My Italian and Belgian bikes

Hello all,

new here, I posted in the other section about my upcoming Bottecchia build.

Just thought I'd share my collection of road bikes, all steel frames running more modern 10 speed Campag running gear so my various selection of wheels are interchangeable.
Denti Road Tech 5

Simoncini

Brian Rourke

Merckx Team Panasonic 1985

My Brian Rourke is actually using the above black Shamals with Veloflex tyres at the moment as the silver Shamals are tubular and Sunday best only. The Merckx is currently rolling on some Chorus hubs with Vittoria Corsa graphene tyres seen here

And I hope to be adding a full silver Campag Bottecchia soon. If you see me riding around London and the south east on any of these give me a wave

Rourke looking good with those Shamals on

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Thanks, it has a sparkly paint job done by Bob Jackson, so in the sun with those wheels it really dazzles.

I haven't updated this in ages and there's been a few additions and sadly a fatality since.my last post, so as its lashing it down with rain and I can't get motivated to go out, I'll update this instead. I'll no doubt soon be read the riot act and be forced to scale back the number of bikes, so I'll post this now as a peak bike reminder for me to look back on it later years a reflect on.

Starting off with the fatality, the Brian Rourke above is no more. RIP. It was killed and folded in on itself after crashing into a labradoodle (the labradoodle was fine).

The Denti I still have and finished a refurb on it last week, returning it back to life with its original fork and quill stem, now with some Zonda wheels and 28c tyres. Has some cool spearpoint lugs and gilco teardrop shaped main tubes and fast back seat stays.




The Simoncini I still have, but again have returned it to a quill stem and added the Columbus Max fork. Its a bit small for me but is a great riding bike and now looks like this.

And I've still got my Team Panasonic and that had a recent refresh with 28c tyres but still running shiny 10 speed Chorus.

As a fan of Max I also got this Nikor, Italian made but don't know by who, running 10 speed Campag and Archetype rims and 28c tyres.

I do like an Eddy, and have since got a few more. A rare chrome Reynolds 753 in a dreamy green.



I've got 2 MX Leaders, a Domo Farm Frites that's just also been refreshed with 28 tyres.


And a green one with flouro accents, seen here with some shiny Shamals



I've got this ex pro rider Marco Lietti Bottecchia that I've kitted out with 10 speed Campag but kept the Mavic Starfish crank but fitted it with modern rings to run 10 speed.



A Tommasini Super Prestige, another rowdy 90's paint scheme with stampeding stallions running across the top tube

And the rowdiest of the bunch, my Mario Martini painted Columbus Max Somec with panto bits.



And I've also got a old school 26er hardtail, a On One 456 Ti, built by Litespeed, think its about 2008

And from approx the same year, maybe not yet vintage but definitely a classic. I'm sneaking it in here with the rest of them for fleet complete-ness, and it does have lugs A Look 585.

Wow, that is a very nice collection indeed! I honestly don't know which is my favourite!

Mostly steel with proper stems, rim brakes and mechanical gear changers.

What's not to like about them?

You could win RBotM every month for a year with this lot. So love the Denti.

Great collection of bikes, all tastefully appointed.

Thanks for the compliments folks.

I like to build up at least one bike a year, the problem is I then ride them and get hopelessly sentimentally attached, so when the time comes to cull the herd its going to be very hard deciding what to let go.

And sheesh thankfully the sky seems to have run out of rain, a boat would have been a better option than a bike this week.

PS there's a ti Merckx up on blocks waiting for a new Columbus Max fork that I hope to build up in the next month, so will post that when done too.

Botty Kayer said:

PS there's a ti Merckx up on blocks waiting for a new Columbus Max fork that I hope to build up in the next month, so will post that when done too.

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You are blowing my mind!