Show me your purple bikes.

[Joachim]

Originally Posted by Fishbike

Joachim, what frame is that? It is stunning. I fell asleep last night thinking about that.

Maietta XCr stainless getting a CK headset and Enve fork + seatpost. On the truck today.....what size frame do you ride?

[Keith A]

Originally Posted by Fishbike

I was initially horrified when I first saw the red on the saddle on Keith A's Bottecchia. Then I scrolled down and saw the red accents and red tires and felt oh so much better.

Joachim, what frame is that? It is stunning. I fell asleep last night thinking about that.

This is actually an older picture of the Bottecchia and it looks a little different now...plus I'm in the middle of swapping out the bars and stem as I want something more traditional rather than the Salsa stem that is on there now.

[old_fat_and_slow]

Originally Posted by Keith A

This is actually an older picture of the Bottecchia and it looks a little different now...plus I'm in the middle of swapping out the bars and stem as I want something more traditional rather than the Salsa stem that is on there now.

Good move IMHO.

[jet sanchez]

[atanz]

rode my Purple bike today!!
Cyclops built by Mike Mulholland of Toronto. built up with Dura Ace 7403. great ride and pretty stiff for old school steel. the True Temper really is a step above my other SLX bike.

Cyclops by a tanz, on Flickr

Cyclops headbadge by a tanz, on Flickr

[old_fat_and_slow]

Ooooooooh,

Very nice entries Mr. Sanchez! ! ! ! !

I'm likin' both o' those sweet rigs. Do you still own them, or are they just sleds you've owned in the past?

Thanks fer postin'.

BTW, you got nice taste in bikes ! ! ! !

[atanz]

Sanchez those Gipiemme wheels are quite awesome. they're pretty much Shamal knock offs right?

[Fishbike]

Originally Posted by Joachim

Maietta XCr stainless getting a CK headset and Enve fork + seatpost. On the truck today.....what size frame do you ride?

That one is too big. But if it were a tiny 50 cm I think I would be in trouble. . . Just a perfect paint scheme IMHO. What's its history / plan?

[Keith A]

atanz -- Very nice!

Here's one I just stumbled on today...

[Fishbike]

Originally Posted by Keith A

atanz -- Very nice!

Here's one I just stumbled on today...

Oh my. . . .

Where may I ask did you stumble upon that hunk of Italian beauty?

[Keith A]

Originally Posted by Fishbike

Oh my. . . .

Where may I ask did you stumble upon that hunk of Italian beauty?

http://martinisontheroof.blogspot.co...naissance.html

[DHallerman]

Not my purple bike.

This is from the Lovely Bicycle! blog.

But it's the exact shade of dusty purple I'd ask for if I were getting a custom bike anytime soon.

Dave, who agrees with a poster above that white works very well with purple

[slowandsteady]

Originally Posted by Keith A

Really Gorgeous! If I went custom that would be HIGH on my list of paint schemes. I love chromed forks and stays (or Ti for that matter)

[jet sanchez]

Originally Posted by atanz

Sanchez those Gipiemme wheels are quite awesome. they're pretty much Shamal knock offs right?

Believe it or not, Gipiemme manufactures these rims themselves. They were sold to Campy and Campy labelled them as Shamal, Vento or Zonda, dependant upon the hub and spokes. Torreli also bought them from Gipimme for their deep dish wheels. Corima makes the deep dish carbon fibre rims for Campy, I had a set of Corimas that were, in my opinion, smoother than Boras as the hubs were much nicer---I think Hope made the hubs for Corima.

[Joachim]

Originally Posted by Fishbike

That one is too big. But if it were a tiny 50 cm I think I would be in trouble. . . Just a perfect paint scheme IMHO. What's its history / plan?

I got this after I wanted something stiffer than my Spirit frame. Took a bit longer but Im going to build it and ride for a few months until the Spectrum arrives and then maybe to the classifieds. Its a 55cm