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Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:24 pm
by familyguy
munga wrote:force is the thinking mans gruppo
Force is the non-Fred gruppo.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:42 pm
by grantw
I'm a Fred fo sure. Nuovo gran sport gruppo, but 980 rear der, near as I can tell.

Frame is number 545. Just spent an hour staring at it in the shed.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:04 am
by LG
One of my commuter bikes (I currently work/reside in 2 diferent areas and have a commuter bike at each house). Unknown origin but built with Tange mangaloy 2001. Shimano 6207 group with early shimano friction bar end shifters and weinmann centre pull brakes. Paint is a copy of an old Apollo II I used to own and quite liked the look of the white head tube.

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Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:51 am
by munga
i put this together out of parts i had.
bought new cables, tape and chain. disregard pedals.

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Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:30 pm
by ldrcycles
I dunno, kinda looks like an old man's bike doesn't it?


:) jk, looks nice, i bet it rides at least as good as it looks.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:17 am
by munga
:D you knew i had to be pulling someone's chain, right?
i also have another raleigh, but it's a bit older than this one, and not even close to being built.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:14 pm
by singlespeedscott
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A nice build from spare parts!?

How do you find those handlebars? They don't look like they would be very comfy in the drops for me.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:35 pm
by munga
thanks, scott! i'd much prefer some traditional tdf drops, but that's what i had. :roll:
if i took closer photos you'd see that most of the parts are pretty scratched up except for the crankset.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:40 pm
by munga
ldrcycles wrote:I dunno, kinda looks like an old man's bike doesn't it?


:) jk, looks nice, i bet it rides at least as good as it looks.
cheers locky. it feels a bit more twitchy at speed than the vertex - maybe because of the shorter stem?
still feels quite plush tho.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:19 pm
by vaeske
munga wrote:thanks, scott! i'd much prefer some traditional tdf drops, but that's what i had. :roll:
if i took closer photos you'd see that most of the parts are pretty scratched up except for the crankset.

i've got a couple of bars you can try on bro.

cinelli touch, vai, belleri, high drops like those modolo brevattos. take your pick.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:06 pm
by jbchybridrider
1995 Olympia Fusari.

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Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:41 am
by ldrcycles
Wowee, mate that is an absolute corker. Beautiful.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 5:26 am
by munga
ldrcycles wrote:Wowee, mate that is an absolute corker. Beautiful.
well put. gorgeous bike! wouldn't change a thing!

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:38 am
by gabrielle260
jbchybridrider wrote:1995 Olympia Fusari.

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WOW! Very nice.... Hard to believe it is a 1995 bike.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:05 am
by humanbeing
Very nice :P

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 9:38 pm
by jbchybridrider
Thanks fellas. As you may have noticed it not totally period correct, it would have had 8 speed Record I put on 9 speed record and rather modern wheels but then balanced it out using an 80's panto 3ttt Olympia stem :mrgreen:
It came to me as a frame and fork only and I repainted myself, it's Columbus EL-os weighing 1510grams frame only. I was told it was built for a professional team racer in Europe? so could be very rare. Now it's time to ride it.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:01 am
by grantw
Beautiful job!

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:43 am
by seddo
two very sweet examples of modern retro - :D

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:09 am
by seddo
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Posted in gallery thread in the GD section of the forum but thought I would post updated pics here, new stem and bars, the guys added a nice touch with the Belgium inspired tape

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:05 am
by munga
another gorgeous bike - looks like a new one!

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:40 pm
by BRLVR.v2
Pg42.....seddo wins.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:44 pm
by seddo
thanks Munga, rides superbly as well and this was the inspiration to pay Keith(Kumo) a deposit on a columbus max road bike :D

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:56 pm
by Mustang
Both beautiful :D :D
What are the wheels on the Olympia?

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:43 am
by jbchybridrider
Beautiful Merckx seddo, keep that paint looking NOS those jobs are almost impossible to recreate. I can imagine both our bikes racing side by side through a sweeping high speed bend in the Adelaide Hills offcourse :) Actually recreating a 90's peloton with many forumites would be a site to see.

Mustang there the highly controversial Mavic r-sys wheels. Mine are generation 3 models the first one's are old news but unfortunately there ghost still lingers on the internet tainting there reputation. I love them as all round wheels but they excel as climbing wheels, there the most true spinning laterally stiff wheel especially when standing on the pedals.

Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:26 am
by seddo
jbchybridrider wrote:Beautiful Merckx seddo, keep that paint looking NOS those jobs are almost impossible to recreate. I can imagine both our bikes racing side by side through a sweeping high speed bend in the Adelaide Hills offcourse :) Actually recreating a 90's peloton with many forumites would be a site to see.
That would be so sweet, i was so lucky to pick that frame up, initially the predominant yellow colour put me off but the black and red highlights and how the guys at the LBS added that little touch with the finishing tape have improved the bike no end, link will show what it use to look like
http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewt ... start=3975