2014 Cielo Sportif Classic

[Stan Lee]

I EP purchased this frameset in November of 2013 and it was delivered in March of 2014. It's been a great bike, I finally got around to taking some photos.

[sleepyfelix]

I really like those Sportif's - I think its the classic fork that does it for me. How do you rate the ride quality/comfort levels?

[Stan Lee]

It's the only road bike I've ridden in the last 7 years and prior to that I was riding an old Ibis so I don't have much to compare it to. It's not quick but it is extremely comfortable. It's been a lot of fun on dirt or gravel roads but probably not the most efficient bike for long road rides. The reason I went with the Classic over the Racer at the time was due to clearance, I'm currently running 35s with room to spare. I have a set of Honjo fenders painted to match but I've never installed them, it would be ideal as a city commuter IMO.

[zacstanley]

Love it, love it. I have a 2014 Sportif Racer (slightly more aggresive geometry than this) I'm building up as we speak. Same color with orange decals.

[fried bake]

Nice! Fellow Cielo owner here as well. That stem is giving me all kinds of joy....Who made it?


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[Stan Lee]

King made the stems in house. They initially offered two versions, one for the Racer (this stem) and one with 20mm of rise for the model of bike I own (I think it was called the classic). About a year after receiving the bike I received an email saying that after testing the stem with rise they didn’t feel it was safe for production. I asked if they would paint one of their spacer kits to match which worked out OK.

[Stan Lee]

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[Stan Lee]

This is kind of a cool little detail, apparently early on there was concern about slippage on the semi-horizontal dropouts due to the finish so they started to machine the inside face of the rear dropouts

[mhespenheide]

That fork is indeed gorgeous. Sycip did these bikes, yeah? I wonder if they'd do a fork in its own...

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by sleepyfelix

I really like those Sportif's - I think its the classic fork that does it for me. How do you rate the ride quality/comfort levels?

Agreed - perfect execution of a classic road bike..

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[Stan Lee]

Originally Posted by mhespenheide

That fork is indeed gorgeous. Sycip did these bikes, yeah?

Jay was Cielo’s Design Manager but the bikes were welded by a small handful of people including King from what I understood. The fork crown and dropouts were made in house so those may be tricky to track down but it'd be worth asking Sycip!

[jpritchet74]

Wow - that thing is just perfect.

Also, I wish I could take photos of my bikes that well!

[phoenix]

Classy, clean and simple. What a great bike!

[Stan Lee]

Originally Posted by pritchet74

Also, I wish I could take photos of my bikes that well!

Thanks guys! One of the reasons I finally got around to taking photos is I borrowed a nice camera from the school I work at. The quality of photos is due to the camera, not the photographer!