On Apr 27, 2014, at 9:53 am, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > The frameset arrived today. I bought it as 'new old stock' from a chap in > the Netherlands who seems to deal in bike bits. It's a purpose-built > cyclocross frameset from the late 80s / early 90s, branded Concorde Toscana. > > Here it is in my back yard: > > <http://www.web-options.com/Concorde/>
That is a nice-looking frame. I like the lug work. And it's nice without being flashy. > The seat-tube, top-tube and chainstays are exactly the same length as my > Roberts. The head tube is a little shorter than the Roberts, and the angles > are not quite as relaxed - they seem to be about 1 degree more upright. I > can expect a slightly twitchier ride with a more aggressive position, so I > wouldn't expect to use it for long tours - but that's not what it's for. I > think it should be fine for muddy days in the great unpaved. I put some training wheels back on my TT race bike today and took it out for a ride... you want aggressive & twitchy try riding that! Swapping those wheels is quite frustrating as it means changing the brake pads over for the different rim material, and the brakes are not located in the usual positions. I hate aligning brakes even when they're conveniently positioned, but I am getting better at it. > It's never been built up, so I'll be taking it in to the workshop to get the > necessary bits faced, reamed and Waxoyled, and to get my parts list priced > up and ordered. Then hopefully I can get the build underway. Jolly exciting. And you'll have it built just in time for winter and all the mud that cyclocross entails :) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
