Swany05 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Merry Xmas all, i hope everyone has had an awesome holiday so far. The heat today has halted any aspirations of being on a bike so i decided to start ith some projects laying around the garage. I recently picked up two frames, one is an Alan and the other a Sintesi. I wasnt going to bother with the latter but thought about building some hybrid nonsense a while ago and it may actually work Any info on these frames would be greatly appreciated The Alan Super Record: The Sintesi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swany05 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Ok so after some decent google-fu i have think i may have figured the age of the Alan frame. The seat tube is stamped with Alan980 which apparently means September 1980. Also checked the lugs and cannot find any cracks so ill be starting a build project once i find the desired parts looking at a campy groupset, probably 8 speed at the most as the rear is spaced at 126mm, saying that im not quite sure how campagnolo works with regards to gearing. Also would like to run some italian hubs laced to a set of decent rims, 32-38mm tyres on the front and 28mm at the rear as the clearance looks a bit min. If anyone knows of anything floating about looking for a new home ill be happy to consider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmarc Posted December 28, 2018 Share Are you sure the rear spacing is 126mm, this was the old spacing for a 6 or 7 speed road bike, i would have thought a 1980 frame would be 130mm which is for 8 - 10 speed. I think you would struggle to get an 8 spd Campy gruppo, rather try for a 9 or 10 spd that frame can be widened out a bit to take a 130mm rear hub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swany05 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Yeah measured it, if I can run 9 or 10spd that would be perfect actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted December 28, 2018 Share Over and above checking the lugs for cracks, also check very carefully that the tubes are still bonded perfectly into the lugs. Some, the big ones, were glued and some, the small ones, were screwed. Basically try to pull each tube out of its lug and look for movement. Then twist each tube and lug and look for movement. Twist the whole frame and check. Feel and listen for creaks / clicks / grates when you do this. Often feeling / listening will give the loose one away before you see movement. The most likely tubes to come toose are the top tube - seat tube join and the downtube - BB join. They were often built with Shimano groupsets, but I agree that an 8 speed Campy groupset will really be nice. Top of the line will be Campy C-Record, but those are scarce and very expensive. You are lucky that it has its seat post, because it is an unusual diameter and not easy to find. Personally, I think those Alan frames were some of the nicest looking ones ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleming Posted December 28, 2018 Share It looks like the seat stays are bolted to the dropouts on the Sintesi. If so it could be used for a interesting belt drive singlespeed build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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