Hey forum goers, I am new to your forum, though I have flicked over to WW many times in the past. I have been cycling for just under 30 years now and still love it. My daily commuters are an On-One Il Pompino, or my Boardman comp depends how I feel for my other duties I have a Guerciotti Alero, which I brought after trading up from my Kinesis Racelight KiC2. I hope to be able to give some input to various discussions as well as take something away from them

Catch you later

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i'd rather be riding an Italian !

Please do post pics of your rides, and tell us what your plans are for your bikes!

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Cervelo R3, Campagnolo Chorus/Record mix... pastatrails.blogspot.com
And you can call me Macktastik Honey Pete Kicks, thank you.

hey thanks for the warm welcome, pity the other forum users are too busy to stop by

I will post up some pics of my rides when I have cleared work and am into the weekend. To be honest I would love to be able to spend loads of cash on trick bits on my Guerciotti and strip it down to a sensible minimum weight, but my problem is I am 95kgs and I don't want to put anything in jeopardy

I can't ever think of a time when fat bloke & light bike were in the same sentence

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Break at the office. Another Welcome! As Pete said please do post pictures of your current bikes. Any upgrades in mind for any of them?

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Hey Juan will post pics as soon as poss.

The only immediate upgrades I am thinking of are new cableset & saddle for the Guerciotti. I just can't make out from the corporate literature exactly what components I need to run Goodridge cables and outers for my gear & brake set up , I have standard Campag 10 speed cables atm, and from reading reviews Goodridge sound the best alternative

As regards the saddle I am tempted to go Fizik, but I don't like to go with the flow normally I like to do my own thing, but saying that saddles are all generally well covered I have always fancied a San Marco Regal - yeah hardley light I know, I have a 'Rolls' on my commuter and it is the comfiest saddle ever

If you have any suggestions let me know please

many TIA

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Still stuck at work but managed to link to some of my pics ...

My Beone TEN SS MTB I used for commuting


My On-One Il Pompino taken at my local tennis courts last summer - wish it was that sunny now


My 853 track bike - wish I'd have kept it now


more pics to come soon ...

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Evening Forum people ... I have got a question .... I am having trouble with my Guerciotti Alero, the seat tube is 29.4mm and although I have shimmed it down to 27.2mm I just can't get the 'right' look. I have a Controltech team issue 2A seatpost atm, which is more easy on the eye, than my new carbon one which just looks wrong.

Do any forummers know of a 29.4mm seatpost with 25mm lay back

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i'd rather be riding an Italian !

That's a problem some Pegoretti's share.....

Thomson layback ....but let's be honest.... friends don't let friends ride thomson laybacks (ugly)

WR Composti makes a nice carbon 29.4 but hard to get hold of......specially in America, you might be able to track one down in good old blighty though.

That's all I got

Deda Magic Stick would look good on your frame. Might be hard to get hold of, though...

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2010 Guerciotti Whisper
2007 Bianchi 928L (update Sep '11)
1999 Bianchi MegaPro 25CrMo4

Thanks for your input. WR wasn't a company I had considered, but tbh the seatpost looks good ....

http://www.wrcompositi.it/catalogo.php?prodotto=40

I will contact the importers today to see what they say

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i'd rather be riding an Italian !

Cheers for that, I will consider it

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This is where I am with my Guerciotti build ........





I would like to upgrade to a matching 12k full carbon fork (I will source some 'Guerciotti' decals for the forks later), I want to change the bars, stem & seatpost (as previously mentioned).

I have been looking at the Deda super zero seat post this morning

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Looks great! (But then, I'm biased )
Deda Superzero doesn't come in 29.4 AFAIK.
If you go for Deda, consider the Black Fin fork. Full carbon, reasonably light and very stiff.

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2010 Guerciotti Whisper
2007 Bianchi 928L (update Sep '11)
1999 Bianchi MegaPro 25CrMo4

thanks, your whisper looks awesome

Yeah regards the seatpost I would have to have the 27.2mm shim in I need to colour it in with something, it sticks out like a sore thumb at the moment

I'll do some research on the black fin - thanks for the heads up

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Thanks, yeah, i love my Whisper

Regarding the shim: if I were you I'd try to find a plastic one. They come in black and there's less chance that you scratch your fine Superzero seatpost.

Looking forward to see your completed Alero!

Edit: what year is your Alero? I see that the 2010 model already comes with a Deda Black Fin...

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2010 Guerciotti Whisper
2007 Bianchi 928L (update Sep '11)
1999 Bianchi MegaPro 25CrMo4