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My best friend up and moved him and his wife to SF, CA and didn't take me with him. So, I am still bitter about it and have been hounding him since he left, though I visited once. In his pity, he has sent me his pride and joy, a 1994 Bontrager Road Lite with full Campagnolo Record. He Road/Crit raced on this bike in the mid nineties. The bike is not well suited for SF and he knew I would love a project like this so here we go.
Unfortunately the Bonty looked pretty on the outside but the old Houston elements were begining to show in the steel. So I have taken the bike all the way down to frame and fork. The steerer tube looked to be pitted badly in a few spots after blasting off the rust. Local custom auto performance shop touched up these areas with a tig and tlc.
I just picked up the frame from he powder coating shop this afternoon. I decided on a light blue color from Cardinal Paints. - T009-BL05
It is a little lighter shade of blue than what was on the coated aluminum sample but more blue than comes through on my computer screen. Definitely not a color I have ever seen a bike around here.
I took some before pics but they are low quality, sorry. I will try to continue to keep you posted as the build up goes on.
Build Specs:
94 Bontrager Road Lite Frame & Fork
93-94 Campagnolo Record 8 Speed Drivetrain
Custom Built Wheels: Velocity Arrowheads, Tune Rear, American Classic Front, Silver Sapim CX Rays, Red Nipples
Hutchison Fusion 2 Tubeless tires
Stronglight 1" threaded headset
Nitto Dynamic 1" quill stem in silver
Campy Record Bottom Bracket
Red Nokon cables.
Silver Thomson seatpost
0GTi Brakes with Kool Stops
Custom built cassette with Wheels Manufacturing spacer kit
All pics are going to be continually posted here on this link, click


Unfortunately the Bonty looked pretty on the outside but the old Houston elements were begining to show in the steel. So I have taken the bike all the way down to frame and fork. The steerer tube looked to be pitted badly in a few spots after blasting off the rust. Local custom auto performance shop touched up these areas with a tig and tlc.
I just picked up the frame from he powder coating shop this afternoon. I decided on a light blue color from Cardinal Paints. - T009-BL05
It is a little lighter shade of blue than what was on the coated aluminum sample but more blue than comes through on my computer screen. Definitely not a color I have ever seen a bike around here.
I took some before pics but they are low quality, sorry. I will try to continue to keep you posted as the build up goes on.
Build Specs:
94 Bontrager Road Lite Frame & Fork
93-94 Campagnolo Record 8 Speed Drivetrain
Custom Built Wheels: Velocity Arrowheads, Tune Rear, American Classic Front, Silver Sapim CX Rays, Red Nipples
Hutchison Fusion 2 Tubeless tires
Stronglight 1" threaded headset
Nitto Dynamic 1" quill stem in silver
Campy Record Bottom Bracket
Red Nokon cables.
Silver Thomson seatpost
0GTi Brakes with Kool Stops
Custom built cassette with Wheels Manufacturing spacer kit
All pics are going to be continually posted here on this link, click

