@Bryon- cool frame. Love the seatstay gusset.

@171- That merlin reminds me almost EXACTLY of a friend's old and sold merlin. Looks like his old bike. Same white fizik, same cranks, same stem, etc. His was a 54/56 custom frame with a 54 seat tube and 56 toptube length. He sold it on ebay after riding it about 40-50k at least miles, and I always wondered how many more pedal strokes that titanium could go.

You didn't pick that up off ebay did you? ;)

Ha, 54 seat tube is bit on big size. I like smaller frames, because they are quicker. I am a 52/3 C to C. That's stem will soon be changed to a Cinelli. This one with the new DA head set. Puttin' it back they way it was.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1616630449.jpg

Byron, I’ve never seen that frame, what year is it? I remember drooling over the Nomura frame in the early 80’s but this looks even better

Is this a good bike? Worth anything? Bought it used from a bike shop when my kids were little. Guys told me its a vintage freestyle bike. Something about the crank and the wheels are what restoration BMX guys want. He rode it mo more then 10 times and moved on to a geared bike.

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;)

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One of yours? That's clever, love the tri-color spacers.

Hey, I have a set of those Cosmics on my Ridley. My kid is riding them now.

I saw a Motta tri-colored frame way back in the mid 80s hanging off the ceiling off one of the large pro shops in LA. I couldn't stop drooling it was so pretty. I wanted one since.

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Not mine... That photo is from a Facebook group page.

This made its way to my house recently. (I may have posted this in my Italian Tools thread)
An Army buddy of mine knew I was into older bikes so he gave it to me.

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I think 2006 to 2010

A DK, they, like Schwinn use to be, have several ranges, but for just playing around and seeing if
He likes BMX it is a good starting point.

Vintage miles
 

Dusted off the ol' Basso today and climbed the neighborhood hillock



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He's gotten a bit too big for that. he only rode it several times. He wanted to get air but just didn't have the speed or the know how to do it at the age of 8. He gave up after a few months of riding it. I gotta sell it. What's so special about the wheels or the crank, so I am told?

DAng, what are you, 9' tall? :D Onl those long windy days hammering along the flats, I am glad there are big dude like you to drag us along.

Dat be a very nice Basso. I love those fast back stays just like the Cinelli

Hah, no, not 9 feet tall, a normal 6'2" - just freakishly long legs.

Thanks for the Basso love. You're right about the rear triangle. And I'd forgotten how low the BB is on these 80's bikes. And those 21 tires! Thin like blades!

I remember the first Basso I saw was way back at a race. We were done with the Jr's race so we stuck around to see real racing, the senior I, II's. There was a crash, few guys pull off and there's this Basso Gap leaning up against the fence. It was the typical Gios blue with white lettering. That was the first time I even seen one been in love with them ever since.

Like this, simple but they are very elegant.
https://grundtner.com/collections/featured/products/wonderful-basso-gap

BTW, forget 21 mm tires. I went to 23, then over to 25 at 95 psi. 25 barely fits.

Been having trouble posting pics lately.
 

Say, you want to pull a pic of a tire off the net and post it here. Often I google the name of tire and it pops up from Google image. But often it doesn't post or blocks it. What do you do to get it to work?

I save the pics and then upload them from my own hard drive.

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Me too. I usually crop stuff or at least check the scale and the rez in photoshop so it doesn't upload extra large or tiny.

I had those 21's left over from something, I thought it would be fun to see what they were like. I've got 'em inflated to about 100 back, 90ish front.

That blue gap is outstanding. New Old Stock! Needs a NOS SUPER Record gruppo!