Rim Brake Perfection, lets fan boy yours..

[merckxman]

Would love to have a Singer, looks exceptional.

Originally Posted by El Chaba

This one rides so nicely….

[Bittersweet]

Originally Posted by Xrslug

Agree — love that silvery blue. One of my favorite colors. I see this RS frame has different head tube lugs from the norm. Do you know what the history is behind that? Special edition of some kind?

Thanks for the nice comments. The RS wasn’t made for me as I noted so I don’t have its full history. It was made for a Paceliner though and maybe they see this and chime in. Richie himself often peruses the comments here so he may jump in as well. Those lugs are known as Nuovo Richie lugs and he describes as “ornate without being frou-frou”. They’re the same ones that he used on the bike he made for Craig Gaulzetti (the Jerk) and has been bought and sold here a few times. I don’t know if the original customer selected them or in the 2008-ish timeframe they were part of an anniversary run. This bike was originally traditional red and white. Along the way it was refurbished and as I understand it repainted by Tom Kellogg. But take all of the aforementioned as hearsay as I’ve not spent too much time chasing down facts but just built it up and rode it like I stole it….

[Bittersweet]

Love that Bianchi! I actually rode the orange Merckx in my first D2R2 in 2006. I used to live out in W MA not far from Deerfield and figured I’d give it a whirl after some friends did the really really first one in 2005. My one concession, thinking how bad could it be, was a 34/50 front ring setup on a compact crank. 12/27 in the back on 25c tires. I ran the 100k that year as a toe in the water and by some miracle had no flats. Rode with a guy I met on here and he came up from NJ and stayed at my house. We turned out to be very compatible speed wise and as it was quite cool that year we didn’t linger at the stops to keep our temps up. I think we roared through in about 4:40 total time per our RUSA rando card they used back then. In another blast from the past, I think that was the year the MaryAnn stayed with us at my house. Some may remember her from Serotta forum days. She not too long after went to AUS and in time married Darrell Llewellyn McCulloch (Dazza) who rim brake aficionados will know as the builder of Llewellyn frames. The six degrees of separation on the Serotta/Paceline forum. Winter 2007 I figured I needed more tire and more gears to do the 180k and hence I cobbled that EBay Ridley CX frame together with parts lying around at the time. Nice thing about it is as tires have increased in volume it has the room to accept them. As shown it’s on RH 38s.

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Nice ones Bittersweet!

14 D2R2's on one bike is also quite impressive.

The early days at Deerfield were really something to see. Somewhat of a rim brake freak show with all types of cobbled together contraptions to get the job done. My how things have changed outside the big tent!

This was my original Deerfield sled.

[sheepdog84]

This is a 2012 Speedvagen, and to me, this is my ultimate low/no tech, nihilism-fueled-while-still-being-performance-oriented, bike. No head unit to stare at, no power meter to measure, no strava to upload to - if I don't want.

The irony of uploading a photo of it to the internet is not lost on me, but doing so because I believe was originally owned by PL member "lavi". Truthfully, I'm just the steward of it for now.

Paint is near immaculate which might be the best part - considering it's over 10 years old and one of my favorite SV schemes.

Maybe it's all nostalgia, but i think there's some staying power to rim brakes and mechanical shifting that I've been missing for the past few years.

Maybe not the best setup photo, but I try not to stress too much about that kind of thing these days.






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[weisan]

very nice sheep pal, looks like a buttoned up tux.

[flying]

Originally Posted by sheepdog84

This is a 2012 Speedvagen, and to me, this is my ultimate low/no tech, nihilism-fueled-while-still-being-performance-oriented, bike.

Super Nice!

[Jimbo251]

Originally Posted by sheepdog84

Maybe it's all nostalgia, but i think there's some staying power to rim brakes and mechanical shifting that I've been missing for the past few years.

This.

[wgp]

Pages and pages of great bikes here already, but I can't resist adding two of my own steel beauties, built by two recognized masters! Both shots taken at the new annex of the Kennedy Center along the Potomac River ...

[Bittersweet]

Beauties!

Originally Posted by wgp

Pages and pages of great bikes here already, but I can't resist adding two of my own steel beauties, built by two recognized masters!

[wgp]

Originally Posted by Bittersweet

They’re the same ones that he used on the bike he made for Craig Gaulzetti (the Jerk) and has been bought and sold here a few times.

That's the Sachs pictured in my post above ... I can confidently say that I am the final(!) owner of that particular bike ;-)

[Bittersweet]

I knew it landed back within this group. Enjoy

Originally Posted by wgp

That's the Sachs pictured in my post above ... I can confidently say that I am the final(!) owner of that particular bike ;-)

[krooj]

Originally Posted by sheepdog84

This is a 2012 Speedvagen, and to me, this is my ultimate low/no tech, nihilism-fueled-while-still-being-performance-oriented, bike. No head unit to stare at, no power meter to measure, no strava to upload to - if I don't want.

This is the right mindset. Had a decent climbing loop with a buddy yesterday (84/Woodside -> Kings Mountain -> Skyline -> 84/Woodside) and happened to bring my Emonda SLR. The whole ride, I kept coming back to the notion of how much more pleasant this loop would be on my SV. It's a shame that Sacha has seemingly ceased operations, but it does make these bikes all the more precious.

[sheepdog84]

Originally Posted by krooj

This is the right mindset. Had a decent climbing loop with a buddy yesterday (84/Woodside -> Kings Mountain -> Skyline -> 84/Woodside) and happened to bring my Emonda SLR. The whole ride, I kept coming back to the notion of how much more pleasant this loop would be on my SV. It's a shame that Sacha has seemingly ceased operations, but it does make these bikes all the more precious.

Agreed. Hopefully they will bounce back one of these days, as we definitely seem to live in the age of "everything old is new again"

[NormansCay]

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2008 Speedvagen with 11s Campy Super Record, Lightweight Gipfsturm tubular wheels, Darimo stem and short reach bars. Weighs just over 15 pounds with pedals and cages.

If you looks closely, the skewers are silver Record from a long time ago, probably need to change them out for black, but these work for the moment.

[AngryScientist]

No rim brake perfection discussion can be complete without mentioning the wheels/tires.

To me, nothing has eclipsed Veloflex Arenbergs glued up to campag wheels.

Bliss.

(excuse the dust, getting this one cleaned up...)