My 1998 Vetta Team

georges1

Retro Guru
In end of January, I decided to purchase another frame.Saw many overpriced Cinellis with SLX tubing, many bad condition Lemonds Reynolds 853 frames with rusted bottom brackets and damaged paint, the Tommasini Tecno Extra with the Nemo tubing,the Bottechia Nos Legendaria with the Spirit Tubing, a Pegoretti in average condition, one nice Cinelli with the Neuron Tubing and a Tig welded Torelli but I didn't buy them because their initial cost +import duties + shipping would make things hard for me financially. I found a very rare and uncomon Italian frame ,a Vetta Team fillet brazed made with the high quality Deda ZR01 tubing in truely exceptional condition without ruining mysel financially. Totalweight of frame+ fork is 2.5kilos which isvery good
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The stem for the Vetta is an ITM Goccia like onthe CT Wallis but 130mm, bar will be a cassic ITM like on the CT Wallis, saddle will be a Yellow flite,seat post will be a Dura Ace one, front derailleur will be Dura Ace 7800, brakes will be Dura Ace 7800 about crank I have to think about it.
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Since the bike has a mega tube it will have Dura Ace cable guides and SL 7800 Shifters
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An for more personalisation yellow sl 7800 Dura Ace hoods
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And of course a new old stock RD 7800 derailleur
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More other parts were bought for the vetta:
FD 7800
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BR 7800
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SP 7400
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BB7700 because more durable and better engineered than BB7800 and 7900
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ST Carbon cranks with octalink
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Vetta Tape
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So I mounted the Dura Ace FD 7800 front derailleur and the Dura Ace BR 7800, did also some touches with white nail polish where there were some scratches or some paint pealing off (for the note, I did it on my jamis, raleigh and my merida mountain bike where the scratches were recovered with nail polish). The headset will be changed for sure it seems to have somewhat suffered and willl be replaced by a stronglight jdx 94
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I was looking for carbon wheels and found the ones that I was looking for at a bargain price , those are 23 years old , yes 23 years old. My dream wheels were the Mavic Cosmic Carbone Wheels 1st genberation clincher wheels, this one is very first generation of them for clinchers and in good condition. Back then Mavic had nice aluminium hubs and the spokes and part of the rim were in aluminium. In the latest Cosmic Carbon variants I have often seen for sale on ebay had broken carbon rims or spokes and the hubs weren't as nicely designed.I will give them to my back tech for a check and will install on them a slime smart tubes and conti grandprix 4seasons in 700*23 or 700*25+shimano dura ace 7800/7900 cassette
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The headset had been changed last time I visited my bike tech. I already have the cassette, the chains and the pedals. Next thing will be to buy the saddle and then give him all the parts for assembly.

Have a nice week end

Best regards and stay safe

Georges
 
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Absolute beauty 👌

I didn't know Vetta did framesets. Does the top tube statement/writing say the person is a 3rd generation frame builder? Love the smooth fillet brazed style joins and uni-crown fork, looks great.

If it was me I would fit a Vetta SL Titanium saddle just to further the connection between everything, there is a NOS one on eBay but £225! However it's a great spec regardless.

I have a Titanium DA7410 seat post 185g I will be selling soon if you fancy that to go with the later groupset.

Can't wait to see this all built up.
 
Absolute beauty 👌

I didn't know Vetta did framesets. Does the top tube statement/writing say the person is a 3rd generation frame builder? Love the smooth fillet brazed style joins and uni-crown fork, looks great.

If it was me I would fit a Vetta SL Titanium saddle just to further the connection between everything, there is a NOS one on eBay but £225! However it's a great spec regardless.

I have a Titanium DA7410 seat post 185g I will be selling soon if you fancy that to go with the later groupset.

Can't wait to see this all built up.
Yes they do since 1947, link to vetta online 2022 catalog. In the past they made frames with OriaTubing, since late 1990's they use exclusively Dedacciai or Columbus
I will install a flite or turbomatic saddle on it.
Fondriest was using brazing with lugs then fillet brazing and thenswitched to basic TIG welding for economical reasons . Scapin isn't building race bikes anymore ,like Fondriest using brazing with lugs then fillet brazing and then switched to basic TIG welding for economical reasons.Casati still makes steel fillet brazed frames with Expresso in Columbus Spirit and XCR Casati Espresso Back then Casati made the Pietro with ColumbusSL.
 
My first road bike project is almost finished, it is at my local bike shop I will get it back in september. I will buy a pair of new old stock Look PP396, have it fitted correctly and then ride it. Total weight 9.3kilos Frame made of Dedacciai DR Zero Uno steel
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