Cicli Meacci

I found a great deal on a Celeste Bianchi from a woman in Cary, NC. Evidently her brother in law collected bikes and had recently passed away, so they were selling his bikes. I'm happy to have been counted as one of the new owners. From what I gather this is a Japanese made Bianchi from 1988, with serial number JS763901. It was difficult to piece together an exact date but through research and catalogue cuts, its the best I can decipher. The first year the Axis shows up in a catalogue is 1988. This example is Japanese and a pretty poor quality pic.  The 56cm frame is lugged Bianchi Superset Tange crmo  steel  and has more mounts and eyelets that I know what to do with. Outfitted with VGC982 Canti brakes, not sure who manufactures them,and a Sakae FX crankset with a Campagnolo BB . Evidently it had been used as a touring/commuter bike. Very awkward looking. But a BEAUTIFUL Celeste.  Nice Campy pedals with cages and a Campy C-Record front derailleur. Lousy Huret rear

My first cyclocross build. Never heard of the brand. Single speed of course. A guy named Benardcyk bought it.   I chopped the riser bars on this one.

A birthday gift that we found in a thrift shop in Myrtle Beach , SC. Flopped and chopped the bars but everything else was stock. Nice bike, too small for me. This sold to a young girl from Southern Pines.

Here's the restored pic. I'm partial to Selle San Marco Ponza seats. Have them on 4 of my bikes. The second bike in the Rocky Mount deal.  A beautiful example of a 90's japanese lugged steel bike. I nicknamed this one "Crockett" because of the Miami Vice paint scheme. This is how I picked it up. Why people put their seats in crazy positions is beyond me.

Bought this in Rocky Mount in another package deal from a Pittsburgh guy. Small world...I helped a young kid named Henry restore it. His mother wanted something for him to do.

This was an awful, cheap frame, but the paint job came out nicely. Matte grey with black fork. 

Sold this to a hair stylist from NY

This one was too nice to convert to a single speed. so I just restored it. The guy who bought it gave it to his girlfriend to ride a triathlon.

I found these bikes, 5 total in a warehouse in Durham, NC. Lousy pics, but from the same night I picked them up. Got them for $50, by far the best bike deal Ive ever run across. They are a Raleigh Super Course, Raleigh Record, Raleigh Gand Prix and a Ross Eurotour....all in rough shape.

I should appreciate this type of bike, but mostly...not. This was one of a five bike deal, the least valuable of the lot.

Another package deal but in really nice shape. Still heavy though. For whatever reason, the posting on Craisglist to feel this bike yielded the most spam/scams ever.

Not a bike I've owned but an interesting shot from the launch of the Washington DC Bike Rental program. Happened to be up there for the ASLA conference at the same time.

A Sport 500 Single Speed with Soma El Toro Pursuit Bars

This was a loaner from a good friend and former colleague that worked for Melon Bikes out of Asheville. She works for Cane Creek now. It was the first folding bike I had ever ridden and would have kept it but they are pricey. ..

Yep, just like the name implies. A really heavy steel women's bike that I barely touched but sold quickly. It was a package deal with another frame. The Duke stickers made it intolerable.

Added a set of Fulcrum Racing 1's and changed the stem to an FSA OS99. It was a 100mm stem rather than the 120 that came with the bike. Much more comfortable.

This was the first single speed/fixed bike I built from the frame up. It was a Firenze 2000 which evidently was a cheap steel japanese bike. It had an Italian name and a smart head tube sticker. I tinkered with paint color alternatives many times. Even though it was cheap frame the lugs were actually decent looking. Used the wheels, stem and cranks from the Bianchi. I used a link from a large motorcycle chain to drop 700c brakes to fit a 27 1/4 frame. It worked well.