Concorde Squadra

[J8B]

Hi All,

Acquired an excellent condition Columbus SLX Concorde Squadra a few weeks back and have been sourcing parts to build it up. I'm building it up for my father and will be a mix of old and new with Shimano 105 5700, RS80 wheels, quill stem, silver bars etc. Will post progress as I build it up.

Some of the auction photos:

 

[jCymbal]

those are lovely frames.

looking forward to see the build.

 

[kaiser]

Beautiful, I love PDM Concordes.

 

[J8B]

Some more photos of the frame and fork below, but I do have a query on the seatpost bolt. Does anyone know what type of bolt these frames take? The bolt was not included with the frame and the seatpost holes look a bit different to other older frames I have seen.

 

[jCymbal]

seems like a campagnolo type bolt.

 

[Elev12k]

Very nice, J8B. What jCymbal says: a Campag bolt. I would think many generic binder bolts would be fine too.

This paint came later than the white to grey PDM ones. I think your model is shown in the book 'Competition Bicycles' by J. Heine. Kelly's bike.

 

[J8B]

This paint came later than the white to grey PDM ones. I think your model is shown in the book 'Competition Bicycles' by J. Heine. Kelly's bike.

I was going to ask if anyone knew about the paint scheme. I haven't really seen any other Concorde's like this one. The PDM ones I have seen are the white to grey as you mention.

 

[J8B]

Put the headset (Tange Levin NJS) in last night using an improvised headset press. The cups look to be in ok, so hopefully all good

 

[otherself]

Classic Frames. How much did you pay for it? Look forward to seeing it built

 

[fiks]

It looks like it's a Squadra frame but in "Design Grinato" finish.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181 ... rinato.jpg

Design PDM:
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181 ... quadra.jpg

The rest of the brochure:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=107421