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Hello fellow Rb'ers.
After a long time lurking, I thought it was about time I actually posted my bikes. So, first up is my Concorde badged TVT 92 Carbone.
I bought the frame early last year from RB's very own Elev12k (cheers Mel, that garden table of yours is like some bike frame casting couch!).
The TVT 92 was the frame that I dreamed about as a junior racer back in the day. I always wanted to know what it was like to ride one of these having watched many of my heroes in the late 80's flying up the worlds most legendary mountains on one. A bit of a "crisis" bike you might say!
I built it up with a pile of Dura-Ace 7402 I had sitting in a box just waiting to be used again. I did have to find a few parts to complete the set, such as brake levers and a 25mm DA seatpost, but other than that it was pretty much ready to build up. I had one nice little find on ebay which was a pair of TVT badged Look Deltas in the same colour as the frame.
I must mention the wheels. They are Campagnolo Omega Strada V laced to Spidel cartridge bearing hubs (I believe these were re-badged Maillard 700s?). I bought them new in 1988 and were built by a chap at Stonehenge Cycles in Salisbury. They have been raced, crashed, dropped down pot-holes and kerbs at speed and survived the student years being used as apres-pub transport. The hubs are as smooth and the rims as round as the day they were made. I had them checked last year and neither wheel was out by more than a few mm laterally. Bomb-proof!
The bike did not disappoint and I have loved every mile on it as I've explored all my favourite roads and climbs in Dorset. The frame seems to assist you when climbing sat in the saddle. It's not flexy, not like a 979, but more "springy" which seems to work with your efforts rather than wasting them.
Ok, I've waffled on enough now so time for a few pics. I hope you like.
After a long time lurking, I thought it was about time I actually posted my bikes. So, first up is my Concorde badged TVT 92 Carbone.
I bought the frame early last year from RB's very own Elev12k (cheers Mel, that garden table of yours is like some bike frame casting couch!).
The TVT 92 was the frame that I dreamed about as a junior racer back in the day. I always wanted to know what it was like to ride one of these having watched many of my heroes in the late 80's flying up the worlds most legendary mountains on one. A bit of a "crisis" bike you might say!
I built it up with a pile of Dura-Ace 7402 I had sitting in a box just waiting to be used again. I did have to find a few parts to complete the set, such as brake levers and a 25mm DA seatpost, but other than that it was pretty much ready to build up. I had one nice little find on ebay which was a pair of TVT badged Look Deltas in the same colour as the frame.
I must mention the wheels. They are Campagnolo Omega Strada V laced to Spidel cartridge bearing hubs (I believe these were re-badged Maillard 700s?). I bought them new in 1988 and were built by a chap at Stonehenge Cycles in Salisbury. They have been raced, crashed, dropped down pot-holes and kerbs at speed and survived the student years being used as apres-pub transport. The hubs are as smooth and the rims as round as the day they were made. I had them checked last year and neither wheel was out by more than a few mm laterally. Bomb-proof!
The bike did not disappoint and I have loved every mile on it as I've explored all my favourite roads and climbs in Dorset. The frame seems to assist you when climbing sat in the saddle. It's not flexy, not like a 979, but more "springy" which seems to work with your efforts rather than wasting them.
Ok, I've waffled on enough now so time for a few pics. I hope you like.