![]() ![]() TSX was a lighter version of SLX, it had the rifleing the entire length of the tube. They were made by Belloto in Italy, imported into Florida and painted by a girl named Sue, I did the hand painting in the cut outs in the lugs and applied the decals. I worked in the paint shop at Ten Speed Drive Imports when that bike was sold. ![]() Italians tend to build good bikes when decended from top of the line master builders. I also have a 1969 Cinelli Supercoursa that I have had since new with over 50K miles.still rides like a champ and has a resale value of over $4K.I wonder why. Would you know the differences and have better information on the builder of the second bike? The other one has a ser#250283 with 4 ovalized slots in the BB. The Scapin has a ser# 55 and has 2 long thin slots cut in the BB. I have one of the Silver Bullet SLX bikes with the TenSpeed sticker (#01726) built by Scapin and a second one built by Belloto (I think) from TSX tubing. All of the Pre-Trek Lemond bikes no matter which Italian builder made them are superb. "Z blast from Z past." Subtle it ain't but you sure won't see one of these too often. I prefer them to the Campy brakes, and they cost less to boot.) The current Mavic brakes are quite nice by contrast. I believe dbrk rather astutely referred to Modolo brakes as 'speed modulaters' rather than brakes. (By the way, these "Mavic" brakes by Modolo work a bit better than the sleek-looking, totally worthless Modolo aero brakes on my Colnago Oval CX - which makes them one step above self abuse when it comes to braking performance. The only concessions to 2004 are the Vittoria Corsa CX tubular tires, a current (but 'old style' threaded) Nitto Pearl stem and Ritchey Biomax bar. The Mavic brakes are built by Modolo but badged as Mavic. Period correct Mavic 501 wheelset, which uses Mavic Mach 2 CD2 rims. The bike was built up using a period correct and NOS (in original yellow Mavic boxes, never opened when I got them) Mavic SSC group, complete with brakes, seatpost, headset, pedals (which will work with modern Look cleats, or I'd be in deep you-know-what looking for something to use with the bike) and the also not bad for the time indexed DT shifting (stiff throws, however, and you need to trim the front der when moving up or down more than a gear or two at the rear.) 7-spd DA rear cassestte. This is a 55.5 'square' frame, a current Lemond (built by Trek) would have 57 or a 57.5 TT on a 55 ST. Very much pre-Trek Lemond, and not what we would now consider a 'Lemond' geometry. From the lug work and the detailing and engraved "Greg Lemond" signature on the seat stay caps and brake bridge, as shown, I would agree with the latter. The Team Replicas (such as this frame) have also been attributed to him, but others suggest they were built in Italy. Some attribute the actual Team bikes to Roland Della Santa. The parentage of these frames has been the subject of some debate. Columbus TSX steel tubing, lugged (but of course) and in the original Team Z colors. Now that I have the new camera broken in, some more shots of an unsual bike: This was acquired off ebay as an NOS, never built Lemond Team Z frameset. ![]()
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