Friday 24 May 2024
Saturday 18 May 2024
Out of water carriers..
ended up in apparently similar results: Art Decor Frames with Carbon wheels and Campagnolo outfits. Still, all three are slightly different and each bike has its own characteristics. But there are two things the three have in common: The handle bars, which need no further introduction, and.... the bottle holders: The perfectly shaped Supacaz fly bottle cage. Superbly designed in carbon and hand painted with a flawless finish; a true masterpiece and almost impossible to find nowadays. I was lucky with Tecnos 2 to even get them in an outlet sale in The Netherlands, and with the Master it took quite some time before I finally found a set in black and white in Italy. On the current quest however, these were the most difficult parts to find. I wanted black and red but did not succeed despite endless search efforts. Then I decided to look out for black and white again, as white was already predominant on the 2000. But with no result. In the end, the last available set was spotted in Spain, but in straight plain matt carbon only. So I decided to take them to exchange the set with the black & white from the Master, where the matt carbon would fit with the wheels anyway.. And so, the last building exercise was concluded..
Friday 10 May 2024
Gear...
Compact wheel-frame setup.. |
A kind of plug and play in fact..
Friday 3 May 2024
La silla roja...
I had already been very lucky with the NOS Selle from Italy on Tecnos 2 as well as the almost new Hoskar from the US on the Master, but the current third catch really takes the cake. Although not NOS or new, this flawless specimen from Spain via Ebay is such a perfect match, that it's almost unbelievable. The red color is 100% identical to the frame,
as are the colors of the embroideries: Yellow and blue naturally. The three primary colors, all prominently present on the frame. Not a real coincidence most likely, as San Marco is no doubt well familiar with the coloring schemes of
Colnago. But still an unexpected rare trophy.
Saturday 27 April 2024
Virginal white...
All I had to look for now was a saddle...
Saturday 20 April 2024
No braking news..
Two generations.. |
Friday 12 April 2024
Centaur..
parts, and just like with the Master, I was already very happy to find a 2 x 10 speed NOS Campa full carbon crank in the first place. And this time the last one available at Mario's. But Centaur is made with the same construction techniques as its pricier flagship cousins and simply performs equally. So a multi-directional carbon fiber core with uni-directional weave, bonded to a Power-Torque chromoly axle, oversized with a splined interface on the non-drive side which is very easy to mount. Splendid engineering with great looks.
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