Lucky Fish Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) Have I bought a treasure or a lemon? OVERVIEW The frame is badly painted and some of the detail is clearly painted by hand. The frame seems to be steel and regrettably not a Titanium frame. The size of the bike is a 57-58. I have weighed the bike in an ‘as is’ condition and it weighs a round 8kg. THE BARS are inscribed with the Olympic rings and the word “COMPITIZIONE”. On the one side there is a logo showing the ‘3 ttt’ logo encircled by a wreath. FRONT FORK. From images on the net I could see it is a Cenelli fork. WHEELS AND TYRES. The rims are Mavic GEL 280 tubbys and the words ‘Campagnolo Record’ appear on the hubs. SADDLE is a ‘San Marco Rolls’. CRANK SET is Sugino I bought the bike from Cash Converters. I’ll reveal the price I paid in the near future. Of course, my biggest concern is what the value of the bike is. If it is not an absolute treasure I will restore the bike to pristine condition and use it as a single speed commuter. Edited October 10, 2012 by "V"
DR ◣◢ Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Good looking bike Depending on price, I would say a treasure.
RockCoach Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Damn you. You do love to brag I've been searching for something like this for a while now. I often look in Cash Converters.
Lucky Fish Posted October 10, 2012 Author Posted October 10, 2012 So, it seems as if the price was not too bad!
HeartCoppi Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 The value lies in the: (1) the stem (cinelli grammo titanium) Beautiful!!!(2) the 3ttt bars (3) the wheelset with lovely record large flange hubs.(4) can't really identify the pin and waver a guess at GSbut, sorry the frame isn't a cinelli pista at first glance.sorry if i missed something, but we'd need a look at the bb shell as well.
Shebeen Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 total lemon. will give you five hundred bucks and it's cheap school fees for you.
RockCoach Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 So, it seems as if the price was not too bad! I hate you even more now.
Wazza_pe Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Not that I'm any specialist in identifying bikes, but I really don't think it looks like a Cinelli frame.Still think it was a great bargain though, lucky find. I've built 2 bikes up recently, loads of fun, enjoy!
dalem44 Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Sorry to hijack but I saw an old Raleigh Flyer MKIII at a pawn shop today. It has the old "Raleigh Springs South Africa" badge on the front, a brooks saddle and ?Weideman brakes? It was a road bike and not a chopper and I cannot seem to find a pic online. Is this worth anything?
TNT1 Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Not that I'm any specialist in identifying bikes, but I really don't think it looks like a Cinelli frame.Still think it was a great bargain though, lucky find. I've built 2 bikes up recently, loads of fun, enjoy! Ya, I'm pretty certain it's not a Cinelli, but for the bits on it, that price is awesome.
LeTurbo Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Heartcoppi's the man who knows about these things. Even if it's not a Cinelli, it looks rather nice. How does she ride? Dalem, I can't say I rate Raleighs highly, perhaps 'cos my boet had one in the 70s and it was a tank of note. That said, to me, all old bikes are worth something.
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