Recent content by tankbullock

I wonder whether some of the early SR came with brooks professional? Your Brooks looks better offset against the white bar tape than mine with black leather on bars but I think mine looks to big on my small frame. Need a more elegant Italian perch to get things in proportion. I'll get some...

I hadn't thought of the Regal, What to do, what to do??? I think Mercian (derby) sell a few vintage re-edition saddles, I'll take the bike over and try a few out next week. Even with the one tonne brooks it don't half ride sweet!

Thanks again for the info, I want to get the bike looking spot on and will gladly throw a few more hard earned pounds at it, to finish it off. I was gonna swap the stem out as It has been engraved with the (I assume) previous owners name, so knowing it should be an earlier model is great to...

Yes, I thought the fork decals were a bit tacky looking. I looked at a Turbo on the bike last night and it doesn't look right anyway, so if I could find a nice Cinelli I would defo try one but the mint vintage volare's don't grow on tree's so I will probably go down the San Marco...

Thanks Very much. Yeah, I'm gonna pull the brooks off and stick a NOS Turbo on I think.

Excuse me for being a dumbo but where on the rear Mech is the date info? I can only see the word Pat 80 on it apart from the 'super record' and obvious branding stuff. I'd assumed the Brooks maybe wasn't the right saddle for this bike. It is definitely a period saddle but I've never seen any...

I won't be riding it in the rain and the snow, but it will definitely be getting ridden. :lol:

It is the one that was on Ebay and I did get a sizeable discount from the asking price. Yeah he is a great seller and his packing is about the best I have ever seen!

It wasn't cheap and I daren't say exactly in case I burst into flames but under £2000 and over £1000. I had thought about buying a frame and then sourcing the parts but I don't think I would of actually ended up saving any money plus it would have been a collection of bit's rather than an...

Just purchased this pretty immaculate GIOS Super Record from the Bay and I was wondering if Anyone had any Idea how I could date (approx) it? It has a 7 speed Campag Super Record Groupset which I believe is Original to the bike. Thanks in Advance for any guidance.

Can't seem to attach pics. Hmmmm, I'll keep trying....

I've just acquired this little beauty and was just wondering whether anyone on here could help me to date it. I'm guessing here but I don't think they put the World bands on until after World win in 82, so I was stabbing at 83 onwards but I haven't really got any actual factual basis for that...

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Could anyone tell me if there is anyway of determining what year a Gios Super Record was made? I have just bought one and have been searching, without any luck, for a guide on how to date them from serial numbers or specifics like, colour, lugs etc. Mine is quite a rare white with pearl...

Many thanks for your time. I will post up some better shots after the weekend. It is actually nicer than these dingy photos indicate. I will try and track down some transfers from that era/model to get it back to it's original state. Regards.