I know that proper bike photo’s require the big ring.. but this bike almost never get’s there.. perpetual little ring cruising!
The paint matched Wound Up carbon fork is pretty much the coolest addition to any custom build, coming up I could never afford a Wound Up but all the coolest messenger bikes had them. I love how the grease and dirt has slowly crept up the fork bla
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The Cinelli Alter stem was one of the most iconic components to come out of the 90’s cycling scene. Non practical, a bitch to install and prone to failures from all the bolts that you could over tighten, these are the coolest non essential stem EVER
You have Campy cool.. and then you have Titanium Record 8 speed campy cool… . i have always thought that you don’t really need more than 8 gears, this along with the Dura-Ace flight deck 8spd group was the high water mark of brifters..(ATMO). These
While they are no Delta’s these Campy Record Brakes are pretty flossy, and they “kinda” stop the bike.. The Mango 1 1/8 Chris King headset is on of the few non period correct parts on the bike. While I think it would be cool to swap in a silver or
I like to use the cheapest cloth bar tape I can find, wrap it as tight as I can, then let it be forever. The patina from sweat, rain, dirt and life in general just gets better with time.. Eventually it becomes, to me at least, the most perfect bar
LEGALIZE SPINACII!!! if you are not familiar with the battle cry go HERE and read all about it. I got these Spinaci’s directly from Cinelli for a trip years ago.. but they are not made for oversized bars, so they went into the collection. A fri
Classic 80’s gearing of 53/39 on this once pristine Campy Record crankset keeps this big perpetually in the little ring. One of the few non period correct parts besides the Chris King HS these BMX pedals keep things chill…and also a little terrifyi
CROLL was a Minneapolis based custom bike builder, I can only guess that this frame was built sometime in the late 90’s to be a criterium race bike. All of these are assumptions, based on the geo and build. But it is cool to know I am cruising ar
All the small parts on the frame are from local legend Tom Ritchey, so once again it is rad to be on a USA hand made frame, with local pieces!!!
The proof is in the puddlng
Another ultimate cool piece of equipment was the Selle Italia SLR saddle.. once again never had the money to get one when I was coming up, but for the Croll I dug deep into the collect to find the “cleanest” one I had. The thinest of padding, total
The best and worst.. built in seat clamps sweat class and style…but one wrong turn of the wrench and your frame is toast. So once this was set it was has not been touched in 4 years. I also think the MASH friendship bracelet imbibes some luck in ke
8 speeds, and one of the classiest rear derailleur to ever come out of Italy. This has never been adjusted, a credit to Wilis at Deluxe who tuned the bike before it came my way. Maybe in only has 8 speeds, but i think the fact that it can shift f
I think the 4 years of collect grease and dirt on these Campy hubs will cause some people to seize up, but for me it is like the rings of a tree, illustrating years of growth and cruising. Security skewers are huge part of this chill ride as I can
It takes years of calculated neglect to create grease marks such as this. Truly an ode to the craftsmanship and precision put into these hubs, they still spin as fast and true as the day i got them.
Deep dish alloy race wheels where the coolest of cool in the 80’s and 90’s. before 80mm deep disc brake carbon rims, the Campy Shamal / VENTO and Mavic Cosmic wheel-sets were raced by in pro pelotons around the world. These at the time where the p
Even the 90’s graphic ‘s and front screen speed and the illusion of high tech.
The little things such as the clippy jawn left over from a messenger shift years ago and the frame pump tab on the head tube continue to bring me stoke every time I hop on this bike. Hopefully one I day i will slam that stem to complete the “aero a
Hand built USA goodness combined with the finest Italy could produce in the mid 90’s !
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