Post your monostays!

[GuyGadois]

Have a monostay bike, post your pics...

I'll start off with my oldie. Its a 1985 Biemmezeta (BMZ) Cronostar with (almost) full Campy C-Record. Brakes are CDA and headset is a Galli. It has the coolest stem I own and I've never seen another one - the Crystem by Nitto I believe. Super fun and quick to ride. Scary short wheelbase. The craftsmanship is surprisingly good and there are lots of rad 80's touches. Enjoy.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6133/6037035028_1799554929_b.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6128/6037039920_2333eb5fcf_b.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6183/6036484413_0af73f1a3e_b.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6136/6037041454_3216fd46b1_b.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6080/6050753359_0ea3afc0e1_b.jpg

The bike is currently wall art in our entry
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7434/12337554605_cbe76f056a_b.jpg

lots more photos here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75836788@N00/sets/72157627419427486/)


Cheers,

G. Gadois

[Nags&Ducs]

Guy,
that is an unbelievably hawt bike!!! Those chainstays are wicked short!!! WOW!!! I'll post some pics of my Mondonico later. :hello::hello:

[thirdgenbird]

Awsome frame, awsome build.

[Ahneida Ride]

Sweet and only 525 frn !

[FlashUNC]

If carbon counts, I'll dig out a few photos of my Time VXR.

[bobswire]

Beautiful! After seeing this bike I naturally went to Ebay to see if I can find another, I didn't find the same model but did find this 60cm Biemmezeta
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Biemmezeta-Oro-frameset-campagnolo-record-dropouts-columbus-SPX-SLX-MAX-tubes-/171165071377?pt=US_Bicycles_Frames&hash=item27da3bb811

[GuyGadois]

Beautiful! After seeing this bike I naturally went to Ebay to see if I can find another, I didn't find the same model but did find this 60cm Biemmezeta
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Biemmezeta-Oro-frameset-campagnolo-record-dropouts-columbus-SPX-SLX-MAX-tubes-/171165071377?pt=US_Bicycles_Frames&hash=item27da3bb811

Bob, that has the same monostay but lacks some other details mine has. I love the paint jobbie.

GG

[accident]

Love the handlebar bike hanger!

[yashcha]

Mono-stays are cool.

Air quality was good here in Southern China so put in a nice 70 mile ride.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f331/yashcha/d59e462a3c1b10101a97c7b20d75b281_zps257bfbc1.jpg

[breezerboy]

Might not be what you were after, but when you said monostay I thought of this.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/tcycles/burrows003.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/tcycles/burrows004.jpg


It's prototype number 2 for the Lotus 101 that Chris Boardman used to get his Olympic gold in 1992. Designed by Mike Burrows and used for the occasional non-UCI time trial and track meet.

[fogrider]

this was just discussed...http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=143119&highlight=ron+cooper

[DRZRM]

Well, its official, I'm picking this up tomorrow.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8111/8600205781_2bfdc930a3_z.jpg

[cekte]

Good lord, Guy that Biemmezeta is fantastic! Very cool lugged monostay.

Also, I don't think I will ever tire of Firefly's anodizing work. It compliments their beautifully crafted frames quite well.

I wish I still had photos of the lugged monostay Zunow I used to own. Very meticulous work on that one. I've got a CAAD9 CX with a monostay, but I don't feel it's quite fitting seeing as where this thread has already started. :eek:

[AngryScientist]

not mine, but the this beauty is up on ebay right now. great looking bike:

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTUwWDk1MA==/z/vHgAAOxyRhBS-qJi/$_12.JPG

[sales guy]

Well, its official, I'm picking this up tomorrow.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8111/8600205781_2bfdc930a3_z.jpg

I love the color job on that frame.

[sales guy]

Might not be what you were after, but when you said monostay I thought of this.



It's prototype number 2 for the Lotus 101 that Chris Boardman used to get his Olympic gold in 1992. Designed by Mike Burrows and used for the occasional non-UCI time trial and track meet.


One of my all time dream bikes....a lotus Sport.

[wallymann]

http://brown-snout.com/cycling/bikes/archive/time_vxrs/listing-pics/p4pb7226425.jpghttp://brown-snout.com/cycling/bikes/archive/time_vxrs/listing-pics/p4pb7226414.jpg

[rcnute]

This isn't mine but I am getting one!

http://www.elephantbikes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_20130826_130618.jpg

Ryan

[FlashUNC]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/12485611643_89e212a264_c.jpg

[dmurphey]

Herbie Helm won me over as a great yuong framebuilder with exquisite fabrication of a frame he brought to NAHBS in 2010 with a cool monostay rear:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/helmcycles/sets/72157624348072339/

Helm Cycles, check it out.

Don Murphey FW TX

[adampaiva]

unfortunately I have no other photos of it but this Hujsak had a really nice slender monostay treatment. I've since sold it, then it got stolen from the new owner :(
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8499/8331778512_368eaee13a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adampaiva/8331778512/)
20121231-P1010284.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adampaiva/8331778512/) by adam.paiva (http://www.flickr.com/people/adampaiva/), on Flickr

[dhalbrook]

That first bike is gorgeous, but C-Record brakes.... brave man.

[alexstar]

Here's my Rock Lobster. Great bike.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2811/8970781118_607906fc60_z.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/eEHAFY)

[GuyGadois]

That first bike is gorgeous, but C-Record brakes.... brave man.

Ridden delta brakes for years. Buggers to get set up but never had a problem stopping with them.

[dhalbrook]

Ridden delta brakes for years. Buggers to get set up but never had a problem stopping with them.

Interesting. I had a pair for a while but they never seemed powerful enough, but it was a long time ago and it's highly likely I didn't set them up correctly. I remember changing to some early DA dual pivots and it was like night and day.

[rice rocket]

Litespeed's carbon Archon stuff has the same chainstay length.

It works well, I personally love the geometry. I'm sure the extra stiffness in the carbon makes it much more communicative and less scary than you would think.

[dhalbrook]

Need a better picture... (forthcoming)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3310/3256736311_abbb466260_b_d.jpg

[chomeo]

/\ i had that similar racelite once before it was stolen. great bike and i lost interest in riding for about a year after i lost it.

anyhow, one of the quickest handling hardtail I've ridden...almost to a point that if one is lazy on switchback, it will let you know right away. difficult to explain but that's how i felt when i rode it. I always had to be on top of it. i thoroughly enjoyed that bike. now i'm having some fun with a couple of the IF deluxes - geared and ss.

[MySweetFixie]

Any difference between the lexicon of wishbone seatstay vs. monostay? Or are they the same thing, like I assume...

Not as pornographic as some of the other bikes posted here, but my old Cannondale cross commuter had a monostay. I loved that bike so much, I wish I never sold it.

http://i.imgur.com/F1M0LpP.jpg (http://imgur.com/F1M0LpP)

[dhalbrook]

anyhow, one of the quickest handling hardtail I've ridden...almost to a point that if one is lazy on switchback, it will let you know right away. .

Compared to my dual suspension rig it's definitely a lot quicker handling. I got it as a "forever bike" (had always wanted one) at a Supergo closeout in the late 90s and have had it ever since. Went mountain biking for the first time for a long time (before the DS bike) at Sandy Ridge on it and had a blast, but the Judys are so blown that I might as well have been riding rigid. OTOH I could pick out lines that the niner riders could only dream of, and the bike is only 24 lbs. Nowadays its mainly a snow bike with studded tires. Rode it just the other day in our ice storm. Still brings a smile to my face.

[bthornt]

My Ridley Damocles, Davitamon Lotto team edition.

[GuyGadois]

This monostay just sold on eBay. One helluva deal. Check out the components. Well worth the cost in just the jewelry hanging on it.

ebay link (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Biemmezeta-BMZ-chronostar-all-Assos-modolo-kronos-early-80s-superbike-/151237848256?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESINDXX%3AIT&nma=true&si=TS3O4WsOOz%252Bwoky4fUpLlz8qFZk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5475/12487830504_76ba77acdd_b.jpg

[thirdgenbird]

That is a spectacular build!

[Flaroc01]

Gave it my best shot, but alas got beaten out at the finish line by deeper pockets.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/83623417@N04/12487830814/in/set-72157640893485385/player