TheCyclingRooster
Veteran
- Location
- Scarisbrick,Lancashire
Hi to all of you out there and especially to those that occasionally stray away from the expected.
Well after realising that my rather nice 52cm Benotto Modelo 850 was just a little bit of a stretch to reach the floor when coming to a halt (without carrying a brick on a length of twine) I decided to strip it down and transfer all applicable parts plus a few new items to create a rather tasty 50cm Bianchi Via Nirone 7 Alu Carbon frame that I collected from just outside of Durham.
The Bianchi is running on Campagnolo Veloce 10spd flat-bar levers with a triple Stronglight chainring set-up on THorn 140 cranks.
The wheels are Mavic Aksium on Mavic Aksium cartridge hubs with bladed spokes indeed the same running gear set-up as my Steve Goff Columbus tubed frame.
Yes,the pedals are my trusty old Marcel Berthet Lyotard Platform Pedals from way back in the 1960's along with Christophe toe-clips and QR leather straps.
The Bianchi is a delight to ride and all ratios are fully obtainable albeit for most of my current riding the middle 38T ring and the 46T (big ring !!) will more than do.
Well after realising that my rather nice 52cm Benotto Modelo 850 was just a little bit of a stretch to reach the floor when coming to a halt (without carrying a brick on a length of twine) I decided to strip it down and transfer all applicable parts plus a few new items to create a rather tasty 50cm Bianchi Via Nirone 7 Alu Carbon frame that I collected from just outside of Durham.
The Bianchi is running on Campagnolo Veloce 10spd flat-bar levers with a triple Stronglight chainring set-up on THorn 140 cranks.
The wheels are Mavic Aksium on Mavic Aksium cartridge hubs with bladed spokes indeed the same running gear set-up as my Steve Goff Columbus tubed frame.
Yes,the pedals are my trusty old Marcel Berthet Lyotard Platform Pedals from way back in the 1960's along with Christophe toe-clips and QR leather straps.
The Bianchi is a delight to ride and all ratios are fully obtainable albeit for most of my current riding the middle 38T ring and the 46T (big ring !!) will more than do.
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