Daft idea...
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Look like Reebok. Wouldn’t have gotten away with them at my school.MattFalle said:
are you wearing school shoes?seanoconn said:
When I said KAS kit I meant, KAS top, PDM hat, Toshiba gloves and Bermuda shorts 😎 Boom!
And you dare question my English language speaking 80’s winners quiz answer.
Yes I know that was Carrera which I also had.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
They say long term memory returns as the compensation for losing short term memory as you get older. 😉webboo said:You can remember things from 30 years ago. I should give you a like for that if I hadn’t already given you one.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Was this pre-Campag? That would have been Mavic and Modolo kit then, I think. Mavic starfish chainset or earlier?0
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From someone who has already been down this road...
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/vitus-as-it-best-fkc9-carbone-kevlar-in-1988-kas-spec.302103/The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
It’s a great idea. I’d like to build a Raleigh banana. I was always envious of the one that my cousins had in the 80s. Ten speed it was, pedal clips and everything. Made my five speed seem inadequate (which isn’t entirely fair, my parents got me the best they could afford but we lived in Ruthin in north Wales so hills in every direction).pinno said:I have this deep pang in the stomach... for a Team KAS, Kelly replica build.
Need some assistance in identifying bits. I know of the Mavic rear mech and you can get them. Apparently (and I was told this in a Cambridge cycle shop) in 1987, they were 'totally strippable' but that's just a curious aside.
What was the chainset?
What were the hubs and rims?
What was the headset and BB?
I could make it a whole lot easier by buying a complete Croce D'aune gruppo, although it wouldn't be a KAS replica but it would solve a whole load of headaches and I would have an excuse to hang some Delta brakes on it (even though they are awful but a pair of Swiss stop just might make them actually work).
I am biding my time trying to find a 56/57cm Vitus carbon 9 frameset.
I have a picture of me with my 80s bike. Note the knife that, as a good Boy Scout I had with me at all times (except school, obvs) and which I’d sharpened to the point of uselessness. And one of the next door neighbours’ kids.
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Like this? 😉 Maybe higher spec? This one was only 531c throughout complete with 105, Weinmann wheels, Cinelli finishing and a Turbo saddle.johngti said:
It’s a great idea. I’d like to build a Raleigh banana.
Correction - Weinmann rims on 105 hubs.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
Great pic John 👍
The little boy in me is envious of the knife and sheath. I would have that pinched and been stabbed with it in my neighbourhood.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
That's a great link you have found Blakey, thank you very much - I am copy/pasting the specs in case the link goes bad:pblakeney said:From someone who has already been down this road...
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/vitus-as-it-best-fkc9-carbone-kevlar-in-1988-kas-spec.302103/
Frame set VITUS FCKC-9 Kevlar/Carbone, RH 53
Fork VITUS 979 Aluminium
decals KAS Vitus / MAVIC
headset Mavic 305
stem MAVIC 370, 95mm
bar MAVIC 350 - 420 mm
tape in Velox white
seat post VITUS original 25.0 mm
saddle Selle San Marco Concor
brakes MAVIC 451 Aero (Dia Compe)
shifters MAVIC 820 (Simplex)
brak calibers MAVIC 440 SSC
bottle cages TA Specialites
front derailleur Mavic 861
Crank set MAVIC 630 - double 53/42z
Bottom bracket Mavic 612, axle 116 mm
Pedals MAVIC 640 SSC inkl. Christophe cages
stripes Christophe, white leather
quick releaser MAVIC origin
tubulars Vittoria Corsa SC
Rims MAVIC SSC tubular bleu
hubs MAVIC RD 500 front and rear
Cassette Maillard 7-speed screwed cogs
rear derailleur MAVIC 851 SSC
chain vintage looking 7-speed
Total weight 8.93 Kgs - really
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Before PB had posted that link, I had ascertained a few bits and pieces.me-109 said:Was this pre-Campag? That would have been Mavic and Modolo kit then, I think. Mavic starfish chainset or earlier?
According to CW, Kelly never rode the Carbon 9, only the 979 Durilanox. So that's a thing.
'....he won races on the Vitus 979 right up until his second and final Milan-San Remo victory in 1992'.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/icons-of-cycling-sean-kellys-cobble-busting-vitus-979-194179
I remember attending the Eastbourne Rovers TT's and the two female triathletes that used to go and were sponsored by Phoenix Cycles had Vitus Carbon 9's. I used to drool over them (and the bikes
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Here's another link (though it wasn't followed up) but at least there's a pic of the groupset:
https://lecycleur.com/restauration/building-a-1988-vitus-kas-in-honour-of-sean-kelly/
@veronese68 : the Croce D'Aune @ roughly £550 actually works out cheaper given that the Mavic brake levers and original Modolo brakes i've found so far are eye watering.
But it wouldn't be as much of a KAS replica.
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The Raleigh Team banana was my dream bike growing up, even though I wasn't really a roadie. I just liked the look of them.0
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I've been tempted to build a modern Team Banana for ages - get a modern v v cool round tubed horizontal top tube frame (CAAD? Chinese carbon?), respray in Banana colours, Force 1x, phat deep rims, tan walls, slam dat stem....
I reckon it would be mega..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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979 Duralinox? Hasn't MF got one of those?.
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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I dunno. Ask him.MattFalle said:979 Duralinox? Hasn't MF got one of those?
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He says he doesn't know really what is is, its just v cool..
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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What are they worth anyway?.
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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One for sale here for 1200 AUD (a 979 that is)Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0
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Soooo, £700. Grazie!
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Deep rims on a Raleigh banana?!
It's a good job I know you're a little bit bonkers because some people take you seriously.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Popped up in my FB feed again today for sale...
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That is beautiful.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Frame looks great, the gold bits let it down looks wise. Build it with Croce d'Aune and it will look better, be easier to source the bits and be cheaper. Win, win, winpinno said:That is beautiful.
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Been some lovely bikes here. Reminded me that another that I’d be keen to have a go at is a ron Cooper frame. He had a workshop about half a mile from here so the local connection is tempting0
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Bit more P/V for you here.
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https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/20020168#Comment_20020168.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Fair play, that’s a stunner.MattFalle said:Bit more P/V for you here.
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grazie. lives in the loft with two flat tyres. never been ridden as its in the loft with two flat tyres.johngti said:
Fair play, that’s a stunner.MattFalle said:Bit more P/V for you here.
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https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/20020168#Comment_20020168.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Tallest BBer in history!MattFalle said:
6'5?elbowloh said:
6'5" and have a 61cm felt f1 and a 61cm felt Z5, both fit brilliantly.pinno said:
Therein lies the subjective.Wheelspinner said:
Neither, am quite beautifully proportioned. :-) I just prefer the handling feel of a frame that is as small as it can reasonably be while still giving me the fit that is comfortable, and I find that is best suited to a 55-ish with a slightly taller than normal stack.pinno said:
Short legs? Short arms?Wheelspinner said:
Oooh, sensitive much? Because you apparently weigh sod all, and unless you are anorexically thin I assumed that meant you’re about 5’8” , give or take a bee’s willy.pinno said:
? Why do people think i'm a short @rse? I am bang on average for a male in the UK.Wheelspinner said:Ahem, isn’t a 56/57 likely to be a little large for you?
My Colnago C40 is a 57cm, It's roughly... 1 cm too big though that 1cm might be abhorrent to certain pedants/people on the autistic spectrum/nerds, I don't give a farq.
Cheers Blakey - i'm glad i've got someone's support.
[Insert rolling eyes icon]
I’m 6’0 and find almost all 56’s a fraction large for me.
I had a Colnago E1 which was fabulous to ride, but was a 57. If I could have found one in a 55 it would have been my perfect bike.
I prefer a frame that isn't as small as it can be.
I have quite long arms which makes me a) a knuckle dragger and b) I struggle with top tube lengths.
I think and I have found, taller riders place different stresses on a bike. I have a mate (6'4") and the only cf frames he got on with was Giant and a BMC.
My other friend, 6'2" bought a Jamis and a Spesh both CF and he hates them, much prefers steel.
seriously?
are you some kind of gargantuan?Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
Cheers for that. I do have a few on the watch list but...veronese68 said:
You see, if you lot didn't want silly money for old Porker front struts and brake cover plates...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
