Recent personal project completed: Early 1980's RIGI stainless steel build

     This is another one of my personal bikes finally built up! It is an early 1980's RIGI, which is an Italian marque. Here is a link to the Classic Rendezvous page about it: RIGI I bought it as a frame and fork from a fellow CR list member back in March 2015. It has been hanging in my basement ever since. It took me a while to get all the parts for it. Also, I am the proud father of two young children, so I have very little free time. I have been slowly assembling it over the past couple of weeks and now it is complete! Minus bar tape, I am still figuring out stem length. I took it for a ride yesterday and it is one squirrely bike! It is very quick handling and twitchy at speed. The very steep geometry also took a bit of getting used to. I look forward to a lot of hill climbing on it as that is where this design excels.
     There were two options with these bikes. One was a traditional lugged frame construction. The other was a stainless steel, welded model, which is what this bike is. Kind of exotic for the early 80's. The build is as follows:

• Campagnolo high flange hubs laced to gold anodized Mavic Record Du Monde De L'Heure rims.
• Campagnolo Super Record rear derailleur
• Campagnolo Super Record brake calipers with O.M.A.S. Titanium center bolts and alloy hardware.
• Campagnolo alloy brake pad holders.
• Campagnolo Super Record brake levers
• Campagnolo Record bottom bracket.
• Campagnolo Super Record cranks with Arnold Industries gold anoidized alloy crank bolts.
• Campagnolo Super Leggeri pedals with Alfredo Binda toe straps (need to get alloy Campy toe clips still)
• Campagnolo Super Record single bolt seat post.
• NOS Soffatti drilled saddle.
• Gian Robert propriatary front derailleur (got lucky and scored it off Ebay real cheap over the summer)
• Campagnolo Super Record head set.
• O.M.AS. front alloy skewer (still need to find a matching rear)
• Cinelli 1R stem
• Cinelli Criterium bars
• Regina Oro freewheel and Regina Oro drilled plate chain.
• Clarks cables and housing with blue plastic coating ( nerded out on the color matching to the decals!)

Enjoy the photos. Thanks to Steven Willis at the bike Stand in Scotch Plains, NJ for selling me the frame and fork and Mark Petry for hooking me up with an original RIGI cycling cap to round out the project!

Recent Personal Acquisition: 1980's RIGI

     This is a frame  and fork I personally got recently. It is an early 1980's RIGI. It is a bit of a unique bike and I am looking forward to building it up. The most clear unique feature is the split seat tube design that enables the rear wheel to be brought closer under the rider. This design shortens the wheel base. The chain is shortened by a full 6CM! Also the head tube angle is very steep,  77 degrees! These bikes were built for speed, not comfort. Also, very twitchy at high speed. I have seen a couple examples before, usually lugged. This one is the stainless steel version, adding to its uniqueness. Even the fork blades are stainless steel! Here is a link to the Classic Rendezvous page about the marque: RIGI  Also of note is the special adaptor piece for the front derailleur. Gian Robert made a front derailleur specifically for these bikes. This one was made by the previous owner and works just fine. It is a bit of a long term project and I hope to build it up with a Campagnolo Super Record group. I also want to use all the after market alloy and titanium parts O.M.A.S. and Cobra made in the 80's for the Campagnolo NR /SR components. Those bits will probablly  take the longest to get I am sure, time will tell. I like oddball / unique bikes, and this one fits the bill for sure. Enjoy the photos!