SPECSStatus: For Sale at $450 Size: 18.5"/47cm Frame & Fork: Tange Double-Butted Cro-Moly Groupset & Brakeset: Shimano 7 spd STX (MC-34) with SRAM Grip Shift SRT 400 Wheelset: Sun Rims AT18 rims on Shimano Acera X hubs with Massi Blaze 26x2.0 Tires BEFOREI picked up this really nice Rocky Mountain from a gentleman in Black Mountain who had replaced it with an e-bike. It was in great shape and I rode cleaned it up and rode it as my winter bike in 21-22. In the fall of 22, someone came to look at my shop and liked the Whistler so I decided to rebuild it and sell it to him. AFTERThis was such a joy to ride and a really fun rebuild. It was in excellent condition and everything went smoothly. It had a really cool 1 1/8" threadless front fork that was rigid. Something I've not seen before and will make it easy to update it to a modern cockpit in the future. For that reason, I struggled to sell it. It received a new bottom bracket, new tires and tubes, new cables and housing and new grips.
0 Comments
SPECSStatus: Sold Size: 19"/48cm Frame: Tange MTB Double Butted Cr-Mo with Ritchey Dropouts Fork: Tange CR-MO MTB Rigid Groupset & Brakeset: Shimano Deore LX derailleurs (M563) with Shimano STX (MC-30) shifter/brake combos Wheelset: Ritchey Vantage Sport Rims on STX Parallax hubs with ?? Tires BEFOREWow! I couldn't pass this bike up! It's in amazing condition and all original, even the saddle, grips and tires! There are two nice touches that were added by the original owner, a purple bottle cage and purple bar-ends to match the purple decals. Notice the cool purple accents on the Vetta saddle even! This bike is going to pop when I finish with it! AFTERI traded this bike and the Rocky Mountain Equipe for the Cinelli Supercorsa. I never got the opportunity to rebuild this one. It went to a good home and I'm confident it will be beautifully rebuilt. SPECSStatus: Not for Sale (Belongs to my Father-In-Law) Groupset: Shimano Tiagra Frame: 7005 Aluminum Fork: Cromoly BEFOREMy Father-In-Law is in his 80's and still rides his bike several times per week. He's even done some 100km rides, and all that without electric assist! I had already set-up his cockpit to give him a more comfortable riding position, and the bike was running great but the frame was pretty scratched up and worn out looking from years of traveling on racks and in the back of trucks. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures before I took it apart, but at least you can see what the frame looked like before it was painted. AFTERHe wanted it painted red with white decals so I chose Corvette Victory Red for the basecoat. I made all the decals with Photoshop and cut them out with the Cricut. Since Brodie is a Canadian company, I added the maple leaf to the 'b' logo and thought it made it look pretty cool.
My father-In-Law was pretty happy with the results. He's now riding a bike that is like-new with a completely original paint job. I'm sure he'll be twice as fast now with his racing-red machine! SPECS Status: For Sale at $870 Made in Italy Size: 56cm/22" Frame & Fork: Columbus Aelle Groupset: Gipiemme Crono Sprint (World Championship Edition) Wheelset: Ambrosio 19 Extra rims on Gipiemme Sprint hubs with Vittoria Zaffiro Pro 700x25c tires BEFORE When I first saw this bike, I was intrigued because of the unusual groupset and the quality frame but I thought it was priced way too high for the amount of work it needed so I passed. I just couln't get it out of my mind, though, and a year later, I contacted the seller to see if it was still available. We settled on a reasonable price and I brought it home. From my research, I understood that Fiori was a Canadian bike company but that some of the bikes, especially the early ones, were brought over from Italy. Others were made in Japan and even Canada. This must have been one of the Italian ones. AFTERI love white frames with black accents so I decided to give this frame a pearl white paint that I think looks amazing with the black in the decals, wheels, brake callipers and crankset. The Gipiemme derailleurs (made by Simplex) work really well and the shift levers look and feel elegant. The black accents make it look almost like a modern build, or at least a neo-retro build, but everything on it is original, except for the stem. The previous owner had a shorter stem installed and had lost track of the original. I had a black on in my parts bin so I thought it would go well with the headset and other black components. Since everything on the bike is Italian, it needed a Selle Italia saddle and to me, nothing looks as better on an 80s bike than a Turbo. Luckily, they still make them. I don't think I could be any happier with the results!
|
Details
AuthorMike the Bike Archives
October 2023
Categories |