This is a lovely 56.5 cm squared vintage racing bike that was completely stripped and rebuilt in 2011 and then never ridden. It's a very nice frame that has been spray painted pink at some point. Sprayed pink is how I got it, so I don't know its original brand. It's very well made and super-light with delicate lug-work and Campagnolo dropouts. I'd guess that it is from the mid to late 1970's.

The frame is outfitted with an assortment of relatively high-end parts.

Campagnolo Record or Super Record (or un-classed): hubs, skewers, seat post, downtube shifters, headset, front shifter. All are smooth with new grease and the freewheel clicks like it's brand-new.

Brake Callipers: Galli

Brake Levers: Shimano Dura Ace with NOS gum hoods

Crankset and bottom bracket: Gipiemme - with drillium-style weight-reducing modification on the chainring

Rear Derailleur: Zeus Criterium

Saddle: 3ttt (leather)

Wheels: Super Champion rims (French tubular glue-on) Campagnolo Record hubs

Stem: 3ttt

Handlebars: Cinelli (mod. Giro d'Italia)

I stripped this down entirely and rebuilt it up with nice grease and new cables. I did all I could to make it sparkle. I never rode it more than a kilometre or two down the road to test it because I won a brand-new carbon race bike as I was finishing this up. I let it sit in a garage for several years, and then it's been hanging up in my wardrobe for the last few years. If it was a restored bogan car I'd list its odometer at 1km. I'm selling it simply because I don't use it, I need space, and I have two other very fancy bikes.

Issues / problems / faults:

The tyre casings got wet when water ran across the floor of the garage it was sitting in, then they rotted and popped. The bike was stored in a dry garage - the floor just flooded during a storm. The bike comes with one brand new Continental Giro tyre that needs to be glued on. You'll need to source another.

The handlebar tape is ageing and a bit crumbly.

Leather seat is scuffed.

Light surface rust in the spot where someone once sanded off the "Columbus/Reynolds/Brandname etc..." sticker on the seat tube, and on the top right fork arm just beneath the crown.

I thought that there was an issue with a mis-threading where the pedals thread in, but when I took it to the shop they said there was no issue. The pedals may have been bent and I never tested with different pedals. I don't know why I'm putting this in here? It's like I thought there was something wrong, but there was nothing wrong (probably) and I'm just going for absolute full disclosure...

I never lined the brake pads up - but since its been sitting for 7 years and it needs tyres glued on, you'd do that any way.

Any questions just message me.

The bike is in inner Sydney for pick up only. If you want to organise courier I could most likely do a box up - but please contact me first to confirm.

Thanks

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