Spring is the perfect time to start building up your dream bike. The weather is finally starting to come around and pretty soon you can show off your new whip. Ethan is on his way to having a classy ride for when the summer hits. This Cinelli Gazetta is getting the proper treatment. We’re fitting it with Paul brake leavers, Campagnolo brake calipers, and Nitto handlebars with matching brooks saddle and grips. Stop in and let us help you bring your vision of a new bike into the new season!
After putting in a bunch of miles on our Sprint Prototype I finally decided it was time to build myself one. I had one painted in sky blue metallic and I am really happy with how it turned out. The metallic flake is very understated but when the sun hits it, it really shines! I decided on black components to offset the light hue of the frame and I think the contrast really works, and it helps the gum wall tires pop. I have been commuting on it a few days now and I am super stoked with it. I went with some larger than average tires because of the number of horrible roads on my commute and the stiff frame and larger tires really work well to give an efficient buy comfortable ride. To fit the larger tires I used the standard brake hole fork, but had it plugged before it was painted. Well here is the components breakdown.
Frame: Superb Sprint Size L
Rims: Velocity Aero
Hubs: Superb
Spokes: Dt Swiss
Tires: Panaracer Pasala Tourguard 32c
Crank: Sram Omnium
Chainring: Superb Prototype
Cog: Profile
Lockring: All City
Chain: Izumi
Headset: Vintage Chris King
Stem: Gran Compe
Handlebar: Euro Asia Imports Cobra
Grips: Oury
Saddle: Superb Prototype
If you remember last year when Brooks and Vans released their saddle and shoe collaboration last year, here’s your lucky chance to still grab one! We have 2 lucky Brooks x Vans Team Pro saddles left in stock from the collaboration. Only 500 saddles were made and if you regret not having gotten one or thought they were sold out, you can grab #167 or #174!
San Marco’s Concor saddle has been one of my all time favorite saddles. It seems to have it all, amazing good looks and is also one of the most comfortable saddles I have used. This particular saddle had seen a ton of wear to the point that the foam started to disintegrate. I decided that it might still be salvaged and removed the worn cover and stripped away the foam. My friend Alex, who also works at the shop, has mastered the art of saddle re-upholstery so I left the recover to his skilled hands. What we ended up with was a beautiful suede wrapped Concor without padding. I will update later on how the lack of padding effects the comfort, but I have to say it might even look nicer without the padding!
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Track Bikes The weather in Boston today has been unreal. Almost 70 degrees and sunny makes for a nice change from the wind and snow from last week. I couldn’t resist taking our Superb Vivace prototype out for a little ride. The leaves were so beautiful I had to grab some photos.
We built up the Vivace with a lot of Campagnolo and Cinelli components and topped it off with a prototype Superb Saddle. Stop by the shop to see it in person and we should hopefully have production frames in a few months.
Photo by Jason Hollingsworth
