Colnago Super

Here are pics of my early '80's Colnago Super. She's dressed out in mostly period campy dress, along with a 3T Coppi stem and Cinelli World Champion bar. The rims are Ambrosio Montreal, 36H, with Wheelsmith 15 gauge spokes 3X. I did go with a classic British leather saddle, Wrights, given the fact that it is the most important point of contact between me and the bike.

My New Giordana Polaris

This is the newest addition to my stable: a late 80's Giordana Polaris.


That might be the best bike I've ever ridden. It's too large for me: 58 cm C-C seattube, 57 cm C-C top, with a 120 Cinelli stem and giro d'italia bar. All shimano 600, save the front derailleur (Sante). 7-speed indexed shifting, NISI rims. Oh, yeah, Biopace rings. My first time ever riding those. Took a couple of miles to get used to them, but they felt good. I'll reserve judgment on whether they were just way before their time or whether it's just a gimmick.

You know the legend of the Giordana, right? It's the "house brand' for Gita sports in Charlotte. Some say that dario pegoretti made these frames back when. Others say they really are pinarellos. Dale Brown says Belato actually held the torch on these frames. I have a friend who worked at Gita in the 90's, says they probably were made my Banelli.

I don't care, the ride is really good.