Having realized I had the bulk of a 9 speed Campagnolo Mirage groupset, AND an old set of Mavic Cosmic Elite wheels, neither of which were doing me any good sitting in the shed, I began searching for a new project build. Using “columbus steel” as my search term on a popular worldwide auction site,
Collecting, owning, and riding your bikes isn’t a static process, like collecting, owning, and wearing watches (which also isn’t exactly static, but to a much lesser degree). Parts break and need replaced, you get bored or feel limited by the performance of other things, or maybe you simply want to try a new colour bar
FAUGERES, FRANCE — What a long, wonderful marriage this has been, between me and my Bianchi. It looks like a lot of time has gone by since I last updated this blog with the changes the Ti Megatube has undergone. In the past couple of seasons, since the bottom-bracket overhaul, I’ve made wholesale changes to it,
Now I have finally got around to riding road bikes of different materials – aluminium, steel, and titanium; no carbon bike yet for me! – I’ve come to realize how spoiled I have been with the Bianchi Ti Megatube. As that was only my second road bike (the first being a very respectable steel Wheeler Desenzano with
UPDATE 25 FEB 2021: SOLD. After acquiring the carbon Planet-X EC-130E in August, this bike wasn’t being ridden at all, so I put it up locally for sale and, unsurprisingly (as it is so pretty), it was bought and is currently being enjoyed as it should be. Who says you’re not supposed to have a
When you’re not looking for one, sometimes a great bike just finds you. I must’ve been aimlessly browsing through the new posts in the “bikes” section on the local seller’s website, and saw this beauty. After figuring out that 1) I liked the Bianchi Sprint 76 too much to use it as a city commuter,
If Katherina was to ever get out on a bike and do some recreational riding in France, I decided a great way to get her started would be to build her a bike in Dublin and start getting her acquainted with being on two wheels. Having done pretty much all I wanted to the Colnago
Upon seeing an ad for a Colnago with Campagnolo components for sale in another country, with a very reasonable shipping price and a “make me an offer” request, I had a beer. After another beer, I threw out an offer that I thought was a bit ridiculous… the seller obviously didn’t think it was so
UPDATE 25 FEB 2021: SOLD. Another instance of “this bike is not getting ridden at all”, I decided to break it down and move it on, allowing someone else to enjoy the process of building this frame as they saw fit. I needed a winter project, and I wanted to build a bike. And I
BÉDARIEUX, FRANCE — A quick beer won’t help you go uphill faster, but it really tastes nice in the late afternoon after a long ride. Simon “Crusher” Coulshaw, complaining of allergies and not being out on the bike for two weeks, dutifully led me up and down the hills west of Faugères. With more