Chester Cycles

Got a steel frame bike and fancy a fancy new paintjob? Duane at Chester Cycles has just started taking on full repaints again, which is great news because this dude does fantastic work. I knew a lot of people who got amazing paintjobs from Duane back in the day (and he was also a great supporter of the Chicago scene, sponsoring a bunch of alleycats and rides). Good to see you back, Duane! Details HERE.

This is more up my alley...

More from the Bianchi '10 line. You basically could slap that old 60's era Bianchi logo on just about anything and it'd look gorgeous. See?
Pista:

(although, switching that uni-crown fork for a flat crown fork would have done wonders ATMO)

Pista Classica


Dolomiti Road

Love that suede Regal!

I'm willing to bet we're gonna see a lot more steel in the upcoming year...

Seen at Urban Velo and Bianchi

Ciöcc Mockba '80

I saw this over at Prolly's: the Ciöcc Mockba '80, a reissue of the Ciöcc steel track frame made for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. So nice. Look at those clearances! I'm glad to see a frame maker like Ciöcc get in on the vintage game, like Selle San Marco did with its reissued saddle line. Alex over at StraightChain has a funny story about how the founders of Colnago, Ciöcc, De Rosa and Pinarello were friends and played cards together, which explains why some of these companies have card suits as their logos. Apocryphal? Probally. But a nice story, nonetheless. I'm looking forward to seeing how the fake bike blogs handle a name like Ciöcc, seeing as they can't even spell Cinelli UnicaNItor right. Ha!