Bastion made a bike that I like the looks of:
Yeah they can make some pretty bikes for sure. I am curious how well all of those titanium-carbon bonds will hold up over a decade, but I’m guessing the average Bastion buyer isn’t as concerned about it.
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they’re here for a visually jarring time, not for a long time
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if I were in that market, Prova makes some visually pleasing bikes with their own fancy integrated frontend/headset/etc.
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If this was $1000 cheaper I’d try to talk myself into it.
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I’ll post this here because I’m excited but a road bike journey begins for me! $250 got this somewhat mysterious Monti frameset.
I believe it was built by one “Vanni” Losa, as per the V-shaped cutouts in the lugs.
It’s all columbus tubing, though what grade I do not know. The aero fork is 691g, the frame (54.5 square c-c for the top tube and seat tube, 56cm c-t for the seat tube) is 1999g. Perhaps Columbus SL based off the weights in this chart.
All this is so new to me! Many exciting wintery roadie rides to come.
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Seatpost size? 27.2mm tells you it’s one of the better tubesets at the very least.
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it is! checked it and my old 27.2 controltech slots right in
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