New Bike Anticipation

[Mike V]

It has been awhile for me. I have been looking for a certain frame and fork for years. Over the weekend I found one for sale. It is the size (hard to find small size) and I get to pick the way it is painted.

Now I'm going over build list. What I have and what I need. What should I sell to fund.

The wait is killing me and is the best feeling all at the same time.

[Blue Jays]

Awesome! It is crazy and exhilarating. Enjoy the new bicycle! :hello:

[Lanternrouge]

It has been awhile for me. I have been looking for a certain frame and fork for years. Over the weekend I found one for sale. It is the size (hard to find small size) and I get to pick the way it is painted.

Now I'm going over build list. What I have and what I need. What should I sell to fund.

The wait is killing me and is the best feeling all at the same time.

What's the bike and size? I only am curious about size since my small bike size means there are very few used things out there for sale that both fit and interest me.

[joosttx]

Super cool. It’s a fun feeling and allows to jump into some crazy rabbit holes. Enjoy.

Was it that Fire Fly?

[Mike V]

Frame - Eddy Merckx MXL 52cm Molteni
Fork - Eddy Merckx MXL
Shifters - Campagnolo Record 10 Ergo silver
Brakes - Campagnolo Record 10 silver / red carbon pads
Crankset - Campagnolo Record 10 silver 53/39
Cassette - Campagnolo Record 10 12/28
Front Derailleur - Campagnolo Record 10 silver braze on
Rear Derailleur - Campagnolo Chorus 10 silver with Record titanium hardware
Cables - Campagnolo brake/shift
Chain - Campagnolo Record 10
Headset - Chris King silver no logo
Stem - Ibis Titanium 120mm
Seatpost - PMP titanium
Saddle - Selle Italia Flite black perforated
Handlebars - Cinelli Top Ergo 64/42
Bar Tape - Fizik Microtex perforated white
Hubs - White Industries T11 24f/28r
Rims - Enve Classic 25 tubular 24f/28r
Spokes - Sapim CX Ray silver
Tires - Veloflex Vlaanderen
Peddles - Shimano 7800
Cages - King titanium

[Lanternrouge]

A steel Eddy is always awesome.

Frame - Eddy Merckx MXL 52cm Molteni
Fork - Eddy Merckx MXL
Shifters - Campagnolo Record 10 Ergo silver
Brakes - Campagnolo Record 10 silver / red carbon pads
Crankset - Campagnolo Record 10 silver 53/39
Cassette - Campagnolo Record 10 12/28
Front Derailleur - Campagnolo Record 10 silver braze on
Rear Derailleur - Campagnolo Chorus 10 silver with Record titanium hardware
Cables - Campagnolo brake/shift
Chain - Campagnolo Record 10
Headset - Chris King silver no logo
Stem - Ibis Titanium 120mm
Seatpost - PMP titanium
Saddle - Selle Italia Flite black perforated
Handlebars - Cinelli Top Ergo 64/42
Bar Tape - Fizik Microtex perforated white
Hubs - White Industries T11 24f/28r
Rims - Enve Classic 25 tubular 24f/28r
Spokes - Sapim CX Ray silver
Tires - Veloflex Vlaanderen
Peddles - Shimano 7800
Cages - King titanium

[Louis]

I think Carly Simon had something to say about this.

[fiamme red]

I think Carly Simon had something to say about this."That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," "Nobody Does It Better," or "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"? :)

[Louis]

"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," "Nobody Does It Better," or "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"? :)

Those too. ;)

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[Jef58]

It has been awhile for me. I have been looking for a certain frame and fork for years. Over the weekend I found one for sale. It is the size (hard to find small size) and I get to pick the way it is painted.

Now I'm going over build list. What I have and what I need. What should I sell to fund.

The wait is killing me and is the best feeling all at the same time.

I know the feeling. I have an incoming Bixxis Pathos which is about halfway through the waiting period. I tried to resist, but I ended up buying Record 12 speed for it. I will decide to sell the current road bike or single speed when it finally gets on the road.

[Peter P.]

The endorphins being released as part of your bicycle build are the same as those released during foreplay (sex).

It appeals to the primal part of our brains.

[tuscanyswe]

That sounds like a great bike from that list of parts. Enjoy :) :banana:

[soulspinner]

cool

[OtayBW]

Frame - Eddy Merckx MXL 52cm Molteni
Fork - Eddy Merckx MXL
Shifters - Campagnolo Record 10 Ergo silver
Brakes - Campagnolo Record 10 silver / red carbon pads
Crankset - Campagnolo Record 10 silver 53/39
Cassette - Campagnolo Record 10 12/28
Front Derailleur - Campagnolo Record 10 silver braze on
Rear Derailleur - Campagnolo Chorus 10 silver with Record titanium hardware
Cables - Campagnolo brake/shift
Chain - Campagnolo Record 10
Headset - Chris King silver no logo
Stem - Ibis Titanium 120mm
Seatpost - PMP titanium
Saddle - Selle Italia Flite black perforated
Handlebars - Cinelli Top Ergo 64/42
Bar Tape - Fizik Microtex perforated white
Hubs - White Industries T11 24f/28r
Rims - Enve Classic 25 tubular 24f/28r
Spokes - Sapim CX Ray silver
Tires - Veloflex Vlaanderen
Peddles - Shimano 7800
Cages - King titanium
A-W-E-S-O-M-E! Where did you find that framset in Molteni??

[XXtwindad]

The endorphins being released as part of your bicycle build are the same as those released during foreplay (sex).

It appeals to the primal part of our brains.

I don't know if you were being sarcastic, but I think this is undeniably true. In my middle-age, I switched out a few things that used to satiate me.

Now, I wake up next to a fancy bike frame and think … "wow, how did you get here?" :)

[fiamme red]

"As a kid I had a dream – I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed."

-- John Lennon

[Dino Suegiù]

Frame - Eddy Merckx MXL 52cm Molteni
Fork - Eddy Merckx MXL
Shifters - Campagnolo Record 10 Ergo silver
Brakes - Campagnolo Record 10 silver / red carbon pads
Crankset - Campagnolo Record 10 silver 53/39
Cassette - Campagnolo Record 10 12/28
Front Derailleur - Campagnolo Record 10 silver braze on
Rear Derailleur - Campagnolo Chorus 10 silver with Record titanium hardware
Cables - Campagnolo brake/shift
Chain - Campagnolo Record 10
Headset - Chris King silver no logo
Stem - Ibis Titanium 120mm
Seatpost - PMP titanium
Saddle - Selle Italia Flite black perforated
Handlebars - Cinelli Top Ergo 64/42
Bar Tape - Fizik Microtex perforated white
Hubs - White Industries T11 24f/28r
Rims - Enve Classic 25 tubular 24f/28r
Spokes - Sapim CX Ray silver
Tires - Veloflex Vlaanderen
Peddles - Shimano 7800
Cages - King titanium

That is a fantastic frame and equally fantastic build. Very nice, as close to perfection as possible. https://forums.thepaceline.net/images/icons/icon14.gif

[joosttx]

Frame - Eddy Merckx MXL 52cm Molteni
Fork - Eddy Merckx MXL
Shifters - Campagnolo Record 10 Ergo silver
Brakes - Campagnolo Record 10 silver / red carbon pads
Crankset - Campagnolo Record 10 silver 53/39
Cassette - Campagnolo Record 10 12/28
Front Derailleur - Campagnolo Record 10 silver braze on
Rear Derailleur - Campagnolo Chorus 10 silver with Record titanium hardware
Cables - Campagnolo brake/shift
Chain - Campagnolo Record 10
Headset - Chris King silver no logo
Stem - Ibis Titanium 120mm
Seatpost - PMP titanium
Saddle - Selle Italia Flite black perforated
Handlebars - Cinelli Top Ergo 64/42
Bar Tape - Fizik Microtex perforated white
Hubs - White Industries T11 24f/28r
Rims - Enve Classic 25 tubular 24f/28r
Spokes - Sapim CX Ray silver
Tires - Veloflex Vlaanderen
Peddles - Shimano 7800
Cages - King titanium

Drop the mic! Congrats

[charliedid]

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[Mike V]

I just need to get seatpost, tubulars, parts for wheels/build.

I can put Record silver/Nemesis/Veloflex Roubaix until I get wheels done.

[Steve in SLO]

Congrats on your new purchase. I have an MXL built up with Chorus 10 alloy and it looks great.
Where did you find silver Record 10 shifters? Frankenshifters, I presume?

[Mike V]

Congrats on your new purchase. I have an MXL built up with Chorus 10 alloy and it looks great.
Where did you find silver Record 10 shifters? Frankenshifters, I presume?

I have a set of Record 10 that have Record 9 blade and paddle. I also have a Record 9 rear derailleur that I debadged the 9 speed off of it.

Also thing of using my Chorus 10 on it.

Yes I'm one of those people:banana:

[Hawker]

"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," "Nobody Does It Better," or "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"? :)

"You're so vain" ;)

[C40_guy]

The endorphins being released as part of your bicycle build are the same as those released during foreplay (sex).



Hmm. That explains a lot.

:)

[robertbb]

The endorphins being released as part of your bicycle build are the same as those released during foreplay (sex).

It appeals to the primal part of our brains.

Only one of them doesn't lead to disappointment ;-)

[XXtwindad]

Only one of them doesn't lead to disappointment ;-)

Oh, I don't know about that. Check the PL classifieds for "frame flame" gone wrong....