cyclenomessenger: Ready to build. Can't wait to ride the Basso
cyclenomessenger: The 'bat bottom bracket'
cyclenomessenger: Original Basso forks plus some new carbon ones I sprayed to match. Choices, choices.
cyclenomessenger: 1.75kg hmmm not too shabby for a 26 year old steel frame
cyclenomessenger: The Basso lives again! Bought as a rusty hack bike on eBay for £61, now a super stealth machine.
cyclenomessenger: The Basso Loto restoration is nearly finished. Couple more coats of matt lacquer to go
cyclenomessenger: Basso Loto frameset. Columbus SLX. Best fast-back seat stay arrangement of any 80s frame bar none.
cyclenomessenger: Primer on and ready for the final coat.
cyclenomessenger: Basso Loto renovation project. Galvanised finish looks really cool, shame there are too many blemishes for a perfectionist like me to leave it like that. Maybe on another project. Need another dose of frame saver on the insides of the tubes too, the last
cyclenomessenger: Basso Loto SLX frame stripped, galvanised and ready for some paint
cyclenomessenger: Basso Loto 1