Anthony L’s Campania Sport

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This is Anthony L’s very eye-catching Campania Sport.

This is my old 10-speed. I know it’s a 70’s Campania Sport, but not sure of the exact year. I found it on Craigslist while searching for a cheap road bike. It is a tad on the heavy side. That’s not that important to me as I was looking more for a commuter and not a racer. The brakes are Dia-Compe center pulls with Suntour shifters as well as Suntour GT rear and Suntour Sprint front derailleurs. There was some mild rust, so I decided to repaint the frame a bright red instead of the dull red it was orginally. The yellow cable housing and tires really sets it off. It certainly gets the looks around campus.

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  • BeaterRezQ

    Anthony L.,
    That’s bicycling in technicolor!
    Love the “real” headbadge, and the old stem with the sharp angle…killer!!
    B

  • Memento83

    the bars are taped in reverse

    • oldtenspeed

      I like to tape my bars backward. (It makes adding and removing bar-ends a lot easier…)

      • BeaterRezQ

        …now I wonder if I did these backwards!?!
        B.

        • Docsprocket

          NOW THATS CHEEETING B
          HA HA HA HA

          • BeaterRezQ

            🙂 …I aim to please…(:

    • Docsprocket

      NOT REVERSED OLD SCHOOL
      THEATS THE BEST SEE ATTACHED PHOTO

  • Memento83

    other than that pretty nice i also love those old lugged stems and triangular crank spiders

  • http://www.facebook.com/ant.lovell Anthony Lovell

    Well, this is my first road bike and learning everything. Corrected the bar tape mistake a few weeks ago. Been putting near 50 miles a week commuting on her to work.

    • Docsprocket

      THE BAR TAPE IS CORECT IN THE PICTURE THATS THE WAY THEY WERE WRAPPED. THAT IS WHAT YOUR BAR END PLUG WAS INTENDED FOR . AT THE END OF THE BAR YOU WOULD CUT THE BAR TAPE
      IN A 65 DEGRE ANGLE & IN THE LAST SECTION YOU WOULD BLEND TO THE BAR END THEN FOLD THE TAIL END UNDER IN SIDE THE BAR THEN INSERT THE PLUG TO KEEP IT IN PLACE,
      I STILL WRAPP BARS IN THIS MANNER IT IS JUST AS EASY + YOU WONT GET THE END TAPE LIFTING IN HI TEMPS, AS WELL AS FROM GRIPPING THE BARS IN THAT LOCATION YOU WILL GET THE TAPE STARTING TO LIFT FROM OILS & SALTS. I LIKE THE OLD WAYS BEST IN SOME CASES

      SEE ATTACHED PHOTO FOR REFERENCE

    • BeaterRezQ

      Anthony, don’t sweat it man. If I corrected everything about my bikes that didn’t suit someone’s fancy….I’d be walking to work everyday. B——–biking should be fun!”

  • Docsprocket

    RED IS DEFINITELY IN THIS SEASON I LIKE IT

  • oldtenspeed

    What has this blog come to!?!?! Arguing the direction of bar wrap!? Keep this crap on bikeforums!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001980856118 Leonardo E. Ferreira

    It looks very well taken care of. I had a 1980 Caloi in brazil, which looked a lot like yours ! Impressive !

  • Austin whitecotton

    HEY Anthony! i got a compania sport and i am trying to remove the cranks.. how did you remove them when you painted it?? i need to get into the bb badly to clean it