Ciöcc - a Beautiful Italian Bike - Zoobird2024-03-29T02:23:34Zhttps://www.zoobird.com/forum/topics/cioecc-a-beautiful-italian?groupUrl=bikezoo&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGreetings, Pete,
Your Ciöcc…tag:www.zoobird.com,2009-12-22:2129360:Comment:227402009-12-22T13:46:30.040ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
Greetings, Pete,<br />
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Your Ciöcc is certainly beautiful. I am impressed that you build these bikes so well from the assorted parts. Do you install your own spokes and true your own wheels? I find that out of my skill range and Jeremy Millner, the bike mechanic on Bike Zoo has done that for me on my '64 Bianchi. His shop, Orange Cycles, has a very sophisticated spoke trimmer and machine he uses to true wheels. I did a little article about it in the Bike Zoo. And, here are some photos of Jeremy…
Greetings, Pete,<br />
<br />
Your Ciöcc is certainly beautiful. I am impressed that you build these bikes so well from the assorted parts. Do you install your own spokes and true your own wheels? I find that out of my skill range and Jeremy Millner, the bike mechanic on Bike Zoo has done that for me on my '64 Bianchi. His shop, Orange Cycles, has a very sophisticated spoke trimmer and machine he uses to true wheels. I did a little article about it in the Bike Zoo. And, here are some photos of Jeremy working on the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/sets/72157615306749390/" target="_blank">Bianchi</a>. He tuned it up so well it rides like ice. He builds <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/sets/72157616296502281/" target="_blank">custom single speed</a> bikes from old ones and they have a coaster brake and freewheel, so they <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/sets/72157616300627599/" target="_blank">look fixed</a> but can coast and brake safely.<br />
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The previous owner of my Ciöcc had the drop bars positioned that way. I'll move them so they're parallel to the ground. Bill, from the Bike Zoo, has suggested that, as well. I have a Merckx that had a 140mm stem I replaced with a 70mm and it helped my back as well.<br />
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<p style="text-align:left"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/3011268698/sizes/m/in/set-72157604017387614/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/3011268698_782ab38127.jpg"/></a></p>
This is it, before I replace the stem. Nice Cayman! Cheers, Mike<br />
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I haven't had any back pain from this Ciöcc but maybe that's because of the drop bar position. Hi Michael,
as far as i reme…tag:www.zoobird.com,2009-12-22:2129360:Comment:227382009-12-22T08:18:54.902Zpete korhonenhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/petekorhonen
Hi Michael,<br />
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as far as i remember the words of the fellow who sold me the frame, it dates back to the early 90's.<br />
The frame is Dedacciai 7000 alloy (aluminium) and the decals say "Alluminio" and "Basic". The front fork has been digged from the treasury of one Local Bike Shop, and it is steel fork, made of 531 Reynolds TI - considering the colour scheme, it might be from a high end Crescent - not really sure.<br />
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The cranks are Miche-something (with odd BCD 116 makes it almost impossible to find…
Hi Michael,<br />
<br />
as far as i remember the words of the fellow who sold me the frame, it dates back to the early 90's.<br />
The frame is Dedacciai 7000 alloy (aluminium) and the decals say "Alluminio" and "Basic". The front fork has been digged from the treasury of one Local Bike Shop, and it is steel fork, made of 531 Reynolds TI - considering the colour scheme, it might be from a high end Crescent - not really sure.<br />
<br />
The cranks are Miche-something (with odd BCD 116 makes it almost impossible to find new chainrings) out of my old-and-sold Bottecchia. The front wheel was rescued from a garbage heap and the rear wheel was built around Shimano 600 hub with seven speed cassette and Linus rim.<br />
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Rear derailleur is Shimano Sora operated with the old-time-friction-lever, seatpost is a Shimano 600, stem is some noname-black-one as well as the drop-bars. Brake levers are Shiman RSXs (but I will change them to some lighter version - the pair weights almost 500g).<br />
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Looking at your Ciöcc (congratulations!) it looks like it is really some top of the line bike. Very nice indeed.<br />
Do you have problem with your back/hands or why is the drop bar rotated so "high up", so that the brake levers point slightly forward instead of pointing straight down? In my touring pictures you can see I had some problems with the riding position, mainly caused a) by the saddle being not in balance b) the stem being slightly too long -> had to reach too far in front -> hands went numb.<br />
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Greetings,<br />
-p- Thanks, Pete. I looked back…tag:www.zoobird.com,2009-12-21:2129360:Comment:227322009-12-21T16:06:49.862ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
<p style="text-align:left"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/sets/72157622919216109/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/4203760782_b29fc426f0_m.jpg"></img></a></p>
Thanks, Pete. I looked back at your post about <a href="http://www.zoobird.com/profiles/blogs/one-for-the-road">your Ciöcc.</a> Can you give some more detail about it? What year do you think it was built? This one has a forgiving steel frame that I like because there are many cobblestones here. I took some more photos of it on a ride to a lake yesterday, so if…
<p style="text-align:left"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/sets/72157622919216109/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/4203760782_b29fc426f0_m.jpg"/></a></p>
Thanks, Pete. I looked back at your post about <a href="http://www.zoobird.com/profiles/blogs/one-for-the-road">your Ciöcc.</a> Can you give some more detail about it? What year do you think it was built? This one has a forgiving steel frame that I like because there are many cobblestones here. I took some more photos of it on a ride to a lake yesterday, so if you click <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/sets/72157622919216109/" target="_blank">here</a> or on the large photo above, you'll see the album. absolutely beautiful bike!
m…tag:www.zoobird.com,2009-12-21:2129360:Comment:227282009-12-21T08:05:58.782Zpete korhonenhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/petekorhonen
absolutely beautiful bike!<br />
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my a-bit-newer-and-not-so-classic-ciöcc -built can be seen here<br />
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<p style="text-align:left"><img src="http://rok.possu.org/tsyka/ciocc/edt_ciocc_DSCF2265.jpg" width="300"/></p>
absolutely beautiful bike!<br />
<br />
my a-bit-newer-and-not-so-classic-ciöcc -built can be seen here<br />
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<p style="text-align:left"><img src="http://rok.possu.org/tsyka/ciocc/edt_ciocc_DSCF2265.jpg" width="300"/></p>