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Good Afternoon Well sometimes , it is stronger than us but the willingness to acquire another frame is hard to resist. While I promised myself not to acquire a single frame after my Giant Kronos purchase, I saw something special at a bargain price. It was a rare and flamboyant Daccordi Megatube...

Good Afternoon Everyone I already have Giant bikes. One is a hybrid which was saved by me and rescued from the junkpile by a friend who didn't appreciate older bikes and later upgraded it and it rides so nicely that it is one my favorite long haul bikes. The other one was bought as a frame only...

Good Evening Everyone Another Daccordi frame that I won at an ebay auction at a killer price less than 200€,enters my collection (I bought it from the same italian seller who sold me the Grandis Overmax and the Mavic Cosmic Carbon 1st Generation wheels) , a Daccordi Top Alloy in Columbus Altec...

Hello Here's my latest frame purchase, a 1993 Daccordi Classico fillet brazed in Columbus Genius in near-new condition. Have a nice day Best regards Georges

Good Evening My latest unexpected frame acquisition a Piton made of Dedacciai SC6110A from the late 90's. The craftmanship on it is outstanding and it is a new old stock frame. Piton is an italian brand founded by Pitozzi Guido in 1975. The frame weight only 1.3kilos The modern Piton collection...

Good evening After my frustration with the purchase of the Trek 8500 frame and the opening of a dispute to get my money back, I gave the Trek 8500 frame as a gift to my bike shop because it could be useful to someone who wants a beater bike made in the USA. I bought a frame from a very rare...

Good evening There are times when impulse buys are good surprises. The crazy prices with import fees of the stumpjumper m2 and m4 made it impossible for me to buy one despite many times when I saw one from the USA. Riding frames ranging from 19.5 to 21 inches, each time my bargains in Trek MTB...

Good Evening This is one of the most interesting purchase on ebay I have made a year ago because the first time the seller declined to investigate to inquiry about shipping costs to my country and didn't want to sell me the frame. I relaunched him a month later and told him that the frame hasn't...

Good Evening There are times when accumulating rare frame is in obsession. It has been the case lately and the last two years. One of my favorite german sellers, had a very nice Basso Viper at my size for sale for a decent price which was for sale, I grabbed it immediately . I have testrode in...

Good Evening I was initially wanting to add another MTB in true temper tubing but shipping from the USA alongwith customs duties and taxes killed that project. I was also thinking about a Waterford in Reynolds but again shipping from the USA alongwith customs duties and taxes killed that...

Good Afternoon I promised myself to stop afrer the Merak but having seen a too good opportunity to pass up, I grabbed another Derosa in February, this time a Planet Model with Deddacciai 7003 tubing , dura ace 7700 headset, 3TTT stem and 3TTT ergpower bar. As you could expect it is a much more...

Good Afternoon On one of my projects bad luck happened due a poorly machined headset (a chris king no thread headset) , when by my bike tech wanted to install it didn't go smoothly as opposed to the other headsets (two campagnolo record threaded headsets , one stronglight jdx94 threaded headset)...

Good Afternoon Everyone The 30th November was my 45th birthday so I decided to treat myself with a nice frame even though I promised not buy anymore frames, and found one that I was eying two weeks ago at a killer price. The frame is the rare De Rosa Merak in Dedacciai SC6110 A Aluminium. A much...

Hello In march, I was thinking about buying a road bike frame but I already have too many road bike projects. I've never owned a full-suspension bike, but I've had the opportunity to ride a few. My choice was a Trek Fuel 100 frame that I'd already had the chance to try out at the time, and which...

Good Morning Sometimes you don't think twice, as I haven't seen till yet the completed repair of the Daccordi frame and how it has been repainted, I decided to purchase a back up frame , my choice oriented itself very easily on a Cannondale CAAD4 made in the USA at very good price from a german...

Good Evening The person who sold me the Gary Fisher frame had a nice Giant for sale at an unbeatable for sale using the Alcoa CU92 6013 T6 Aluminium tubing. It was a big size frame like was my Gary Fisher, so I grabed, I already have wheels for it, I will need to buy shifter cranks, brake...

Good Evening Everyone I was watching ebay when I saw a very nice Gary Fisher frame made in USA with True Temper Opti Triple Butted Tubing at an attractive price so I purchased it. I have bought already some XTR parts for it, it will have a XT 10 speed cassette, a XT chain , XT Vbrakes levers...

Good morning everyone Back in February, I made an expected purchase at the right price ,James Dak is partially to blame for this (laughs and just kidding ). A 1995 Fausto Coppi Lugano 53 in Columbus Genius, manufactured by Masciaghi in the mid 1990s. Fillet-brazed frame. Internal brake cable...

Good Afternoon Some pics of my 1991 Raleigh Castorama Maxisports made of Reynolds753 tubing, in relatively good condition despite some paint chips, its equipment is full c record,except the original fork which was replaced due to a crash, a miche front derailleur and the wolber front frim...

Good Afternoon This is the last purchase and last project because there isn't anymore room in the garage. I was looking at vintage Cannondales Caad 3, Caad 4, Caad 5,Caad 6, Caad 7, Caad 8 but their prices were out of my price range. Specialized does'nt make m2 or m4 road frames anymores, my...