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I have not generally found it to be a winning proposition to try to talk a woman or young lady into riding a frame she hates. I might not sell the bike right away. Leave it in the garage in plain sight; keep it lubed up and pumped up. If she want to bond with it, she will. Meanwhile try to...

Eh dangit the dude already sold it. Guess the price wasn't that far out of line... Thanks for the comments I've developed this weird fascination with those Y frames, I know people curse the handling but the looks are just out-there. Crazy. It could be a cool art project. I'll call it "The...

The folks at FRM were kind enough to send me this beautiful headset. They were so apologetic about the fact they were out of cartridges, however cane creek 36/45 acb's fit perfectly (45 degrees top/outer, 36 bottom/inner, 38mm od, 27mm id, 6.5mm height) Goes nicely with the "bare metal" theme...

If it's a money pit that's gonna crump first time I take it out, I'll wait for the next one. Although I wouldn't mind having that fork

Hm. Has a risse rear shock

Up for sale locally for $150. Kind of a weird mix of stuff. Appears to have late 90s LX cranks, alivio rd, z1 forks. Sun rear rim, Ritchey front. Avid levers. I imagine the rear shock will need rebuilt or replaced, no idea how much of a hassle that'll be. Don't mind rebuilding the fork. My...

I believe that's the standard Italian bb size; they still make Italian bb's which aren't expensive, just gotta look for em on ebay or amazon. Seems like Phil Wood cups are also readily available if that's your thing

Thoughts on this frame? Seems like I sorta remember Cagiva from hanging out with a bunch of gear-heads that were into obscure Italian racing motorcycles. Same elephant logo. I remember Porsche had a mountain bike, as did BMW, perhaps this is a similar branding exercise? I've heard of Scapin...

When I first ordered this frame, I had the idea of turning into the annoying miniature doppelganger of Mone's magnificent La Roca, starting with a lacquered bare metal frame. And if it had brass or bronze fillets I might have been more tempted; thing is, it would have rusted out eventually and...

Interesting, thanks! I have an XTR front hub that'll go nicely, then... may try to find another to match for the rear, and lace that New Success up to the Alfa rim for a future project. Gotta rebuild my Sachs freewheel anyway. Put the XT hubs on the mavics, the Deore hub on an X221 rim for my...

Recently did a flat bar conversion for wifey's Salsa Vaya. It sure looks like a mountain bike frame just to look at it , but once you get flat bars on it you realize the reach is *really* short and the stack is pretty tall. She was fine with that but ymmv. We are able to cram 50mm tires in...

Found a picture. It was a fun build. Gave it to my friend Bill cuz he didn't have a bike. He turned around and sold it a couple of weeks later to a bike shop for $50. Buh bye, Thomson seatpost and stem, buh bye to the last frickin Pacenti 26" rim on earth. Fork by Mark Slate, designed for...

Haha I built the same frame into a rigid 69er. Went all OCD trying to get the geometry just right. It was a good conversation starter, and it had a nice ride but the handling was just comical, the front had WAY more stickum than the back so I was drifting all over creation. Riding it...

Amen to that. Used Deckas on wifey's 1x9, works fine and I think they are well made, and look good. Wish there were more options for 94bcd cranks Also I really dig the thumbie (Suntour?) -- in general I feel the whole setup looks really clean, and of course the forks are too cool for words...

Nice. I vote for the Ritchey seat, sort of. I'd mount the Ritchey for the photo shoot but I'd have a Brooks Cambium on hand for actual riding... What are your thoughts on drive train? Are you thinking about going with an 8spd hub, or doing something fancy with a 7spd? Re handlebars, as...

We'll see about that Decisions, decisions...

Got the forks apart. Hot tip: a valve extension -- like for RV or 18-wheeler tires -- gives you enough purchase to get the air piston out. Other than that one stanchion, the innards look good. Polishing away. Oven cleaner doesn't do diddly squat in terms of removing anodizing but we are getting...

Nice, I'm building up a 970 myself. Was thinking about putting a lugged fork on it but the one it comes with is so light... Nice frame. Don't make em like they used to

An Italian chick who is moody, temperamental and high-maintenance but beautiful and sexy. I rebuilt a Ducati 900 once, and am familiar with that dance. Great legs. By Marzocchi, of course

Ha! Score. Campy rims are *really* hard to come by in the US, but oddly don't seem to fetch much of a price. Paid the same for 2x NOS Ateks as I paid for the other two orphans; although in my defense, I bought two pair of rims, and two orphans shipped. Which is fine; whatever, you win. And...