Recent content by neilbah

on page one i mentioned the owner died, shame on him for not having a family member more capable of selling his bike 🥺 Now i wasn't friends with him personally, i know other riders in my area that were and do a memorial ride for him. The bike was cherished and rather sensibly it sounds like he...

years a go i took apart mine when it was making a squeak and had a bit of play. I searched high and low and came to the conclusion Gipiemme really cheaped out on the freehub and used a joy/joytech/quando design of hub. I speak italian so i contacted Gipiemme and got no help. Really its best to...

The owner sadly passed, i suppose a family member or friend has listed it. He liked nice things..owned a real ford GT40. Im not sure how you improve it tbh, has a photo finish tab but no way to authenticate which team rider used it if any etc etc

i believe the failure mode is contributed to by bead movement inflating the tyre and deflating over time.

Tyres listed as 25 are a big variable as we know that they arent all the same in how they fit especially with rim width into the equation. Perhaps the answer is to use vittoria corsas in 24mm now that theyre sold in even 2mm increments. Another option is doubling the calipers washer which gives...

What i cant stand about the older silver shimano stuff like 7800 is that it looks like it has had worms the majority of times i lay eyes on one, its like the the alloy is getting eaten and little spiraled lines are left behind. The black plastic on the sides of the shifters made it look cheap...

Wooden rims are the only bit i like and not necessarily on this bike. The whole build is confused/disjointed. Looks like it was powdercoated. What happened to the seat clamp?

friend works in the City doing risk management, said it was imminent a month a go. He made similar statements about Wiggle and M&L.

I spoke to I have a set of 416s , clinchers, weigh an absolute ton but superb at speed. Gipiemme cheaped out on the hubs as theyre just some joytech screw in freehub type affair.

potentially been crashed? i wondered if the dings on the down tube correspond to the brake caliper colliding with the frame? rather ambitious price tag.

Gipiemme are a shadow of their former self. once innovative, radical designs, quality manufacturing with quite and high volume for such a small concern. Early adopters of Carbon Fiber in wheels, aluminium spokes, bonding etc they clearly have issues being relevant these days and carry a largely...

actually i was going to suggest one like this ^ and wondered if you could dye or colour the white with purple (it is a project after all) maybe uniposca pen?

I like the paraffin candle paint jobs. that was a steal at the price it went for.

theyre all fantastic

That stay will need replacing or at minimum some braze filling of holes. Ive had many similar situations. You could spend money painting it just for the corrosion to still be there. At the cost of media blasting, repairs and paint theres probably not that much difference in having a new tube fitted.