Progetto Pista Vintage: 2022

Cannondale M2000 ready

Finished the renovation of my old 1992 Cannondale M2000 this summer. I’ve build it with nearly new XTR M900 parts.

The frame was totally beaten up and the original fork was gone. I think I’ve replaced it long time ago by a suspension fork and cut the steerer tube because I needed some piece of steel tube this size. :-(

After my brother has used it for some decades in South America, I got it back and gave it some TLC.

New powder coating (sorry…), new fork from Spain, new decals from Germany after I rejected the English decals and (from a Giant Cadex donor bike) a full M900 group set.

Still doubting what to do with the stem: put the gigantic stem back on or leave this shorter one on. The long one comes closer to the original one, but this one is better for modern riding style and matches my “modern” Cube FS bike better.

Cycling jersey GGMC for sale

JERSEY GGMC DE GERMAAN

EUR 35.-

Size 3, small!!!

Nice and iconic cycling jersey, “new” in plastic bag.

Size 3, no label inside jersey.

Fabric feels like acryllic.

Flock print GGMC.

Armpit - armpit = 38 cm

Back = 70 cm

Front = 65 cm

So, not that large.

GGMC (Germaan Gazelle Matador Combinatie) was a cycling club from Weesp/Amsterdam with members Gerrie Knetemann and Tim Krabbé (cyclist and writer of the novel “The Rider”).

Insured shipping only.

Price excl. postage.

Colmo Team HB Alarmsystemen replica

Some years ago I bought a bike as a donor for its components and what was left was a resprayed frame with weird Concorde decals. Although the story behind the name “Colmo” and the link with 1970s racing team HB Alarm Systemen have always intrigued me, I’ve tried to sell it, but there was almost no interest.

With my cycling enthousiast son growing into it, I decided to do the frame justice and restore it.

I didn’t want to spend a fortune, so I sanded it and sprayed it with a rattlecans and discovered that outsourcing a paintjob is always better and more affordable than a DIY job.

The paintjob didn’t turn out perfect, but the decals that I’ve drawn up did the job.

The components that were laying around completed the project, a matching HB jersey (Colmo season) is still a challenge.