Resto mod Pegoretti

[novekili]

I had a dream bike, a 94 De Rosa titanio, and had the occasion to buy a Pegoretti (I think a 97 Tanguillos). Being the paintjob brilliant, I had the intention to use it as a wall hanger. When I got it, I decided to assemble it and try it out. To make a long story short, I sold the De Rosa and kept it. It was just better, in any possible cycling circumstance. A year after, not being a steel fan and wanting to try ti again, I got myself a Merlin. Nothing, even this rig didn't match the performance of my Pegoretti, and got sold.
In brief, it bites the tarmac, it tracks like it's on rails, it's comfortable, and even decently light, at slightly under 8kg, with a really heavy saddle, a no nonsense 10spd Ultegra, and training tubular tyres. The only high end parts are an Ingrid chainset and a light set of carbon wheels by Marchisio.
Well... 8 well welded tubes.

 

[foz]

Can we have more pics please!

 

[novekili]

Sure, teardrop tubes, Ingrid cranks, "faces" paintjob

 

[novekili]

Bottom Bracket and adjustable dropouts

 

[novekili]

And a Better overall pic. Not too flashy, but an absolutely incredibile bike.

 

[Nob]

Nice Frame

 

[dirttorpedo]

That's cool

 

[novekili]

Thanks. I got stoked by how such a simple steel frame can surpass high end ti frames in terms of performance. I had a similar steel bike by a world renown Italian artesan and it wasn't nearly as good.

 

[dirttorpedo]

Interesting. I owned a very nice GT edge made of steel and enjoyed riding it until I replaced it with an Asian manufactured Ti bike. I think I like the Ti bike slightly more than the steel one, but that GT was a very nice bike and I'd probably buy it back from the fellow I sold it to if he wanted to get rid of it.

I believe the steel Edge frames were made in Colorado.

 

[novekili]

I don't know, but this Pegoretti has something special. I had a similar frame by another well respected, rich in tradition, Italian builder, handmade by Italian master welders. Similar steel, too, Columbus Foco with teardrop tubes (these are teardrop Deda pipes), and It wasn't nearly as good. And, ad I said, the two ti frames I comparwd It to were a De Rosa and a Merlin. I kind of understand why, when It came to building Tour winning bikes, Pinarello, Carrera and Bianchi hot the frames built by Dario. As he used to Say, "the best builder you've never heard of".