Colnago Titanio Bititan Decor Record Vento G3

on a fast descents?

I'm in the middle of a strip down and repaint, Like I said not a fan of the Decor style of layered airbrushing, leaning towards a Rabobank style (Ist generation Dutch American, and my grandparents started a spaarbank (savings) account for me at birth!

rabobank!

The more I learn about this bike, the more I'm tempted to put some money into it and bring it into the 21 century. Went to see Russ Denny to pick his brain about the issues with 1st gen titanium. He's going to source some tubes to chop the twin down tubes and replace with modern alloy tubes that arent prone to failure, I may also upgrade the steerer tube to a 1 1/8 sizing, more area to spread forces and modern fork/stem/bar options. I'd like to ride it comfortably (I'm 205) and dont want the tubes that are known to be brittle to fail on me.
Desecration or smart planning? May start a buiuld thread.

buckler scheme FTW ! :D http://www.super-cycle-clothing.com/images/Buckler1.jpg
Is it correct that Buckler was the predecessor of Rabobank, or was it Panasonic ?

with either one of those schemes.

The differences at the time were so slight in certain areas. This bike spent its life riding along the coast and was stored in Carlsbad. so all the bare metal will need some attention, but the alloy and titanium are perfect. Not sure why the hell he put Tektros on. Like surgical enhancement with warts!

Yep it's tricky to the non-obsessed, haha.

The Chorus crankset is differentiated from Record by the fact it does not "hide" the 5th spider arm behind the crank, and it has that raised lip that runs around the axle bolt allowing the rest of the arm to be thinner/lighter than Athena. Brakes are Monoplaner too which was only Chorus, later lower tiers. Seatpost has the "shroud" hiding the bolt, while Record just has an arc with visible bolt head.

Until my eyes burn, Athena also had a mono planar set, but the are marked Athena under the pad printed shield logo.
So everything is removed except the stem, which is choosing to be stuborn, doing a bit of liguid wrench and will introduce mechanical advance techniques later. The BB is a Centaur sealed bearing, dt shifters are Nuovo record, cranks are only 170's,
The wheelset is amazing ly light and had a lacing pattern that I'm sure could only have been approved by a committee, and not 1 person with four sets of three on each side layed out nearly parralel in groups with the center being a bit longer. I'll have to source a brochure to read about the magic it produces but it is pretty damn awesome.