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

[familyguy]

force is the thinking mans gruppo

Force is the non-Fred gruppo.

[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.

[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.

[munga]

i put this together out of parts i had.
bought new cables, tape and chain. disregard pedals.

[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.

[munga]

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.

[singlespeedscott]

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.

[munga]

thanks, scott! i'd much prefer some traditional tdf drops, but that's what i had.
if i took closer photos you'd see that most of the parts are pretty scratched up except for the crankset.

[munga]

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.

[vaeske]

thanks, scott! i'd much prefer some traditional tdf drops, but that's what i had.
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.

[jbchybridrider]

1995 Olympia Fusari.

[ldrcycles]

Wowee, mate that is an absolute corker. Beautiful.

[munga]

Wowee, mate that is an absolute corker. Beautiful.

well put. gorgeous bike! wouldn't change a thing!

[gabrielle260]

1995 Olympia Fusari.

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

[humanbeing]

Very nice

[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
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.

[grantw]

Beautiful job!

[seddo]

two very sweet examples of modern retro -

[seddo]

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

[munga]

another gorgeous bike - looks like a new one!

[BRLVR.v2]

Pg42.....seddo wins.

[seddo]

thanks Munga, rides superbly as well and this was the inspiration to pay Keith(Kumo) a deposit on a columbus max road bike

[Mustang]

Both beautiful
What are the wheels on the Olympia?

[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.

[seddo]

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
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