Italian Exotica

simonaspinall

Has anyone got any suggestions for the best looking Italian road frame - Shallow attitude I know - I use a Casati which looks pretty good but can anyone better this with some a proper flash git frame?

Chip \'oyler

Come on you should know the answer - you saw a Viner Maxima on Saturday

simonaspinall

Haha! Researching frame cosmetics can't be left to chance - It needs a monster enquiry.

That Viner was mind-bogglingly light! Was very good looking too.

I couldn't imagine the price tag to match.

Am exploring getting a much more sporty ride to compliment my commuting/longer distance set-up.

Anonymous

Colnago Master X-Lite in Merckx colours....

andyp

This from Paduano Racing;

Runoutofgears

+1 for the Colnago master, those slender tubes.

Anonymous

Bottechia 8avio , have a look at them at fat birds don't fly, beautiful swoopy lines.....bellisimio

geeteewmb

How about:

acorn_user

Scapin Speciale? Grandis steel/carbon in white! I'll find links tomorrow....

acorn_user

http://www.cicligrandis.com/prodotti/Ov ... legant.jpg

http://www.scapin.com/ZOOM.swf?nome=Spe ... ttaglio=si

giant_man

GeeTeewmb wrote:

How about:

Yeah lovely bike the Cento Uno, but for me the World Championship colours really bring the shape of it's tubes out. Gorgeous!

calvjones

acorn_user wrote:

Scapin Speciale? Grandis steel/carbon in white! I'll find links tomorrow....

My Scapin Special should be arriving this week

meagain

Rarely seen in UK (if that is important to you!) - CBT Italia.

I had one of their '80s steel framed (Columbus SLX) steeds a few years ago - the equal of ANY Italian builder. They are still trading, but almost exclusively into their home market I think (but Forza Bikes seem to be able to get them).

And seemingly now only carbon offerings.

Monty Dog

How about a Cinelli XL8R:

http://www.cinelli.it/prodotti/biciclet ... mg_xcr.jpg

Or anything by Dario Pegoretti. Ironically, for the majority of top line frames these days, the 'Italian' element is no deeper than the paint - they're made in China including the Wilier Cento, Pinarello Prince and many others.

Besides, I still don't think you'd do any better that a Colnago EPS - read the review on Pez Cycling

ugo.santalucia

Colnago Master or Tommasini Tecno. Steel always looks best

bikerZA

Pinarello Dogma.

*drool*

magliaceleste

The new Dogma

Of course I'd say Viner's too..

Chip \'oyler

magliaceleste wrote:

The new Dogma

Of course I'd say Viner's too..

Well said that man

bigflangesmallsprocket

If you're in the market for a smaller frame, and you like retro look steel, how about this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=170357340803

It's about my size but I don't think I could do with all that polishing and having to dry the chrome off every time I took it out in the wet, looks fantastic though I reckon.