Recent content by emanuel

well, the shellacked cotton I had lasted 4 years, only took it off because I wanted a change. and cotton's the cheapest bar wrap there is..and lightest.. old inner tube under the cotton, slips right on. even better if latex..

for the win. cotton and shellac, and harlequin wraps. takes ages, but looks great.

cotton ftw!

Thanks, that looks great, but I meant the real cork tape, no stretch in it, like those cork grips you can get from rivendell or velo orange. it's just a strip of cork, straight from the tree... If I don't find it, I'll just harlequin all my road bars from now on...

I love your build, classy, timeless,how about natural cork tape?is there any source for real cork tape?the strip of cork, no plastic, foam or anything?remember seeing it somewhere.

Thanks, We've done some great work, in the last 66 years, and my job is to keep that alive.

As I always say, as much as bikes have changed, they haven't. About branding, here'sa Complete list (well, nearly) of the brands Simoncini supplied framesets for here http://revanchebikeco.wordpress.com/201 ... le-brands/ Here’s a partial list, from the 50s to the present day, in roughly...

probably biggs82, and probably diamant_don, but how many of their owners read RB?

the bridge mounts..working on it. mk1 looked great but didn't fit, mk2 looked meh, but fit fine. mk3 hopefully will look good and fit. hopefully.. :) bit small for you!

more pics, and some words, tomorrow.

nice brazing and filing there, well done unknown and probably dead framebuilder.

250 shipped with everything. lovely frame in top condition.

saddle height of 65cm ish? the seattube is 48cm , so 5cm for the saddle,53cm, 4cm seatpost clamp, 57cm, 8cm of seatpost sticking out.depends, if you have longish upper body, it might fit. how tall are you?

Hi, I'm 5 11" if I stand up straight and try to make myself as tall as poss. I'd say this was near the upper limit for sizing. The bike is pretty slooping, so it does fit people with very different leg lengths. The top tube length is more important in my eyes when fitting a bike than the...

275, great frame in great condition. 265 without rear light or sti adapters.