Fausto Coppi K14 2002 Giro d'Italia Colour Scheme.

[Illaveago]

I have been working outside this morning trying to discover why I can't select all 3 chain rings. With the cables disconnected I can select all 3 so it seems to point to the front changer. I found that If I loosened the cable and pulled the changer over to the outer chain rings and then tightened up the cable clamp I could get it to go onto the middle chainring. It could just be down to adjustments although it needs quite a bit of effort on the lever.
It was fun trying to put the lever back on.

 

[biggs682]

Ooh dear getting sti units back on to brackets is a nasty job for sure and well avoided in my book .

I like the ping when a small stone deflects of a tyre at 100 psi

Let's hope you get all the gears working ok

 

[Illaveago]

It is looking a bit better now that I have turned the stem around and removed some more bar tape.

 

[Illaveago]

I will have to get my Pinarello Angliru lacquered and built up to see how they compare. I have read that my Angliru is an entry level bike and can be seen in how the welds have been finished and how stickers have been applied instead of masking out and spraying.
I don't think I have paid that much attention to detail for my British steel bikes before so I think I may look at them a bit more closely.

 

[T4tomo]

It is looking a bit better now that I have turned the stem around and removed some more bar tape.

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Looking good, quite a result the original bar tape was there are protected under the other. It has that turn of the century look.👍

 

[biggs682]

I am surprised by the weight though coming in at 24lbs for a 23.5ins frame.

Just weighed my 531 professional tubes Hardisty that is 22 1/2" size

I will have to get my Pinarello Angliru lacquered and built up to see how they compare. I have read that my Angliru is an entry level bike and can be seen in how the welds have been finished and how stickers have been applied instead of masking out and spraying.
I don't think I have paid that much attention to detail for my British steel bikes before so I think I may look at them a bit more closely.

If you put a run of the mill plain gauge road bike next to one made by one of the UK small independent frame builders you should see a fair degree of difference in the finish of the lugs and general finish of the frame.

 

[rogerzilla]

23-24lb was pretty normal for an early 90s entry or medium level race bike. Paying more got you a slightly lighter frame, like 653 or 753, but the components weren't much lighter, just better. It all got heavier again with STI. Then carbon changed it.

 

[Illaveago]

23-24lb was pretty normal for an early 90s entry or medium level race bike. Paying more got you a slightly lighter frame, like 653 or 753, but the components weren't much lighter, just better. It all got heavier again with STI. Then carbon changed it.

I was reading somewhere I think it was a Belgian team which specified a heavier gauge of tubing for their bikes as they were more concerned about durability over weight. I think it might have been Viking I I R C.

 

[Illaveago]

I took it out on my first group ride on Thursday to see how it would cope. It went very well, I found that I was having to do a lot of braking to stay in formation. It seems to roll very well and can easily accelerate up to 20mph. I haven't seen how fast I can push it, I still can't get it to change up onto the outer chain ring yet. The ride went well despite some rain, it rides really smoothly and seems to soak up some of the bumps. I did 15 miles on it.

 

[Illaveago]

There are several nasty corrosion patches which I will have to deal with later. I have taken a close look at the colour scheme. I think it is a white pearlescent base on which a blue has then been sprayed. The banding colours which I thought was done by stickers aren't but we're in fact sprayed on with an air brush with masks. This wasn't a cheap frame! It is going to give me a bit of a headache if my repairs go anywhere near them.

 

[Illaveago]

I took my bike out for a ride on Sunday, it was riding nice and smoothly and then as I changed up the chain started jumping. Alright I will drop down a gear. The next thing I noticed that the rear brake lever travel started to get longer! Things were going well. Halfway across a major road the chain decided to come off! Things weren't going well! I put the chain back on and continued on to my brother's. At my brother's I noticed play in the steering! It wasn't my day! I tightened it up before I set off for home and took it steady.

Yesterday I decided to try to sort things out. I found another spacer for the ahead set and fitted it. Not much better! I eventually changed the top bit which has the bolt for another one. I have yet to see if that has fixed the problem. The chain jumping was the next to tackle. I noticed that the rear mech adjusting screw was wound right off so I screwed it in to tension the chain. I need to test it to see if it has improved things.
The brake caliper cable clamp seems to be slipping so that will be the next thing to sort out.

Although my ride had its problems I was really impressed by how smooth the ride was, it also responds well when I put the power down. If it hadn't been for the chain jumping as I climbed up over a canal slowing me down I would have gone after a racing cyclist who passed me. A 70 year old after a much younger cyclist!

 

[Illaveago]

I found out that my bike is painted in the team colours of Team Index Alexia Alluminio. I found a similar K14 which had been sold.

 

[biggs682]

I found out that my bike is painted in the team colours of Team Index Alexia Alluminio. I found a similar K14 which had been sold.

A voyage of discovery

 

[Illaveago]

I have been having a bit of a problem with the head bearings loosening. Tonight I took the top bolt and cap off and looked at the star nut inside, there was grease in there. I was wondering if this was allowing the star nut to slide up instead of gripping the walls of the tube, so I was wondering if I removed the grease with some white spirit it might grip and solve my problem? So I will now have to wait and see how it is tomorrow.