was only sent to the US for 2 years....It seems to still be available in Europe...although I don't see it currently listed on the website.

This model was not well received by steel purists, or new gen riders...The ride is typical Colnago... glorious I really appreciate this bike for combining the two worlds of technology
as built it weighs around 17lbs.

new winter projects....

This winter I have picked up some new plastic....
of course from the usual suspects Colnago and Bianchi.
The first pair is a set of 928's the C2C model is built with full Chorus, and the Lugged unit is done in Record...
I have had a pair of these before but in a smaller size....The builds were not to my liking before either... I am much happier with the way these turned out.
The Lugged is a 59 with a 57.5 effective TT and the C2C is a 58 with a 57.5 effective TT
Bianchi's run small.

I will be posting my New Nago's later...