Basso Olimpic

napoleond

Building this up for my 10yo daughter. She has no idea. Can't wait to get it done. Still need to sort bars, stem, cables and band on adaptor for front mech. Built with hand me down parts and a few cheap new ones.
Got the frame/forks from the classifieds here for 40 quid. Very happy with it. BB yet to be delivered. I'll do a final pic when it's all built.



Frame/fork: Basso Olimpic 50
Wheels: Campag Khamsin
Tyres: Conti GP4000S 24mm
Shifters: Campagnolo Record 10
Front Mech: Veloce
Rear mech: Xenon
Chain: KMC X10SL
Cassette: Veloce
Brakes: Veloce
Headset: Mpart
Chainset: Miche Young 155mm
BB: strong light JP400 aluminium
Seatpost: CSN
Saddle: Selle Italia XO flow
Bars:
Cables:
Stem:

dabber

Lucky girl I reckon. Let us see the end result.

RideOnTime

Looks like a nice toy...

napoleond

Ordered the last parts today. Should get it built up soon. My mrs wants us to give it her for Christmas!!!

napoleond

Bit of a mock up.

Need to fit headset, cables, chain and bartape.

jp1970

NapoleonD wrote:

Ordered the last parts today. Should get it built up soon. My mrs wants us to give it her for Christmas!!!

What when all the snow and ice is about....... !!!! :evil:

Can I suggest an Easter present ..... Thats what I tend to do with my lad when he gets a new bike.... (His birthday's in December).

PS .... Nice build.....

alex222

Does your daughter get the haribo or is that for you?

napoleond

jp1970 wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

Ordered the last parts today. Should get it built up soon. My mrs wants us to give it her for Christmas!!!

What when all the snow and ice is about....... !!!! :evil:

Can I suggest an Easter present ..... Thats what I tend to do with my lad when he gets a new bike.... (His birthday's in December).

PS .... Nice build.....

Cheers!

That's what I keep telling the mrs but she's adamant*.




(Not to be confused with the 80's pop star who had hits including Prince Charming and stand and deliver)

napoleond

Alex222 wrote:

Does your daughter get the haribo or is that for you?

What haribo?....

Yellow Peril

NapoleonD wrote:

Alex222 wrote:

Does your daughter get the haribo or is that for you?

What haribo?....

adopt me.

riggsy81

very nice, just shown this to my 9yr old lad as he has been pecking my head to build him something similar.

she's one lucky girl

Sodafarl

Really nice she will love it. Agree about the bad weather at Christmas but I think my wife would take the the same line as you own unfortunately.

imposter2.0

She will probably have outgrown it by christmas - get her on it now. No point in building her a bike and then preventing her from riding it for the next nine months. Looks like a good, well-considered build, so all the more reason....

napoleond

That's exactly what I said to the Mrs yesterday. It'll be nearly 12 months by the time she can really ride it.

imposter2.0

NapoleonD wrote:

That's exactly what I said to the Mrs yesterday. It'll be nearly 12 months by the time she can really ride it.

That's the spirit..

Paul 8v

This looks great, she should be well chuffed with it!

napoleond

She got it today. She was SO excited. Straight in to her gear and off she's gone!

woolwich

Awesome bike.

Can I ask how she got on riding it? Reason for asking is I made a similar size bike for my 10yr lass for Christmas. Look on her face was worth it. But she is struggling with the strength to change gear reliably with STI's, they are shimmed to the shortest reach and is she is generally pretty sporty and not usually wimpy so I trust she is having a hard time.
I am reluctant to flat bar it as she really wanted a drop bar bike. Any tips gratefully received.

napoleond

She and Campag record shifters which are brill for smaller hands, she loves it! She's already QOM on one local segment after 1hr of owning it!

tommo7567

That's Cool. You just can't beat seeing the looks on your kids faces when you give them a bike. It really is priceless. Bet you're glad you didn't wait till christmas 8)

lostboysaint

Nice one Nap for the build and l'il Miss Nap for the QOM!

woolwich

I was thinking Campag was the way forward. Cheers

Congrats on the QOM.

napoleond

Better off with the older style 10s shifters if you can get them.

Heh, I'll pass on the congrats

She's absolutely buzzing and it's great to see.

sloppyschleckonds

Good job Nap, start 'em early!

napoleond

tommo7567 wrote:

That's Cool. You just can't beat seeing the looks on your kids faces when you give them a bike. It really is priceless. Bet you're glad you didn't wait till christmas 8)

Dead right

riggsy81

really need to start sourcing parts for a similar build for my eldest he's nearly 9

napoleond

It was a really enjoyable experience tbh.

alex222

Need my ten month old to grow up fast

napoleond

He she is in her first night of racing on it.
This was the flying 200 for seeding purposes. She then went on on to a 5th then a 3rd in her scratch races. I love the look of effort and concentration on her face.

Colinthecop

NapoleonD wrote:

She's already QOM on one local segment after 1hr of owning it!

If I was dad i'd be confiscating her bike before I saw her name above mine on a segment....!!!!

upperoilcan

Great bike and great pics mate...

Nice one.