Christoff anyone?
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Christoff anyone?
Postby PeteV » Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:36 am
My father handed me down his old roadie, a Christoff, which he said he bought from the builder Jan Christoff in Adelaide in 1984. It has been reprayed a couple of times so the decals are long gone, but most of the original equipment is on it. It is loaded with Campagnolo super record parts including crank, hubs, downtube shifters, brakes and brake levers. Rims are Mavic SUP. Dad had the rear wheel rebuilt as it originally had a super record 5 speed screw on casette and now has a 8 speed casette/free wheel.
I can't find any info via google and was hoping someone here might know something! Will post up pics once I get my post count up.
Cheers
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Postby stevendavid75 » Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:22 pm
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Postby im_no_pro » Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:27 pm
I'm joking, and im jealous. PM the link to the pics to me and I will insert them in your post for you.
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Re: Christoff anyone?
Postby PeteV » Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:34 pm
Other info I have on the bike/builder is that he lived near Valley View in Adelaide's N/E suburbs and made the bikes at home, this one was his prototype for a couple of bicycles he was trying to get the riders at the 1984 Olympics onto.
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Re: Christoff anyone?
Postby rogerrabbit » Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:14 pm
Hope you do something nice with it!
Roger
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Postby PeteV » Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:45 pm
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Re: Christoff anyone?
Postby PeteV » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:44 pm
This bike is going to be ridden frequently so will see what provides the better riding experience!
Frame stripped, am having a go at painting it myself. If I stuff it up, well then it shall go to the powder coaters!
edit: forgot to add, apon stripping have discovered drop outs are Campagnolo. Tried to contact the relatives of the builder with no success. Would've been good to find and original decal set!
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Postby jaseyjase » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:02 pm
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Postby PeteV » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:50 pm
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Re: Christoff anyone?
Postby drubie » Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:20 am
The 8 speed stuff was mostly cassette - the wheels show up reasonably frequently on ebay around the $200 mark. Sachs made a compatible 8 speed freewheel which works so-so (doesn't have the ramps on the gear teeth to facilitate shifting, uses the old technique of fractionally angled teeth, but the cog spacing is the same as 8 speed campagnolo).PeteV wrote:You, my friend, are a DEAD SET LEGEND! Thanks heaps for finding that, hopefully now I can get duplicate decals made!
8 speed Ergo shifters... how long is a piece of string? If I put all the bits off my Elan into your pile we could make one nice bike I think. However, I'm not prepared to let my 8 speed Record Ergo levers go as they are sublime.
8 speed Mirage shifters show up semi-regularly for not too much cash - the lever is identical to the original record Ergo other than some detailing - they shift identically. If you want to ride 8 speed, buy those and wait patiently for the better ones. Throw the Sora levers as far as you can.
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Postby craigmcgair » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:12 pm
wow that bike brings back some memories! Mr Christoff was my mentor from the age of 13 til age 20ish and made me realise that cycling and his cycles were all about standing out from the crowd. Mr Christoff or (jon) didnt actually build the frames but i believe that Bryan Hayes Re: Euro sport frames, AIS bikes was responsible. Such a classic bike.
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Christoff anyone?
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Postby PeteV » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:02 pm
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Postby bpm » Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:04 pm
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Re: Christoff anyone?
Postby bbw101 » Fri Aug 26, 2016 9:46 am
Just wondering if you are still out there playing with your Christoff.
I picked one up quite a while ago and am looking at info on the brand / machine.
Cheers
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Postby Alister Smith » Sat Jun 02, 2018 12:30 pm
I believe Jan was Brett Aitken’s coach at some stage. And his wife handmade Aitken’s jerseys.
I’ve got a Christoff. Will try to post a photo
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Postby RPR » Mon Feb 04, 2019 3:39 pm
I'l try to get some decent pics of this machine to put up. Many still have a Christoff or was a purely boutique Adelaide product?
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Postby RPR » Mon Feb 04, 2019 4:11 pm
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Postby P!N20 » Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:59 pm
Instructions here; http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewt ... =6&t=23303RPR wrote:If someone could inform me how to put up pics I have some ones of the original Christoff decals.
Rob
Sounds interesting, can’t wait to see it...and those shoes!
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Postby Sambamboo » Wed Feb 06, 2019 3:32 pm
I'm getting a bit old in the tooth now so may be willing to part ways if there's interest?
Vintage Jon Christoff Steel Racing Bike circa 1983
Built by Ron Whitehorn (for Jon Christoff)
Suntour Pro Frame 58cm
Reynolds Tubing (501 i think)
Original candy apple red over gold paint
(a few scratches and chips but good condition for age)
Campagnolo Super Record Groupset
including - Front and Rear Derailleur (2nd gen Matt finish)
- Brake levers 4062 (non original hoods)
- Brake Calipers (v2) with original Pads
- Seat post
- Cranksets 52 42 (170 Strada)
- Shifter levers
- Original Grey Outer/Inner Brake Cable
(missing original Pedals rear cluster and Hubs)
OMAS Headset
10cm Cinelli head stem
3T handlebars 38cm width 15cm drop
Selle San Marco Concor Supercomfort Racing Saddle
Wheels and Pedals are kinda meh.
IMG_20190206_133224 by Sam Catford, on Flickr
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Re: Christoff anyone?
Postby Wheelsman » Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:44 pm
I have a Christoff painted bike given to me by an ex-racer (who regularly shopped at Christoff's) it was purchased from Pud Brooks (was originally black) and was re-painted as pictured (has since been cleaned and original cranks fitted).
Specs as follow;
Bars-Fiammie
Stem-Cinelli
Seat post-Campagnolo
Seat-Ideal 2001
Hubs-Campagnolo H/F
Rims-Ambrosio 1976 Montreal Olympic *with original tubs*
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Postby Clydesdale Scot » Fri Feb 08, 2019 7:02 am
can we have some current photos as well?Wheelsman wrote:Hello All
I have a Christoff painted bike given to me by an ex-racer (who regularly shopped at Christoff's) it was purchased from Pud Brooks (was originally black) and was re-painted as pictured (has since been cleaned and original cranks fitted).
Specs as follow;
Bars-Fiammie
Stem-Cinelli
Seat post-Campagnolo
Seat-Ideal 2001
Hubs-Campagnolo H/F
Rims-Ambrosio 1976 Montreal Olympic *with original tubs*
IMG_1848 by Wheelsman., on Flickr
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Postby RPR » Sun Feb 10, 2019 2:33 pm
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Re: Christoff anyone?
Postby Wheelsman » Sun Feb 10, 2019 3:55 pm
Sorry for the late reply the bike wasn't in the easiest spot to access.
I have included a picture of the seat clamp area as I thought it was an unusual shape/cut out and I am currently trying to identify the original frame make. I definitely think it is Italian from the 60's and has been suggested to me that it could be a Cinelli frame.
Thanks.
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Re: Christoff anyone?
Postby P!N20 » Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:51 pm
Very nice. So did Ron Whitehorn build all Christoff frames? They certainly look high quality.RPR wrote:Let me see if these images come up. Interested in comments on the bike/shoes. Rob
https://postimg.cc/gallery/1le7aij1g/
Those shoes are interesting - I assume they're not related to the famous Italian bicycle marque. Although it looks like the leather has seen better days they'ed probably still pull a few bucks on ebay.
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