Recent content by jamesdak

Just seeing this and I know it's months old. Toby did sell that beauty to me. I sold it last spring to another Giordana enthusiast.

While I'm updating things here this morning. I've made some changes to this Team USA also to set it up better for my off pavement purposes. First was swapping the crankset out for a used Velo Orange setup with 48/34 chainrings. So now I have a usable 34/30 combo for the steep parts of my...

Ok, a little update on this now that's it's finished up pretty much. I had some beautiful polished Velocity Fusion Rims laced to a NOS set of 126mm spaced UG Dura Ace hubs I had in my stash. I also got my hands two UG Dura Ace Cassettes so I could custom build one up for this ride. These...

I reshot this one once spring arrived. I've also had it out on the road and it's a really comfortable and fast ride. The new parts are working beautifully.

Just a little update on this one. Finally got it out for a full 30 mile ride today. I'm still recovering from a knee replacement but the bike seemed to hold speed pretty well for what I could manage. I made a little change to it because I found some nice red spoked Fulcrum Racing 0 wheels...

Since I was setup shooting the Motta I posted yesterday I went ahead and shot this one too. Confirmed team bike but I've not confirmed it was actually Oscar Freire's. I bought fully expecting it not to be genuine but the price was good for the frame build and parts. The more research I do...

I do like how this one turned out. It's not mint but still in really great shape. Campagnolo Record 8 speed groupset with some minor concessions made to the cockpit. They are all riders to me and sometimes the purist don't like how I set them up.