let the teardown begin… phoenix to ashes…

began the tear-down today… i have more pics, but i only spent 40 minutes on this, i needed a break from life for a bit.
-peter

began the tear-down today… i have more pics, but i only spent 40 minutes on this, i needed a break from life for a bit.
-peter
(better pics sometime after the rain lets up haha) I haven’t written much about this bike yet, I’m not sure why that is, maybe it’s because I’m uncertain about a number of facts. Namely the year it was built and the model designation. Scapin is a small Italian firm that still hand builds gorgeous bikes,…
well i finally broke down and bought the saddle i’ve always lusted after, a slick Black Brooks Swallow, and it looks damn fine on the Trek 950 Singletrack if i do say so myself 😉 other parts are starting to trickle in, with the snow pounding us this week the delivery’s have been sketchy at…
so the kogswell is finally nearly there, only front and rear lighting to mount and wire up to that pretty Shimano LX dynamo hub out front there. the Alfine 8 rear hub was a breeze to set up, i wish i could justify the cost of the 11 speed, i’d have a triple on the…
so, title aside 😉 haha the Bianchi Volpe got some new leather goodies from a guy in Portland, OR named Geoff who runs WalnutStudiolo, you can find them here on Etsy. what i got was a modified version of their “Bike Portage Strap”, i had it made longer on the top tube, and i also…
lots of fun toys coming together on the Strong road frame, namely the custom made Rychtarski Columbus MAX fork (an awesome Polish company that makes beautiful bikes for INSANELY good prices!), King Headset, the recent wheelset build, and shifters. starting with the fork, it was made to the exact dimensions of the original Strong fork,…
so i got bored and added the carbon fiber sharkguard that used to be on the SV’s Arm to the GSR Arm. 😀 -peter