Carrera Asics Team(Volans), Columbus EL

[fritzlite]

best riding steel road bike ive EVER riden...light, comfy, precise..
(if or when nephew grows out of it, or want something else...im ALL over it...even if it is a tad to small for me)
i agree on tires and saddle, a white or blue saddle was discused..but doner bike had the orange....and nephew and his dad wanted to go all the way...

 

[fritzlite]

just had a look in the old pics, and found this of both frames, before the switch of parts to the bigger frame
uhmmm, gotta love those Carrera`s

 

[fritzlite]

Another Carrera..this time for my brother
Promised him a bike, as he has given me a lot of good deal, and free mobile phones, over the years
Had a lot of parts lying around, sti`s, crankset, seatpost, wheelset, bar..etc
Thinks its a Carrera made on license, but someone would know?..any info

and thanks to Cipollini for the frame/forks..at a very good price

 

[Camaleonte]

Hi, I found lots of inspiration in your Carrera-project, especially the blue and orange colours in combination with a high end steel frame. I bought myself a used Carrera, removed the original components, gears, brakes and STI shifters, (105 5500 9 speed) and replaced them with a DA 7800 group that I bought years ago. Found some NOS stuff on ebay, bottle cages, Cinelli bar tape and spinachi extensions, IRC Paperlite tires and finally a Selle Italia saddle with "The devil" on it (a tribute to Claudio Chiappucci who rode in the Carrera team). I'm very pleased with the result, and I can't wait for the snow to disappear so I can take it out for a ride.

 

[fritzlite]

sweet...what tubeset is it?

 

[Camaleonte]

It's Columbus EL (Extra leggeri). Here is some information from the manufacturer Columbus abort the tubing:
EL-Tube set for time trials over even terrain, climbs and triathlon events. Super-lightweight thanks to the reduced thickness of tubing made from the exclusive Nivacrom" steel with a very high yield point.
Double-butted tubes and oval, butted unicrown fork blades. Nivacrom Steel - Weight: 1670 g

 

[fritzlite]

Same As the one i made..then

 

[gridno27]

Re:

.. see I have a Carrera bike too it's from Columbus EL but not in orange-blue. It is a Teambike of Carrera-Tassoni Proteam 1994. Someone from Vienna sold it to me two years ago.

It Comes with a Campagnolo C-Record / Record mix and Mavics SUP SSC. I completed it with the famous macro-splash bar tabe, red LOOK PP296 ARC pedals and a pair of MICHELIN Hi-Lite tires.


...but I am still looking for a Asics-Carrera bike or frame set like @fritzlite's one - I want such a bike, which had been ridden from my favourite Italian rider Michele Bartoli at 1998's Doyenne in Belgium.

If someone had one for sale please send a PM - Thanks in advance

 

[biggs682]

Re:

Just stumbled upon this thread . I have just picked up a Carrera of similar age and paintwork , although mine is oversized aluminium.

Full ultrega apart from brakes just waiting for a new bottom bracket to arrive and then the fun can begin.

 

[fritzlite]

ups... did it again