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If you have a new frame built using a few used CSi tubes you will not end up with a CSi....I'm not sure what you'll have but it won't be a Serotta. If you can find the all the tubes I'll bet that you can also find a BB shell and then you could have someone build you a replica and you could have a nice solid lifetime bike....but using a few tubes from an old Serotta to build a new bike is a bad idea. dave |
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Have you tried a WTB right here?
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You'll be so far into a custom frame by the time this is done, just to end up with a re-re-brazed old frame. I mean, a frame from Hartley is 1690 GBP.
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just let the man waste his money.
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Neil pal, I think you have posted on the wrong thread., this should go on "the most desirable, lust-worthy bike if price is no object " thread.
If I may, I would just say one thing. Finding another nice, used CSi and shipping over to the UK is not as hard as you might think. That's the route I would recommend. Other than that, have Dave Kirk build you a bike, it will be the most ideal course of action.
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If anyone has a 57cm CSi and would like to part with it please speak up.
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Thats the reason I asked for pictures because I cant imagine damage so bad, or so bad made fixes that the frame pretty much needs to be replaced completely. OP do you have pictures of the problem areas? Just cant picture the problems unless you have HD, UHD... 4k and who knows what else with a D in it thing which brings you to have everything perfect, in that case well... u know :P
Those CSI in your size are available, just check ebay those always pop... Quote:
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I can't remember if it finally sold, but user GOMANGO had a lovely CSi in green that he had for sale for some time--and I think it was a 57. You could try sending him a PM?
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Grady/gomango had 58 cm for sale unfortunately. He does have a white one that may be a 57. Pics on his flickr link.
https://forums.thepaceline.net/showt...89#post2322089 I'm not sure if azrider sold his 56 cm (same thread). This 56 cm CRL is very nearly a CSI and dirt cheap at $150. https://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/bik...974145047.html This looks to be a late 90s CSI, approximately the right size: https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/b...987385274.html Last edited by oliver1850; 10-11-2019 at 02:04 PM. |
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And that last one definitely looks bigger than a 54--I wish people could include more than one photo... I do sympathize with the OP's original impulse too--I have my original bike that I raced--and it would cost more to restore it, than to buy a replacement that has retained it's original livery etc--and yet the desire to restore THE bike is hard to resist, even if it makes little sense economically--as if there were something that inheres in the original that would be lost by replacement... |
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Oh sorry to hear this Neil.
Esp after all this went through allrdy, is such a beautiful bike! Hope you find something nice to replace it if you cant fix it. |
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I don't have anything to offer besides the fact I love your passion for your Serotta. I have it too. I still kick myself for letting go a mint Atlanta in the classic red/yellow fade years ago. Man, that was dumb. Had a T-Max mtb I let go too. Onyx/magenta fade. Just gorgeous. Young and dumb I guess. Anyway, good luck in your search for tubes or a different one altogether. Sucks the original Serotta is no more.
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Here's another that has plenty of photos but could be a CSI or something else. Again, serial number should tell all. Most likely a repaint but looks great. https://eugene.craigslist.org/bik/d/...994744925.html |
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