Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:02 AM, David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: What a lovely frame. I'm not sure how my partner would react if someone gave me another bike :) My own dream would be a custom-made Llewellyn but really a bike is a bike and if I'm riding I'm happy. I have so many dream bikes, I don't dare start. That being said, I've always wanted a Marinoni, likely due to it's Italian heritage and because they're made in Canada. And, I've always loved lugged steel road bikes. In a month or two, once I get it put together I'll post some more pix. Absolutely nothing exotic going on it in the parts department - quite the contrary, it'll be a mish-mash of Campy and Shimano, even Suntour shifters! One day I hope to get all Campy on it, but for now I just want to get it on the road. Thanks to all who commented! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
2009/12/23 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com The bikies (especially Scott) on this list will appreciate this one. A friend of my room mate's called me yesterday just before I left for work and asked if he could deliver something. He also told me that Mark (the room mate) left a message with him that I should open the Christmas card he left for me before he flew to Nova Scotia for his Christmas with the family. I opened the card which said (among other things), enjoy the frame. I'm thinking, what, a picture frame? I couldn't figure it out. The friend had recently stripped down his old Marinoni road bike and I'd been drooling over it. A pretty damned amazing Christmas prezzie! --- Sweet! Shades of Colnago there. I'm also a big fan of good traditional steel frames. Which begs the question - why am I riding a carbon/alu jobbie? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 3:40 AM, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Sweet! Shades of Colnago there. I'm also a big fan of good traditional steel frames. Which begs the question - why am I riding a carbon/alu jobbie? Giuseppe Marinoni apprenticed with Mario Rossin at Colnago, so he brought that Italian framebuilding heritage to Canada with him. After several years without a roadbike, spending all my time on an aluminium trackbike, it will be a pleasure to be on a nice, relaxing, comfy steed again for those long rides in the country... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
On 12/22/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: The bikies (especially Scott) on this list will appreciate this one. http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/marinoni-for-christmas.html Holy Wow! You have some nice friends. I'd hate you if it were my size. Anyway, congrats on the new frame. Post some more pictures once you get it built up. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:57 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Five minutes after our conversation, there's the friend at the door, holding the Marinoni, big grin on his face, saying, Merry Christmas from Mark!. Here's some quick and dirty pix of it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/marinoni-for-christmas.html A pretty damned amazing Christmas prezzie! cheers, frank Looks like a nice frame. Have fun getting it road ready. All i have is a 20 year old Norco mountain bike, its rusty, creeky and needs new tires, and the brakes only slow me down, not stop me.;-) Dave -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:57 PM, frank theriault wrote: Five minutes after our conversation, there's the friend at the door, holding the Marinoni, big grin on his face, saying, Merry Christmas from Mark!. Here's some quick and dirty pix of it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/marinoni-for-christmas.html What a lovely frame. I'm not sure how my partner would react if someone gave me another bike :) My own dream would be a custom-made Llewellyn but really a bike is a bike and if I'm riding I'm happy. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
[...] Five minutes after our conversation, there's the friend at the door, holding the Marinoni, big grin on his face, saying, Merry Christmas from Mark!. Here's some quick and dirty pix of it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/marinoni-for-christmas.html Very nice - wish I had friends who gave me things like that. All I get is rare tropical diseases and restraining orders. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
Congratulations! Looks like a well made piece of equipment. Paul On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:57 PM, frank theriault wrote: The bikies (especially Scott) on this list will appreciate this one. A friend of my room mate's called me yesterday just before I left for work and asked if he could deliver something. He also told me that Mark (the room mate) left a message with him that I should open the Christmas card he left for me before he flew to Nova Scotia for his Christmas with the family. I opened the card which said (among other things), enjoy the frame. I'm thinking, what, a picture frame? I couldn't figure it out. The friend had recently stripped down his old Marinoni road bike and I'd been drooling over it. Five minutes after our conversation, there's the friend at the door, holding the Marinoni, big grin on his face, saying, Merry Christmas from Mark!. Here's some quick and dirty pix of it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/marinoni-for-christmas.html Marinoni has been making bikes in Montreal since the '70's. They were so prized that many Euro pros bought them, stripped the paint off them and rode them painted with the sponsor's bike colours and logos on them (a practice which doesn't happen in these days of very unique-looking carbon fibre frames). Marinonis (until recently) were all steel, Columbus tubed and lugged frames. All of them are hand-made by the original owner, Giuseppe, who still handmakes all the bikes with his name on it. Here's a very interesting little article on him: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=2253a1ff-a288-45bf-9ada-e3ef22e91d56 http://tinyurl.com/yd8o6qs This one is from the early-to-mid 90's, made of Columbus SL tubing. It's not one of his premier models, but is a solid road frame that should last a long, long time (and it's my size - 56 cm). As you can see, it's a bit scratched, but not offensively so. I've had a banged up road bike sitting unused in a corner, so my winter's project will be to strip the parts off that one and have this beauty ready for the spring. A pretty damned amazing Christmas prezzie! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
That's great, Frank. You're obviously valued. Jack --- On Tue, 12/22/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 3:57 PM The bikies (especially Scott) on this list will appreciate this one. A friend of my room mate's called me yesterday just before I left for work and asked if he could deliver something. He also told me that Mark (the room mate) left a message with him that I should open the Christmas card he left for me before he flew to Nova Scotia for his Christmas with the family. I opened the card which said (among other things), enjoy the frame. I'm thinking, what, a picture frame? I couldn't figure it out. The friend had recently stripped down his old Marinoni road bike and I'd been drooling over it. Five minutes after our conversation, there's the friend at the door, holding the Marinoni, big grin on his face, saying, Merry Christmas from Mark!. Here's some quick and dirty pix of it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/marinoni-for-christmas.html Marinoni has been making bikes in Montreal since the '70's. They were so prized that many Euro pros bought them, stripped the paint off them and rode them painted with the sponsor's bike colours and logos on them (a practice which doesn't happen in these days of very unique-looking carbon fibre frames). Marinonis (until recently) were all steel, Columbus tubed and lugged frames. All of them are hand-made by the original owner, Giuseppe, who still handmakes all the bikes with his name on it. Here's a very interesting little article on him: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=2253a1ff-a288-45bf-9ada-e3ef22e91d56 http://tinyurl.com/yd8o6qs This one is from the early-to-mid 90's, made of Columbus SL tubing. It's not one of his premier models, but is a solid road frame that should last a long, long time (and it's my size - 56 cm). As you can see, it's a bit scratched, but not offensively so. I've had a banged up road bike sitting unused in a corner, so my winter's project will be to strip the parts off that one and have this beauty ready for the spring. A pretty damned amazing Christmas prezzie! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
Congrats, Frank! Looks like you'll have a fun time getting it ready for spring! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 5:57 PM Subject: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron) The bikies (especially Scott) on this list will appreciate this one. A friend of my room mate's called me yesterday just before I left for work and asked if he could deliver something. He also told me that Mark (the room mate) left a message with him that I should open the Christmas card he left for me before he flew to Nova Scotia for his Christmas with the family. I opened the card which said (among other things), enjoy the frame. I'm thinking, what, a picture frame? I couldn't figure it out. The friend had recently stripped down his old Marinoni road bike and I'd been drooling over it. Five minutes after our conversation, there's the friend at the door, holding the Marinoni, big grin on his face, saying, Merry Christmas from Mark!. Here's some quick and dirty pix of it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/marinoni-for-christmas.html Marinoni has been making bikes in Montreal since the '70's. They were so prized that many Euro pros bought them, stripped the paint off them and rode them painted with the sponsor's bike colours and logos on them (a practice which doesn't happen in these days of very unique-looking carbon fibre frames). Marinonis (until recently) were all steel, Columbus tubed and lugged frames. All of them are hand-made by the original owner, Giuseppe, who still handmakes all the bikes with his name on it. Here's a very interesting little article on him: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=2253a1ff-a288-45bf-9ada-e3ef22e91d56 http://tinyurl.com/yd8o6qs This one is from the early-to-mid 90's, made of Columbus SL tubing. It's not one of his premier models, but is a solid road frame that should last a long, long time (and it's my size - 56 cm). As you can see, it's a bit scratched, but not offensively so. I've had a banged up road bike sitting unused in a corner, so my winter's project will be to strip the parts off that one and have this beauty ready for the spring. A pretty damned amazing Christmas prezzie! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron)
Taking time out of my holiday to say: DAMN, DUDE! That is one pretty frame. My dream frame is very similar. I want a Colnago Master X-Lite. Can't wait to see the finished bike. Christian. -Original Message- From: frank theriault [knarftheria...@gmail.com] Date: 12/22/2009 06:57 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO - A Marinoni for Christmas (caution: Bike Pron) The bikies (especially Scott) on this list will appreciate this one. A friend of my room mate's called me yesterday just before I left for work and asked if he could deliver something. He also told me that Mark (the room mate) left a message with him that I should open the Christmas card he left for me before he flew to Nova Scotia for his Christmas with the family. I opened the card which said (among other things), enjoy the frame. I'm thinking, what, a picture frame? I couldn't figure it out. The friend had recently stripped down his old Marinoni road bike and I'd been drooling over it. Five minutes after our conversation, there's the friend at the door, holding the Marinoni, big grin on his face, saying, Merry Christmas from Mark!. Here's some quick and dirty pix of it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/marinoni-for-christmas.html Marinoni has been making bikes in Montreal since the '70's. They were so prized that many Euro pros bought them, stripped the paint off them and rode them painted with the sponsor's bike colours and logos on them (a practice which doesn't happen in these days of very unique-looking carbon fibre frames). Marinonis (until recently) were all steel, Columbus tubed and lugged frames. All of them are hand-made by the original owner, Giuseppe, who still handmakes all the bikes with his name on it. Here's a very interesting little article on him: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=2253a1ff-a288-45bf-9ada-e3ef22e91d56 http://tinyurl.com/yd8o6qs This one is from the early-to-mid 90's, made of Columbus SL tubing. It's not one of his premier models, but is a solid road frame that should last a long, long time (and it's my size - 56 cm). As you can see, it's a bit scratched, but not offensively so. I've had a banged up road bike sitting unused in a corner, so my winter's project will be to strip the parts off that one and have this beauty ready for the spring. A pretty damned amazing Christmas prezzie! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
