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That bike is a keeper. Bill Lange made about 200 custom, bespoke frames. The frames that you will find will more often than not be very large frames or very small. He is considered one of SA's best frame builders. The one LooseCog gave me is made from Reynolds 653 tubing. The name De'Lange is a play on words. It's actually a name of a Col in France, the Col de Lange (say with French accent). The meaning of the word (loosely translated) means mountain of angels,or something to that effect. If you look closely at the logo/crest headbadge you will see it looks like an angel. Angel wings and a chainring as a halo. The legendary Ron Thompson was involved with Bill and came up with the logo/badge and the name del'ange. I bought a set of original decals from Ron a whole ago. I now need to restore the frame.

Just received my wheel truing stand. Not bad at all for R765.00 Perfect for home use and its nice and light and compact.

R765.00 from my LBS, should be here this Friday.

That's exactly what I thought. Have already enquired at my LBS.

I would say those groupsets need to be swapped around. The Colnago has to have that Campy groupo on and the Daccordi will look awesome with the Sante'. Just my 2c worth

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I would be interested in the frame if you selling. What size Centre to Centre please. PM Sent

Look, if I had the million odd rand for the collection I would have it about now. For me I love riding the few vintage bikes I have. If I had a collection that size I would display it. I don't see the point in just having them hidden away. I would have some kind of museum so others can appreciate the classics. It's not everyday you see 150 odd vintage bikes under 1 roof. Share the enjoyment is my philosophy.

Here is my 1989 Hansom, Reynolds 525 Tubing with 7 Speed 105. My parents bought me the bike brand new from Dave Wiseman and I have owned it ever since. I got my Natal colours on it in 1991. I resurrected it about 2 years ago. The groupset is from a donor bike, but is exactly the same as the one I had on. The original groupset was in bad shape due to many accidents racing as a schoolboy. The frame was resprayed the original colour and my paint guy masked all the original decals, so those are still all original. I also still have my original SKS pump that stays on the bike now. I rode my very first Amashova on it in 1992, and last year I rode the bike again in that race after more than 20 years. I still love riding that bike, just so many memories and history. The Colnago is my more recent restoration.

Very nice. Always an issue when you Polish cranks the markings dissappear. Well done, they look very good.

Looks good. What exactly did you engrave and who did it?

That is Very nice...

I am thinking about manufacturing replacment/replica Time Cleats (Image Below). Before I head down the road and get them reverse engineered I need to find out what interest there would be in making them. The back Cleat will be made of bronze alloy and the front out of aluminium. Obviously I cant give a cost at the moment as the more units ordered the price will go down. Let me know if there is an interest and I can get the process rolling.

Best R500 you have ever spent. Looks really good. Now promise you will ride her now and again.

Just my size

Thanks so much Evan.

Exactly what I am looking for... I have a set of cleats, just need some nice condition pedals... I so wish Time started making these again. Best pedals I have ever owned..

Delgado on that bike.

Love the detail on the brake bridge, and the fully chromed frame with that blue paint over it, so much depth.

It's nice sharing a passion with like minded people. With a lot of these older bikes, dating them if you don't know the history of the bike can at times be tricky. Lots of knowledge here on the hub and collectively the guys figure out quite a lot just from images of bikes. Some good people here.

Nice. The tube flutes don't look as pronounced on your frame as on other Masters, could be the colour that's throwing me off.The only Mexico that had fluted tubes were Nuovo Mexico and they were only made for 2 years as far as I know. Always nice to know exactly what you have, gives you a better idea on what it needs to take it back to original...

I would put this frame somewhere near the mid to late '80's. I think it was '87/88 that Colnago replaced the word "Colnago" stamped in the seat stay and replaced it with the "Clubs" logo. Some info on the Supers http://www.velo-retro.com/colnagotline.html

I think loose the gold on the campag emblem, otherwise keep as is.

Correct, the nuovo Mexico had the crimped tubes, the Mexico was pretty much a super. The only difference is the the Mexico had "colnago" stamped in the chain stays. The components that came off the bike were Pat. 84.

New member of the family. 1983/4 Colnago Mexico in Serroni Red. She is in immaculate condition.