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Did some work for me too, nice guy and up front.

I reckon renting a unit for a specific event makes more sense. No outlay for something that more often than not becomes a white elephant. Also with rental you get the latest technology, so no worries about upgrading an already expensive unit.

Generally on the road you ride at a more consistent pedal cadence and more often a higher cadence. A shorter crank arm allows for a higher/smoother pedal action (less circumference to travel around, the shorter the crank arm) Track riders tend to use 165-170mm cranks, thats good for a fixed geared bike, helps with a nice smooth high cadence when things heat up. On a mountain bike you often ride at lower cadence's and have tough (walking pace climbs), here you need the leverage of a longer crank arm where high cadence does not come into play. Hope that all makes sense...

I know Clayton Blacker does it. Give the guys at KT Cycles in Pinetown a ring (031 702 9899), they will have his details. He also works from their shop on a Friday afternoon.

Great event, good route, Do it...

I get a similar thing. I suffer with allergies at certain times of the year. Kind of hayfever but worse, with the result my throat closes up. 2013 94.7 I had to pull out at the 30km mark, just couldn't get enough oxygen. I also suffer with post nasal drip and congestion. Doctor has me on Fexo 180mg anti histomins (1 a day, everyday), Avamys nasal spray (only use when the allergy gets bad and Venteze inhaler (I use before and after a ride if I can feel I am struggling to breath freely). So far it seems to be working. I have been riding/racing for nearly 25 years and have only developed this issue in the last 5 or so years. I would say see a doctor and see what they say. Please remember the plan I am on is one prescribed by my doctor, in no way am I saying follow what I am on. But it is controllable.

RIP and thoughts with you and your family.

I have always found the burg wheeler guys to be very friendly and helpful. Hatton cycles in PMB should have their club details.

I would say before you do anything to the frame try and get to the bottom of what frame it is. You don't want to be fitting brakes, etc to a bike that could be worth a something. It certainly looks unique, not sure if it is rare or worth a huge amount, but do some research and find out more about it.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread109089.html Take a look at the link, the lug work fits. But Vincini was/is an Italian built bike, so that doesn't fit with what you have been told.

Ok so its a track frame, the brake calliper made it look like a road frame. Double crown fork crowns were fairly common in the '60's. Cinelli being one of the more famous users of it (to my knowledge). You said something about "Vince" being used as a brand/frame marking. Vincini comes to mind, but they weren't locally made as far as I know. The lug work fits, but the seat clamp is still throwing me off.

Possibly would have also said "De Lange". From the first picture it also looks like the fork has a double crown, not very common on locally built bikes. Presuming the fork is original. An interesting frame, cant say I have ever seen a seat lug like that before.

Yeah the smaller frame sizes did, around 50/52cm and smaller.

Yeah CAD 3 for sure. I ride a 15 year old CAD 3, have had it repainted. I weigh just over 90kg's and its never given me any hassles. Rode a sub 3hr Amashova on it. I am running Ultegra 10 speed on it. They great frames, worth it if you can get for a good price.

Yes that is what I also thought, I cant see any curve in the seat-stays. Maybe a closer picture will show better. Either way R5500.00 is too much.

If you can get it for a good price its a great frame. You can never go wrong with a Cannondale, their aluminium frames are brilliant. Maybe see if you can get the guy down to a fair price.

Looks like either a CAD 2 or CAD 3, CAAD 4 and onwards had the curved seat-stays. Also cant really see what components it has on, judging by the wheels looks fairly entry level, maybe Tiagra. I reckon R5500 is a bit much if so.

Depends on the condition of the frame. If it's OK leave it as is. If it's in bad shape restore it to original. A master or any other classic Italian frame should really be kept as original as possible. That way it retains its value. I have seen a bike done by Cycledelic, if you in the joburg area. Alain on the hub had a Colnago done by them, looks awesome. Do some research and take your time before deciding on how or what to do to the frame. Can't get much better than a Colnago Master. Just my 2 cents worth.

Take lots of pictures of the frame before stripping the paint. Measure out where the decals are placed and document that. Get replica decals made before removing the old ones. I like to take bikes back to their original colour scheme. Although an alpina won't be that valuable to most, they have a history in SA and u like that. I have a '89 hansom which I fully restored, my folks bought me the bike when I was 16.once again not much monetary value, but a lot more value to me. Plascon removall works well to get the paint off, try and avoid sandblasting, my painter hates sandblasted frames, more difficult to prepare. Let's see some pics of the bike/frame.

If you cant do it yourself then try a thread removal specialist. They will have all the relevant tools/equipment needed. When you put the new ones on, give the screws a coating of copper slip, that way the screw wont seize.

Brilliant riding. Was there yesterday, be careful of snakes. My son nearly rode right over one. Don't know what it was, didn't stick around too long... Very good, well groomed trails. Well worth the visit.

I ride a cannondale Road bike and live in durban, lots of oxidisation of aluminium where I live. I put copper slip on every screw, bolt and thread ie. BB cups, headset, stem and seat post, pedals. It's the only thing that I have found works for creaks. It also make the removal of all these parts simple as nothing corrodes and makes removal of threaded parts easy.

Damn, that's a very sweet ride. Very, very nice. Not easy to get them in such good condition. 6 bikes in the last 6 weeks... Lol and I thought I had a problem... They say the first step in recovery is acknowledging that you have a problem.... Lol.

That's a very good price I would say. It looks in extremely good condition. Nice unique buy. I like it a lot.

Yip a lot did but shimano looked more classic back then. It's very cutting edge now days in terms of style, I have nothing against shimano (I ride it on my bike), but campag still has so much style that goes with the high tech of modern group sets. Shimano just doesn't have style... My 2 cents anyway...