Should I purchase this mid 90's, tig welded Battaglin?

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I have a chance to buy a tig welded Battaglin from the mid 90’s. It’s the frame, not the original fork(Tange) which I’ll be replacing, chorus bottom bracket and headset, mutant stem and a Thomson seat post for 150.00. It’s Columbus SL.

I was going to buy it today but wanted to run it past you guys. I think it’s a pretty killer deal.

It has a custom(ugly) paint job done by Bikedelic, who does some awesome work. This frame doesn’t exemplify that. I’ll most likely have it stripped.

I don’t have a road bike right now and I have an Ultegra/Open Pro wheelset just laying around.

Is it a no brainer?

Thanks.

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or you should just sell me that wheelset :slight_smile:

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do it.

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Okay.

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You can get that wheelset brand new for like $215.

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I got it! Pictures to come.

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This is a stupid thread. I can’t believe you were mildly questioning this. At that I can’t wait to see

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Here it is. It doesn’t have a chorus headset…a cheap cane creek headset instead. Some of the decals are peeling off so they might have to come off entirely. I’m happy.

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that isn’t ugly. for awhile there was a black with green splatter on the Indy Craigslist, fully built up with tri color 600. $400, but I had no money then. I hope to find it again in the future

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And while I’m at it, I’m looking for campy parts to build it up with and also a nice fork. Let me know what you have kicking around!

^^^ the black, yellow and red doesn’t do it for me. I think I’ll prefer just black and yellow.

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That paint is actually pretty bitchin.

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yes. there is no shame in that paint’s game.

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That’s a pretty bike

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It’s growing on me already. I’m going to take off what’s already peeling and leave it be.

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looks ok but if that had a non-unicrown fork it would be better

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das big.

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is that a bent fork?

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Like the paint. If the fork you have is crap, replace it with crabon. A nice steel fork will cost more than you paid for the frame.

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I need to find a good deal on a bitchen road bike

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It’s only a 62cm. Yeah, huge to some, but it fits me perfectly. The head tube is massive and works perfectly with my body. I was thinking about a carbon fiber fork but am not too excited about the idea…I really want to go with steel!

I really want to build it up with campy. I’ve never had a campy outfitted bike and would like to try it. I’m off to a bad start with the Open Pro/Ultegra wheel set but I’m going to re-space the cassette to make it work.

Anyone have some campy layin around?

I have the wheelset, bars, saddle, cassette and everything pictured together and it’s super light. Can’t wait to have it done.