Monday, March 30, 2009

Dusting off the cobwebs...My Coppi

Howdy!

I recently went through my Bike room and dug everything out, organized it, labeled and boxed up spares and pulled out some of the bikes for a wipe down and shake down. Sitting way back in the corner was my lovely Coppi. It's a bit to big for me but it's so damn pretty I just can't bring myself to part with it. Every once in a while I like to dust it off, air up the tubulars and hit the local MUP just 'cause you gotta ride these things...

I received this bike from a friend of mine just as it sits but with a longer stem. I swapped the 120mm Cinelli for one of the same flavor in 100mm, wrapped the bars and called it good. It still needs a bit of tinkering but since I rarely ride it I just seem to pass it over.

Enough blabbin'! The parts list:
)Galli cranks with SR Royal drilled rings.
)Campagnolo NR bottom bracket.
)Galli front derailleur.
)Campagnolo "drillium" NR shifters and NR rear derailleur.
)Campagnolo hubs laced to Campagnolo Victory Strada tubular rims.
)Campagnolo alloy headset (SR?).
)Campagnolo Record pedals w/Christophe Special toes clips.
)Cinelli bars and stem.
)Modolo Race brakeset
)Gippieme seatpost with a Ti rail Brooks Swift perched on top (I call it the "ass hatchet")
)And a Silca frame pump with a Campy head to polish it off.

I think that's just about all of it. I've got the parts to make it all Campagnolo NR but those cranks are sooooo lovely I see no real reason to remove them. I think they are much nicer then NR. I also recently scored a Galli rear derailleur to match the front but I think I'll stick it in my collection because it's kinda on the rare side and I don't mind the NR derailleur on there now. I need to replace the straps and get the rust off of the clips before I put it away so it will stay out in my view for awhile.

So ya! Here it is!

Coppi

Coppi

Galli

I hope you like it! Cheers!

4 comments:

  1. Kelly,
    Seriously, I can't believe you don't ride that Coppi more. What an absolutely beautiful bike.

    Scott Z.

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  2. Thanks Scott...It really is a nice bike but it has always felt "off". I don't know what it is about it but I just don't like it other than to look at it!

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  3. Nice bike and very sexy crank. Gotta love the Drillium.

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  4. Beautiful Bike! I just picked up a Fiorelli that is made by Coppi that looks just like yours. You can check it out at...http://LocalBikeOutlet.com

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