Venetro Spectrum

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Hi everybody,

First post on retrobike. I'm looking for information about this road Veneto Spectrum I bought a few weeks ago. The geometry is quite similar to the Peugeot Outdoor even the colors. This Veneto is a steel frame cromoly 4130 with 3x7s Nexave, mini tektro v-brakes. Any information about year. I would be happy to find a catalogue of this model.

Thanks in advance

 

[non-fixie]

The Veneto brand was acquired by Orbea in the nineties. I'm not familiar with their sales strategy at the time, but the bikes may have been available solely though large resellers, such as El Corte Inglés or other chain stores, so you may have to look for their brochures and catalogues.

 

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Thanks I will try to find this

 

[foz]

The paint job makes it early 00's. It's a hybrid, not a road bike.

 

[non-fixie]

It's a hybrid, not a road bike.

True. But what's in a name? Add drop bars and wider tyres and you've got a '20's gravel bike in a '30's color scheme.

 

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True. But what's in a name? Add drop bars and wider tyres and you've got a '20's gravel bike in a '30's color scheme.

I knewn it wasnt a road bike. As the Peugeot catalogue, there are hybrid bikes. Do my post is in the wrong place ?


Also true ! There are plenty of room on the frame and fork for wider tyres.

 

[non-fixie]

I knewn it wasnt a road bike. As the Peugeot catalogue, there are hybrid bikes. Do my post is in the wrong place ?

I don't think so. There isn't a hybrid forum AFIK, and all other Venetos I have seen were road bikes.

What are your plans with it?

 

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Not sure yet, any suggestions ?

 

[non-fixie]

If it were mine, I'd indeed be tempted to install the widest tyres that fit, drop bars and a pair of cheap 3x7 brifters. And a set of cantilever brakes, as the v-brakes don't play nice with the brifters.

 

[hamster]

True. But what's in a name? Add drop bars and wider tyres and you've got a '20's gravel bike in a '30's color scheme.

The problem often is that hybrids have longer top tubes as the fit is for flat bars. Go for it by all means but check top tube length first to avoid disappointment.