De Rosa - A gift of love.

A new project for the Rewind Team...

She said "I will" to the proposal, but part of that acceptance was the gift of a bike - a De Rosa no less!

As a cousin would say - "It's beautiful"

Fat Chance - complete

The Fat Chance Yo Eddy Team - It's finally built - and ready for the trails!

Mix of parts as below.

Frame: '91 Fat Chance Yo Eddy Team & matching straight segmented fork

Headset: Chris King 1" threaded in Pewter

Stem: 130mm Syncros, refinished by RewindCycle in Fat City Cycles Aqua Fade blue

Handlebar: Easton EC70 carbon, 580mm

Brakes: Paul MotoLites

Brake levers: Paul Love Levers

Shifters: Deore XT

Seatpost: Thomson 29.4mm

Saddle: Flite Titanium (my original one from early 90s!)

F&R derailleurs: Deore XT

Crankset: Deore XT

Pedals: Deore XT

Bottom Bracket: Deore XT with ABI Ceramic replacement cartridge bearings

Wheels: Chris King hubs with Mavic X717 Ceramic wheels, DT Swiss Revolution spokes

Tyres: Kenda Nevagal

Can't wait to take it out for a shakedown. I hope it rides as well as it looks! I'm sure the older geometry will be interesting!

Feedback when I've hit the trails!

Sneak peek.

What's blue and green and FAT?

Hopefully the Fat Chance will be ready for a shakedown this weekend!

Are we going for a ride Saturday?

Los Alguacil (The Sheriff) Mk III

Spain is known for Gaudi with his organic looking architecture, for it's delicious paella and possibly Pedro Ximenez sherry which can give chocolate dipping sauce plenty of zing if you are susceptible to this kind of vice.

But do the spanish make good road bikes? We'll soon see!

BH bikes where used by Liberty Serguros-Wurth which became Astana-Wurth in May 2006 when the team manager, Manolo Saiz, was arrested being accused of blood doping practices. Alexander Vinokourov can be seen riding the BH G3 in the this clip.

The BH G3 was used in 2008 by the AG2r la Mondiale team prior to receiving the new updated BH G4. The team continued to use the bikes for the 2009 season.

The BH G5 is currently being used by Xacobeo-Galicia which is a Spanish continental team which sometimes attains a wildcard entry into the Vuelta de Espana but isn't successful enough to get a berth in the Tour de France.

Anyway enough of the history lesson here is the frame I found on eBay (for a bargain!) ready for the 2010 build season (read 'winter') and hopefully to be fully tweaked and primed for the 2011 Alpine Classic.

We will be running a new Sweet Parts Vote on the right hand of the Re(wind)cycle blog to help me choose parts for this new steed. Please let us know which are the premium parts and which should be avoided like the plague!

The Sheriff Mk II at last!

At long last the Sheriff Mk II is finished and here are some photos.

The bike is a 1984 steel Francesco Moser running the new Campagnolo Athena 11 speed groupset, Velocity Aerohead wheelset and topped off with a Brooks B17 saddle. The groupset shifts smoothly and swiftly, initially I wan't sure about the carbon wrapped levers and was hoping Campy would release a alloy version although I think the resulting look is quite nice. The Moser isn't light weighing in at 10.1kg fully built however sprints and climbs beautifully.

The build was finished just in time for the Audax Alpine Classic 2010 run in gorgeous Bright over the Australia Day weekend in late January. The highlight of the day was plummeting down the descent from the top of Falls Creek with the Moser handling the fast corners with ease.

Yo Eddy Merckx!?

Yo Eddy. Eddy Merckx. It's Eddy month.

More pictures of the '87 Merckx. Cousin is indecisive on the colour scheme; metallic light green, metallic blue, or the original pink with a very heavy metallic flake have been bandied around. Chrome highlights with paint has also been discussed, though we think Pro Plating might not be keen to deal with the finicky areas around the lugs.

So, what colour do you think? Post you ideas here.

Cousin is a bit of a photog; some lovely pictures below.

Tasty pantograph seat stays

I love the image below - could it be the original build / paint sticker from the factory?