Gmancycles

55cm Vitus road bike from late 80’s, early 90’s! A beautiful specimen of French craftsmanship, frame is built with all aluminum Duralinox 979 tubing with gorgeous aluminum lugs. Frame and fork are all shiny aluminum and free of any dings or scratches with original Vitus graphics of the down tube, BB is stamped “Brevete Vitus Fab-France Modele Vitus Depose” next to the serial number. Listed below are the parts used to rebuild this speedy racer, took most of the winter to put this awesome gruppo together and is extremely crisp and responsive. Entire bike has been built up with an 8 speed Dura-Ace 7400 series gruppo in close to mint condition, hubs, cassette, shifters, derailleurs and brakes.

Wheelset is a pair of Mavic Open S.U.P. CD Ceramic rims laced to a pair of Dura-Ace hubs with stainless spokes and spin very true. These are very lightly used if at all and could be considered new old stock, very true and very smooth, with original Mavic and Colnago stickers in place and original Dura-Ace skewers.

Drive train consists of a sealed Shimano BB, Dura-Ace 7410 crankset 175 lenth with 53t/39t chainrings and all Dura-Ace bolts. Front Der, Rear Der and 8 speed cassette are also Dura-Ace 7410 series with very few miles and no scratches or wear marks, all hooked up with a new Dura-Ace chain. Shifters are a pair of Shimano Dura-Ace ST-7400 that have been completely refurbished and rebuilt with new lithium grease and newer hoods, for a fast, clean and crisp shift every time!

Brakes are a pair of Dura-Ace 7400 series with new pads, cables and housing.

Tange Levin headset, Velo Orange stem converter, Felt SX 100mm stem, Bontrager Select bars wrapped in new Bontrager gel tape, Kalloy 27.0 seat post with a new Prologo Scratch saddle with Ti rails.

52cm Bianchi Volpe in sparkly forest green with silver grey decals, tubes are the Bianchi double butted Lite Steel exclusive and the forks are Cromoly. There are 3 pairs of braze ons on the forks, 1 pair mid way down the fork blades and 2 pairs on the fork tips. On the rear drops there is a pair and a pair on the upper part of the seat stay. Room for 3 water bottles and a metal tab for a pump under the top tube. Frame set has plenty of options for racks and fenders for commuting or long hauling. Great looking frame set that is ding free and only has a couple of paints chips in the usual spots. Below is a detailed list of the components used to build this bomber ride up!

Wheelset is a brand new pair of Mavic CXP rims laced to a pair of Formula hubs anodized grey, front is 24h and rear is 28h, stainless spokes, matching skewers and new rim strips, tubes and tires, Ritchey Speed Max Pro cross tires 700×32.

Drive train is a complete Shimano 600 Tri-color 8 speed double, cranks, front der and rear der with new Sram 12t-26t cassette and a newer Shimano HG narrow chain. Cranks are 53t/38t and are 172.5 in length with new Shimano sealed BB. Shifters are a sweet pair of Shimano 6400 STI’s that have been rebuilt and repacked with new Lithium grease for clean crisp shifting for years to come.

Brake set is a pair of Shimano Deore XT cantis with new Swiss Stop pads, stops on a dime.

Other parts include standard Tange headset that has been freshly packed 1 inch, 1 to 1 1/8 stem converter with Bontrager stem and Bontrager drop road handle bars, Terry Fly saddle, 26.8 seat post, new bar tape and brand new cables and housing.

The first reincarnation of this bike was with the flat bars and a set of old school Suntour top bar shifters that are so so sweet, it also had the matching brake pulls. No one was interested in the bike with that set up so I switched her over to drop bars and STI’s and she flew out the door.

55cm Pake C’Mute with Surly fork, this is all steel Tange Cro-Mo and the paint is seafoam green with a black fork. Frame was brand new and never built with a lightly used fork. Frame and fork have all the braze ons and clearance for racks and fenders. Below is a list of components used to build this bike up:

Wheelset is a new pair of Mavic CPX22 in silver laced to a pair of ice grey formula hubs, front is 24h and rear is 28h. They have new rim tape, tubes and Ritchey Speedmax cross tires 700×32.

Brake set is a new pair of Avid Shorty’s with new pads and straddle wires.

Drive train consists of a lightly used Shimano 600 6400 series, front der, rear der and STI shifters 8 speed double. BB is a lightly used sealed Dura-Ace 7400 super smooth. Ultegra Octalink crankset 38t and 52t in the 172.5 length, new Sram 8 speed cassette with Ultegra chain.

Cockpit starts with a Chris King headset in pewter with Coda stem and Cinelli groove road drop bars wrapped in new Salsa gel tape. All cables and housing are brand new. Seat post is a 27.2 black anodized post branded Bianchi.

2004 Surly Cross-Check 56cm in the Ketchup Red flavor, this frame set is basically brand new and there is no evidence that it was ridden much. The frame and paint is clear of all dings, dents and scratches. Frame saver has been applied to the interior of this frame. More frame specs can be found on the Surly site. I have built this frame up using a complete Shimano 600 Tri-Color (pre Ultegra) 6400 series gruppo.

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Wheelset is a pair of 700c Mavic Reflex SUP rims 32h anodized powder blue laced to a pair of Shimano 600 hubs with stainless spokes and red nipples on rear and silver on the front with a Shimano HG 8 speed cassette 12-25t, very smooth and shiny. Tires are Continental Speed Kings 35mm with new tubes and rim tape.

Drive train starts with a pair if Shimano 600 shifter/brake combo that shifts thru a Shimano 600 crankset that is a double 172.5 in length with TA Specialties chain rings anodized red, 53t and 39t. Deraileurs are both Shimano 600 (6400 series) in the gun metal grey and silver color. BB is a new UN-72 sealed cartridge 115.5 in length. New Shimano HG chain for your rapid shifting pleasure, all cables and housing are brand new.

Brake set is a pair of black Tektro Oryx cantis with new pads, cables, straddle wires, new black straddle wire carriers, front Tektro black long drop adjustable cable hanger, rear sports new stainless Surly cable hanger.

Cockpit consists of the Shimano 6400 series STI shifter/brake combo with fresh hoods, alloy stem 90mm in length and Specialized 6066 ergo road bars wrapped is some comfy black Salsa gel bar tape. Headset is a red Chris King 1 1/8 nothreadset with 15mm of black Vuelta spacers. Black Surly seat post constrictor, black carbon seat post 27.2 with a Specialized Comp road saddle.

2004 Iron Horse Victory road bike, frame is Scandium (stamped with Easton Scandium logo SC7000) with carbon seat stays and Orbea carbon fork with FSA internal cartridge bearing headset, very light and stiff with sloping semi compact geometry. Seat tube measures 54cm (virtual) and a 55cm top tube. Frame and fork are in great condition with minimum paint flecks and no dings, very nice! Below is a list of components used to build this speedy road racer, all are new or lightly used. The build came in just a bit over 19 pounds with test pedals.

Mavic SUP rims laced to Ultegra hubs wrapped with new Continental Dura-Skin tires 700×25 with new rim tape and tubes pumped to 115psi, with a new SunRace 12-27 9 speed cassette.

Drive train is Ultegra 6600 front and rear deraileurs with Ultegra 6500 cranks with 53-38 tooth chainrings and a newer Ultegra 6500 bottom bracket.

Brakes are Ultegra 6600 with new pads.

Dura-Ace 7700 shifters mounted on Deda Piegi drop bars with 95mm Kore Elite stem.

Bar wrap, cables, housing, Uno seat post and Salsa Lip Lock binder are all brand new, seat is a used Forte SLX Pro.