I wish that people that are actually interested in good bikes would contact me and not just looky lous. Ready to sell imediately is the DeRosa Idol with disk brakes, The Specialized Allez and I should finish the Paramount 564 today. This covers the price range from $750 for the Schwinn to $800 for the Specialized to $2,000 for the DeRosa which is damned cheap for a superbike. Also a wash job and the Marin San Marino will go for $1,500. The Marin is a great bike but my reaction time is simply too slow and it wanders all over the place and it handles too slowly for a reaction time of an 80 year old. Finishing the 564 will open up the workstand and I can modify the Loto to use a triple. I intend to keep the Loto. The Colnago is a good road bike but it is too rough on gravel trails so I bought a Raleigh CX which will mount 38 mm semi-knobby tires.
I have to disassemble the Fondriest and sell the bare frameset.
The 10 speed wide ratio Moser will start with an 11-36 and go up from there if it needs to.
I want to be able to keep my blood pressure and heart rate below maximum (hopefully 10% below) so that I can climb the hills around here again. My weight is finally starting to go down but slowly. I need to lose 20 lbs to ride decently again.
At the moment I am keeping my heart rate about 10 beats below max. But I should really try for 14 beats below max.
I just got an email from the Tuesday/Thursday group and they are still riding. But I coudn't keep up with them presently. So I have to work on me first.
I have most of the parts to put together the Raleigh CX with V-brakes and a double. I have a BB30 around here somewhere that is FSA SLK and quite light but I have to find it. After the CX bike is put together so that I can ride on the gravel without crying, I will finish the Ridley Helium Di2. I lifted it the other day and it is REALLY light. People aren't really wild about super light nymore gut they do like light.
I will have to do something about running the wiring from the right frame side through the handlebar to the left side where the charging port will be. This means two connections on the right lever, another connection at the left lever and the final connection at the right bar end.
On 2/13/2026 7:13 PM, cyclintom wrote:
I wish that people that are actually interested in good bikes would contact me and not just looky lous. Ready to sell imediately is the DeRosa Idol with disk brakes, The Specialized Allez and I should finish the Paramount 564 today. This covers the price range from $750 for the Schwinn to $800 for the Specialized to $2,000 for the DeRosa which is damned cheap for a superbike. Also a wash job and the Marin San Marino will go for $1,500. The Marin is a great bike but my reaction time is simply too slow and it wanders all over the place and it handles too slowly for a reaction time of an 80 year old. Finishing the 564 will open up the workstand and I can modify the Loto to use a triple. I intend to keep the Loto. The Colnago is a good road bike but it is too rough on gravel trails so I bought a Raleigh CX which will mount 38 mm semi-knobby tires.
I have to disassemble the Fondriest and sell the bare frameset.
The 10 speed wide ratio Moser will start with an 11-36 and go up from there if it needs to.
I want to be able to keep my blood pressure and heart rate below maximum (hopefully 10% below) so that I can climb the hills around here again. My weight is finally starting to go down but slowly. I need to lose 20 lbs to ride decently again.
At the moment I am keeping my heart rate about 10 beats below max. But I should really try for 14 beats below max.
I just got an email from the Tuesday/Thursday group and they are still riding. But I coudn't keep up with them presently. So I have to work on me first.
I have most of the parts to put together the Raleigh CX with V-brakes and a double. I have a BB30 around here somewhere that is FSA SLK and quite light but I have to find it. After the CX bike is put together so that I can ride on the gravel without crying, I will finish the Ridley Helium Di2. I lifted it the other day and it is REALLY light. People aren't really wild about super light nymore gut they do like light.
I will have to do something about running the wiring from the right frame side through the handlebar to the left side where the charging port will be. This means two connections on the right lever, another connection at the left lever and the final connection at the right bar end.
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I wish that people that are actually interested in good bikes would contact me and not just looky lous. Ready to sell imediately is the DeRosa Idol with disk brakes, The Specialized Allez and I should finish the Paramount 564 today. This covers the price range from $750 for the Schwinn to $800 for the Specialized to $2,000 for the DeRosa which is damned cheap for a superbike. Also a wash job and the Marin San Marino will go for $1,500. The Marin is a great bike but my reaction time is simply too slow and it wanders all over the place and it handles too slowly for a reaction time of an 80 year old. Finishing the 564 will open up the workstand and I can modify the Loto to use a triple. I intend to keep the Loto. The Colnago is a good road bike but it is too rough on gravel trails so I bought a Raleigh CX which will mount 38 mm semi-knobby tires.The Raliegh cyclocross frameset came in yesterday and it was packed super and simply went right together I was searching for an aluminum so it sort of took me by suprise that the REALLY cheap frameset was a nearly like new carbon fiber model not even noticeab[e scratches. I have a FSA bar and a short, so light, stem. Since this is going to be a 10 speed double I will use the LTWoo levers from the Basso since I am converting that to a triple.
I have to disassemble the Fondriest and sell the bare frameset.
The 10 speed wide ratio Moser will start with an 11-36 and go up from there if it needs to.
I want to be able to keep my blood pressure and heart rate below maximum (hopefully 10% below) so that I can climb the hills around here again. My weight is finally starting to go down but slowly. I need to lose 20 lbs to ride decently again.
At the moment I am keeping my heart rate about 10 beats below max. But I should really try for 14 beats below max.
I just got an email from the Tuesday/Thursday group and they are still riding. But I coudn't keep up with them presently. So I have to work on me first.
I have most of the parts to put together the Raleigh CX with V-brakes and a double. I have a BB30 around here somewhere that is FSA SLK and quite light but I have to find it. After the CX bike is put together so that I can ride on the gravel without crying, I will finish the Ridley Helium Di2. I lifted it the other day and it is REALLY light. People aren't really wild about super light nymore gut they do like light.
I will have to do something about running the wiring from the right frame side through the handlebar to the left side where the charging port will be. This means two connections on the right lever, another connection at the left lever and the final connection at the right bar end.
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