New frame Veneto Altec 2, another project after the Daccordi incident

[georges1]

Good Afternoon
On one of my projects bad luck happened due a poorly machined headset (a chris king no thread headset) , when by my bike tech wanted to install it didn't go smoothly as opposed to the other headsets (two campagnolo record threaded headsets , one stronglight jdx94 threaded headset) he installed on the other bikes without problems, the chris king caused a small crack in the direction / heaset tube. The daccordi will be repaired but told me that I should avoid chris king as headset, I will buy later a campy chorus headset. Nevertheless until I haven't seen the repair being done , I decided to go for a spare frame in case of . I stumbled on a very nice veneto from the seller who sold me the coppi back then that is very close to my daccordi fly regarding quality but with a more colorful paint. The finish of the welds beat any colnago dream or bianchi mega pro or cannondale caad 8-10. It has a campy chorus head set, masi carbon fork and look stem. It will be another dura ace 7800 equipped bike.

Received the frame in july 2023 , applied a new altec 2 sticker to it while the original one was not in good shape and installed the bar. The finish of the welds is a very close match to my daccordi

 

[ChromeChainstay]

god damn that looks fine' and stiff

 

[georges1]

Finally the fork has been changed by the columbus muscle one and it makes the bike lighter and with a more racy appeal

 

[georges1]

Good Morning
I took this finalized project the same day I took my Pinarello back. I am very pleased with the results, light weight bike 8,9 (yes, could be less but the Mavic Cosmic Carbone SSC aren't the lightest carbon wheels but one of the sturdiest) also the frame boasts the largest diagonal megatube of all my aluminium frames. It is equipped with Dura Ace 7800, FSA Carbon Crank, Easton carbon seat post and Mavic Cosmic Carbone SSC. Testrode it on a short distance, very comfy and reactive bike.

 

[vtwinvince]

Great result, but doesn't this belong in the 2000+ sub-forum?

 

[foz]

I had one of these BITD, exact same colour but branded as Zeus as it was sold in Spain. It was a warranty replacement for the first one that was a little less colourful! Cracked at the rear drive side chainstay vent hole

 

[georges1]

Great result, but doesn't this belong in the 2000+ sub-forum?

Nope because it is a 1999/2000 year model and Veneto ceased exist and in the year 2001 the Orbea bikes had the double label Orbea Veneto. This bike is before the purchase of Veneto by Orbea

 

[foz]

I don't think it was a purchase as such, early 00's the bikes were branded as Zeus in Spain, Orbea in France and Veneto in Italy. But other than the branding, exactly the same. My Zeus in this colour scheme must have been 2001 I think... Shortly after they changed the branding, using Orbea for all bikes and Zeus for the components.