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
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.
Since the bike has a mega tube it will have Dura Ace cable guides and SL 7800 Shifters
An for more personalisation yellow sl 7800 Dura Ace hoods
And of course a new old stock RD 7800 derailleur
More other parts were bought for the vetta:
FD 7800
BR 7800
SP 7400
BB7700 because more durable and better engineered than BB7800 and 7900
ST Carbon cranks with octalink
Vetta Tape
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
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
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
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.
Since the bike has a mega tube it will have Dura Ace cable guides and SL 7800 Shifters
An for more personalisation yellow sl 7800 Dura Ace hoods
And of course a new old stock RD 7800 derailleur
More other parts were bought for the vetta:
FD 7800
BR 7800
SP 7400
BB7700 because more durable and better engineered than BB7800 and 7900
ST Carbon cranks with octalink
Vetta Tape
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
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
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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