HUM3'S ROSSIN SUNTOUR CYCLONE

Rossin, Italian made bike from the mid-
80's with Suntour Cyclone (3rd generation).

- 58 c/c seattube, 56 c/c toptube
- 'Rossin' pantographed chrome fork
- Cyclone derrailleurs and shifters

- Cyclone brakes
- Cyclone chain and crankset
- Cyclone bracket
- Suntour 6-speed freewheel
- Ambrosio 19 Elite/ Miche wheelstet
- 3TTT Competizione handlebar
- 3TTT Quill stem
- Pelten Shade Ciclolinea tape
- Rolls San Marco saddle
- Rotto Italy pedals


- Shimano 105 SLR brake levers
- Shimano AX Bottle
- Shimano 600EX headset

(Exact date and type of this Rossin is unknown. Probably Columbus Aelle tubing. )

VARIOUS ROSSIN RECORDS

This is a carefully restored Rossin with the same frame and colour scheme as mine.


[Above] The fork, gears & seatpost are modern updates

[Above] This looks all original, except maybe the bottle cage.

[Above]

Not all Rossins had chromed forks and stays. 

Columbus KL frame c.1980

  

Pantographed stem

Pantographed chainring

ROSSIN PISTA - TRACK BIKES

 

AND A FLAT BAR REBUILD

PISTA VERSION FROM USA

ROSSIN FRAMES

Here are two frames that appeared on eBay. The first is an eighties 'Professional' model that sports a flamboyant splatter paint effect:
 





The frame below features a nice green fleck/splatter job. They're not to everyone's taste, but   they're certainly distinctive. I like them, personally:

MY ROSSIN

 *** Very sadly, have sold my Rossin***
I've had to raise funds for a bike with electronic shifting (after a hand injury made left hand shifting difficult) so sold my Rossin and my carbon road bike.
I'll eventually be on the lookout for an all original Rossin for London rides however.


Going back a few months I took the Rossin Record (or 'Team'?) out for its first proper ride on a cold, crisp day; 34 miles (home to Richmond Park, three laps and back home).

The ride was super smooth, the Campag Veloce gears shifted perfectly, braking was spot on and the new Rolls saddle that I've finally settled on was very comfortable and looks just right.

If you look at earlier postings on this blog you'll see how the bike was built up from a restored frame to create the current build. There's even a video on the home page..

My Rossin was built at The London Cycle Workshop.





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FRAME SPEC

Seat tube(c to top) – 58cm
Top tube(c to c) – 56cm
Rear spacing – 126mm
Seatpost dia. – 27.2mm
Brake calliper fixing – allen key type
Bottom bracket threading – 36x24T (Italian)
Front derailleur – braze-on tab
GROUPSET: CAMPAGNOLO VELOCE
Veloce Ultra-torque chainset 170mm 53/39
Veloce rear mech medium cage
Veloce front mech braze-one
Veloce skeleton brake calipers
Veloce 10 speed shifters
Veloce 10 speed chain

Cassette: 12-25
Headset & Bottom Bracket: Campagnolo
Wheels: Campagnolo Khamsin

Tyres: Schwalbe Lugano
Saddle: white Rolls (not as in photo)
Bars: Deda 215 Shallow (Silver)
Seatpost: Suntour Superbe

Seatpin: Campagnolo
Stem: Nitto Pearl 10

Bar Tape: Fizzik

Pedals: (SPD one sided)
Frame resprayed, new decals, nearly new groupset (front mech new, chainrings new), new wheels and tyres, new Rolls saddle, bars & stem new, new bartape, new cables.
Ridden about 100 miles since built.