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Here’s my ride, riding it every day though Holland in any weather.
Built around a tight-clearance vintage track frame, probably from the 70′s or 80′s. Maker unknown. Paintjob with “Giovanni” text probably done in the 90′s. Nicely made frame with many details, there is also a logo consisting of a heart with a C around it. If anyone knows more about this mark, please let me know! Tubing seems columbus. It has nice and rare Zeus dropouts.
Parts:
Shortened Charge riser or 90′s Cinelli track bar
Sakae Ringyo Royal stem (riser) or 90′s Cinelli stem (track bars)
Kashimax Aero NJS saddle, padded (80′s version with Aero txt, wearing off though)
Ritchey seatpost
Sugino 75 NJS cranks with Sugino Zen NJS chainring 49t
Sugino 75 NJS bottom bracket
MKS Royal Nuevo NJS or simple Wellgo
KMC chain
Formula rear hub (gold)
Halo cog 17t
Halo lockring (gold)
MKS Chain tensioners NJS (Looks nicer without, but more convenient for an excellent chainline that needs little adjustment.)
Rear wheel
Weinmann DP 18 / black spokes / gold formula hub
Front wheel
Spinergy Rev-X “Super Stiff” (The nicest carbon wheels if you ask me.)
The best thing about it is how it runs so smoothly and silently I only hear the wind going through my wheels. This is mainly due to the Sugino 75 / Zen combination. That’s right that’s why they call them “Zen”!
Thanks for checking out my bike. I hope someone can ID my frame for me, I’d love to know what maker it was and approximately when it was made.
-Peter
Submitted by Peter
15 Comments Received
March 26th, 2011 @1:27 am
Spinergy killed it.
March 26th, 2011 @7:46 am
match the front to the rear wheel,sell the Spin,take a tour with the money.enjoy
March 26th, 2011 @10:24 am
Thanks for responding! Sloman’s suggestion is easy, I got a similar wheel in storage. Check my old setup with ’77 Sugino maxy: http://94.100.118.209/909350001-909400000/909373401-909373500/909373408_6_UTV3.jpeg
I notice there’s lots of spinergy hate on this website but come on guys, it’s an iconic wheel of the 90′s and with the little resistance the flat blades give it was a winner of it’s day. It’s fast and with its characteristic sound when rolling, nothing but love here for the spinergy.
-Peter
March 26th, 2011 @12:35 pm
the characteristic sounds when rolling – whoosh, crack, crash, weeee ooooo.
i kid along, i love spinergys. though they are problematic.
March 26th, 2011 @1:27 pm
Hi Wes,
Oh yes that persistent internet myth!
Let me clarify this: Reality is that they only had some incidents with their first model. The hub design was radically changed and it was a winning wheel for the next decade. (These are late Super Stiffs, the strongest version.) Rev X only went out of production due to changed safety rules for mass start races in which the sharp blades were deemed too dangerous.
-Peter
March 26th, 2011 @4:37 pm
ahhh the super stiffs. those i have no problems with. lovely wheel the Rev-X is.
March 26th, 2011 @11:26 pm
Beautiful frame! What part of black goes with it?
March 27th, 2011 @4:06 am
Thanks. I love the tight clearances on this one.
I agree, an all white and / or silver classical build would do it more justice.
But can’t help it, loving to ride that black wheel! Going to take it out for a spin right now, lovely sunny day.
March 28th, 2011 @8:38 am
Like them spinergy’s waaay better than aerospokes. Often looks good on a trackbike with risers. It does look good on your bike, maybe a black seat would make a better color scheme. Beautiful bike none the less! 10*
March 28th, 2011 @11:36 am
im usually not a fan of the “aero-carbon wheel front and spoked wheel back” look….i guess because i see so many front aerospoke tarck bike builds…
but i really like this bike the way it is. i sort of think of myself as a bike build snob lol, and although there are things about this build i would normally not like, i just cant help but really like this bike.
the frame is very cool.
whats funny is the white saddle looks like its been blued by riding it with blue jeans, and it actually looks really good that way and matches the bike frame.
i tend to swap around bike parts from my various bikes to get a good balance between functionality and aesthetics, if this were my bike i would try and see what the bike looks like with a black tire in the back, or maybe just switches tires (white up front, black back). may not look good, but maybe it will by balancing the bike out visually (now there is lots of white in the back, lots of black up front.)
anywho its a nice bike. kudos.
March 28th, 2011 @12:37 pm
@ illdthedj Thanks for the nice compliments! You’re right I ride it a lot wearing blue jeans, coloring the saddle. I did some tyre switching before, black back tyre was ok. The white tyre on the front somehow looked silly, hard to explain. I now run cheap white Vittoria Rubino’s with black stripes on the rear because all white rear tires wear out so fast.
Still looking for the meaning of that logo on the rearstay. Got any idea? Someone suggested DeRosa-Cinelli, wouldn’t that be something, but that doesn’t make sense as there is no Cinelli on the BB-shell. Also, the BB is BSA threaded and one would expect Italian threads on a build like that. But who knows, maybe an odd personal build. The tight geometry is much more Japanese than most Euro-made bikes, adding to the mystery.
March 28th, 2011 @12:47 pm
I’m into the version in that link…though I prefer the Kashimax and the riser. The blue and white with those gold hubs looks tops. As for aero wheels….sorry but I’m all about a well built spoked wheel.
March 31st, 2011 @7:41 am
Hi,
True there is something undenyably graceful about classical spoked wheels, I’m expecially fond of Araya Gold rims on NJS frames such as that wonderful Reminton on this site.
Riding qualities aside, the spinergy looks pretty cool when rolling though. It’s something that just catches your eyes. My friend also has one and I love to just watch it roll when we ride together.
March 31st, 2011 @9:28 am
Peter, no aero hate intended. I just find the mechanics involved in a traditional spoke wheel very interesting and impressive.
March 31st, 2011 @11:57 am
None taken. Your point is very valid, spoked wheels are very graceful and fittings this bike full-out with classical parts would do it more justice than my current setup.
I’ll admit in the beginning I also didn’t really like Spinergy’s until I saw them in real life. They have a genuine industrial feel to them, more real than most aero wheels. But aero wheels they are.
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