Concorde Columbo

Bought this a few months back from Tel on here. Thought it best to stick the odd photo on here as, well, I am running low on bikes to show now.

Always liked the Concorde brand as per the PDM team days, this is a lower spec frame but it is very nicely finished - there are the odd rust spots and so on but I suspect a refurb would be expensive and its not that bad. It does however, still look pretty good with a bit of age on it.

So to the spec...

Frame: Concorde Columbus Aelle

Fork: Concorde

Headset: Shimano 600
Stem: Cinelli 1a?
Handlebar: Cinelli
Bar Tape: Masi (am guessing)

Brake Levers/Brifters: Shimano 600
Brake Calipers: Shimano 600 Dual Pivot
Brake Pads: n/a
Brake Cables: n/a

Shifters: Shimano 600 - friction mode
Front Derailleur: Shimano 600
Rear Derailleur: Shimano 600
Cassette: Sh.. you get the idea

Cranks:
Chainrings: Biopace (mk2 ones)
Bottom Bracket: n/a
Pedals: Time Classique

Rims: Wolber
Hubs: Shimano 600
Hub Skewers: as above
Tyres: Vittoria Corsa


Saddle: Trimatic
Seatpost: 600
Seatpost Binder: integrated

Bottle Cage: no
Extras: no


Credit where its due to Tel, who put it together, not a sqeak, rattle or bolt out of place - rides perfect.

Is it a keeper? hmm, not sure as yet, very nice to ride, very pleasing to look at, however, it could be just one bike too many for me. Other option is use it as a run-around, but suspect that in Brighton I would just be waiting for the parts to get stripped off it decisions, decisions!

Lovely lines and a great colourway too

Seeing as the general quality of your common or garden 'Winter Bike' has just been upped by ededwards, Might confine this to that purpose.

That means the Roberts gets a Winter holiday, seeing as it was doing the Winter stuff.

Thanks for the comments.

New Pic - decided to do the Winter thing with this bike - seeing as we can't all have Columbus Max Winter hacks

Put my Roberts away for the next few months and started using this one today.

Changes are:

Crud Race-Guards
Time All-Road (atac style)
Lights (not shown).
Co2 / manual pump.
Bottle Cage.

(edit: mud guards were mid fitting at time of pic)

I do like that...

Let us know how you find the crud guard things!

They look like really close fitting guards. I quite like them.

Still a great looking bike. I was so happy with the result, albeit I had to rob parts from my own bike to get it upto a good standard.

Glad to see its in good hands, but a winter bike!? My fingers are still aching from the polishing!

Tel":2jy8gkwu said:

...... but a winter bike!? My fingers are still aching from the polishing!

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It'll not see much in the way of rain or sludge I can assure you - the MTBs are out and ready for that!

But anything like a CTC run or similar will be happily done on it as its so nice to ride.

But, it appears that right now I have quite a pile of un-finisheds that need sorting so its a bit of a needs must unless I find something remarkably cheap and cheerful (and nice).