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'09 Van Dessel Drag-Strip Courage

By voulksguy on 09/30/2009. Bike tags: Fixed gear | 75 | aluminum | california | forte | more tags >>
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09 Van Dessel Drag-Strip Courage 55cm

Soma 456 drops (38 cm) or syntace pursuit bars / Deda "wannabe" drops / Ritchey Design WCS 4-Axis 44 Stem

Stock Van Dessel Carbon straight bladed fork / Cane Creek Headset

Dreaming.......Trispoke lightness / Mavic Ellipse

48h Julian black / Mavic Ellipse

Sugino 75 w/ 50t campy chainring and 165 crankarms / sugino 75 bb

Selle San marco rever / Forte precision carbon

mks / IZUMI V Super Toughness

50 x 18t

I traded my 08 fuji track pro for this..... Then I built it up with my components... I love it!!!!!!

Bike weighs alittle under 16lbs

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i like the updated pics.

Submitted by knownaim on 02/26/2010.

what kind of tires are those?

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orange ones are my old ones.

Submitted by schaevitz on 04/03/2010.

orange ones are my old ones. vredestein fortezza tricomp. max 175psi

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hey loren what year is that

Submitted by schaevitz on 01/30/2010.

hey loren what year is that campy chainring? i love the look of it, but cant seem to find that style anywhere currently.

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That chainring looks like an

Submitted by slentz on 03/30/2011.

That chainring looks like an old Campagnolo Record . When they introduced the Super record groupo in about 1974, that little inner part was no longer there as well as a more or less trapazoidal cutout at the outside of the chainring bolt holes. We used to cut those inner parts ourselves anyway.

If you take a look at my two bikes on this website, you will see the old record style (on the Centurion), such as the one here, as well as a chainring that I cut the little ring sections out of in about 1973 or so. Notice that there are just holes drilled outside the chainring bolts rather than the coutouts that Campagnolo did.

This Masi Gran Criterium https://velospace.org/node/27984 gives a good view of how Campy changed the rings with the super record group.
BTW, those brake levers aren't original, but the rest of the bike looks pretty close.

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My buddy actually got it for

Submitted by voulksguy on 02/05/2010.

My buddy actually got it for me.... So, I dunno, hahaha

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so sick son wher do you ride

Submitted by Stanley Mansou on 01/06/2010.

so sick son wher do you ride that 53/18 must be so fucking fast u can probably hit 75km!!??

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um...

Submitted by proudxvxyouth on 01/26/2010.

53/18 really isn't that high of a gear ratio, stanley.
It basically translates to 47/16.

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hed h3

Submitted by schaevitz on 01/02/2010.

hey how many miles do you have on it and has it gone out of true very much?

also, why are the welds so gnarly even though its like a really nice/expensive frame?

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hey think i sold you them

Submitted by Fezdango on 10/02/2009.

hey think i sold you them bars. they look much better on a van dessel lul

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hahahaha

Submitted by voulksguy on 10/02/2009.

Yes, I believe you did... Thanks again... I love the bars... Just heavy, but for the price, you cant beat it!!! :)

If you are ever in Sac, hit me up... I ride ALL the time. I dont own a car, haha

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damn

Submitted by Bamfs01 on 09/30/2009.

This thing's rad. How tall are you? I was thinking of getting this frameset or the Cinelli Vigorelli frameset. God this looks hot though. How's the toe overlap?

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Thanks man!!!

Submitted by voulksguy on 09/30/2009.

I have ridden both, and honestly I like the Van Dessel more... They are about the same price retail, but Ive seen some deals as low as $ 650.

I have NO toe overlap what so ever... My crankarms are 172.5 too... This bike amazes me!!!! I love it.. I am 6 ft too

Frameset alone is 2.2lbs

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I'm so getting one

Submitted by Bamfs01 on 10/01/2009.

Instead of the Vigorelli. Thanks for the info! So rad.

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it's taken this long

Submitted by the rabbi on 09/30/2009.

for someone to comment on the jackass seat angle?

lower your seat and flatten that shit.

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WHACK : X

Submitted by voulksguy on 09/30/2009.

Actually my seatpost height is perfect for me... I have long legs... And that seat angle actually works perfect too... It angles my body forward so I have more to push off with... To each its own... thats what I say!!!

Thanks though

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there is no way

Submitted by the rabbi on 10/01/2009.

to justify your seat angle, really. it kinda just shows you don't know how to fit your bike properly.

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Nice

Submitted by TrackStar on 09/30/2009.

Did you get this bike from J Boyer form Sacramento? Or is the fork drilled and the rear brake hole covered with hard putty? If it is this is my old bike I traded him for his Vantuyl VT420. Happy to see it went to a good home. Only if it wasn't to small for me I would have never traded it.

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dang so you have his 420

Submitted by ESR on 10/25/2009.

dang so you have his 420 bike now

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I believe this is your old

Submitted by voulksguy on 09/30/2009.

I believe this is your old bike, hahaha... How long ago did you trade? Im curious....

The front fork is drilled, but covered... Dude, I love this bike!!

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We did the trade about 2

Submitted by TrackStar on 09/30/2009.

We did the trade about 2 months ago I think. When I bought the frame about 6 months ago it was drilled for a front and rear brake. But I covered the rear hole.

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The rear hole looks stock

Submitted by voulksguy on 09/30/2009.

The rear hole looks stock though... Did you paint it or something?

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Yeah

Submitted by TrackStar on 10/01/2009.

I used hard putty to fill the hole and waited for it to get hard then I used a paint brush.

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Super clean man

Submitted by Indians44987 on 09/30/2009.

love it, nice build. Have fun blowin by cars in the streets with that thing man.

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Fuckin gorgeous. Gotta find

Submitted by Blackout on 09/30/2009.

Fuckin gorgeous. Gotta find a Trispoke!

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