FLASHBACK : 1986 Tecnotrat Saronni
SARONNI Aug 2008 - March 2009 Status : Frame in Storage! The entire bike was purchased for around SGD700. It had a mix of old components (105 and Sante, wheelset was ). Size is 53.5 C-C ST. I bought this steel bike as I hated my current aluminum GT bike...plus also Ben was promoting it to me how his 'steel' Pinarello Banesto was so wonderful (he found out that it was made of Alu after a year of owning it!) I got the frame painted to Pearl White. It cost me quite a lot to do it (I think I was seriously overcharged!). The wheels are R540 Shimanos from the GT setup....Basically transferred the entire Ultegra groupset from the GT as well. This remains to me the most beautifully simple bike I ever had. The wheels are custom Mavic Open Pros laced to Ultegra hubs. The frame itself is a tad too short for me. The TT length is correct (about 55cm C-C) but the short ST and HT meant that I had a lot of Saddle-Handlebar height to deal with! Still, a nice bike and since I still have the fram...