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Canopus road bike

Daily use road bike, used from commuting to sport riding. Canopus was a bike manufacturer in Colombia, South America, who make professional steel bikes in the italian way in the 80's

Frame:
Canopus Epsilon 50cm size, lugged with Columbus SL tubing Cinelli Bottom Bracket and Columbus dropouts

Fork/Headset:
Canopus with Columbus dropouts

Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Ultegra FC-6500 170mm / BB-6500 Italian thread

Pedals:
Shimano 105 PD-1055

Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
9x2 / 12T-25T / 39T-53T / Dura Ace CN-7701 chain

Derailleurs/Shifters:
Shimano 105 RD-5500 - Shimano Ultegra Tricolor FD-6400 Shimano Ultegra Tricolor SL-6400 shifters

Handlebars/Stem:
MJ Cycles MJ-RH01 / 3T Record Strada 80mm

Saddle/Seatpost:
San Marco Concor light / Miche Primato

Brakes:
Shimano Ultegra Tricolor BL-6401 levers / BR-6403 calipers

Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Mavic CXP 11 / Tiagra HB 4500 / Continental GrandSport 25mm

Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Mavic CXP 11 / Tiagra FH 4500 / Continental GrandSport 25mm

Accessories:
Zefal bottlecage

Bike History

Click a link below to see past stages of this bike.

  1. first build
  2. little upgrade
  3. C9 Style
  4. Martini Racing mk-I
  5. Martini Racing mk-1.2

Current Stage Info:

Custom paintjob inspired in the Martini Racing teams, with the stays and logo showing the Cr-Mo Steel with no paint, just a clear coating.
Some Shimano 600 Ultegra parts added to this stage and looking for and shimano 600 tricolor rear derailleur
EDIT: Final Stage. Sadly, the frameneed repairment, so I will start a new bike with most components of this bike. Almost got all what I want, only miss the ultegra tricolor rear derailleur.

Added by ang. Last updated over 7 years ago.

3 Comments

grangeyard

grangeyard says:

very fine

Posted almost 10 years ago

riceboy

riceboy says:

Very nice. How is the weight on this?

Posted over 10 years ago

ang

ang says:

Hi!
actual weight is 9.94 kilograms (21,9 pounds)

Posted over 10 years ago