Hampsten Cycles

[hampco]

Speaking of bikes that fit me - Brother Andy gets a new bike soon:

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[tarzanello]

Crema purchased in 2012 still going strong. Here our protagonist is taking in the vistas from Saddle Peak in Topanga Canyon, CA. I'm not meticulous about bike cleaning, but when I do give it a bath, it sure sparkles and pops. I should probably clean it more often!

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[hampco]

Some recent recentness:

http://hampsten.blogspot.com/2022/10/more-yct.html

[72gmc]

I forgot to ask last time I saw you ... are you a pistachio person in general?

[hampco]

I forgot to ask last time I saw you ... are you a pistachio person in general?

In Bolgheri, Italy, there's a little gelato place - if you've been on one of Andy's Castegneto trips you probably know it. The pistachio gelato there is... transcendent.

So yes.

How's that fork working out?

[72gmc]

magnificently, as you'd expect

I'm trying to be smart enough, in my 50s, not to trim my 60s off of that nice steel steerer. I'll send you a picture once I make up my mind.

[Matthew Strongin]

In Bolgheri, Italy, there's a little gelato place - if you've been on one of Andy's Castegneto trips you probably know it. The pistachio gelato there is... transcendent.

So yes.

There's a little hidden gem of a modern Italian restaurant not far from my home. It's our favorite date night place. And their pistachio gelato is, as you say, transcendent. Trumps all other deserts.

[johnnyace]

Merry Christmas to me. Thanks, Steve!

[hampco]

As one does:

https://hampsten.blogspot.com/2023/04/updation.html

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[hampco]

This week-ish (and Victoria):

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[echappist]

What could you tell us about the first bike? Classy paint scheme, with a horizontal top tube, too.

[hampco]

That one belongs to a local customer who picked it up yesterday. She has a second-generation Hampsten (Dave Levy-built) Cinghiale Pro with Campy Daytona and wanted something a little more modern. The frame is a Levico/Il Barone hybrid (smaller diameter tubes with Enve carbon fork and rim brakes) with 12-speed Campy Chorus and Astral Solstice wheels, Challenge tires.

The paint was a riff on something she saw on-line: blue-green with bubblegum pink graphics and fork/tube "shadows" - I was a tad skeptical about the colors but I think they worked out great. The green gives it this sort of solemn look and the pink has a really fun pop to it. Despite how dark the paint looks you can clearly see the tubes and welds beneath it - and the welds are perfect, btw, a testament to Jason Grove's skill. Days like this keep me liking my job!

[hampco]

Some recents:
https://hampsten.blogspot.com/2023/04/green-with.html

[j44ke]

Green is one of the best bike colors.

[hampco]

Off to Paso Robles for a week of riding, sporting new Astral Veil3 wheels with 30mm Challenge tires. The potholes won't know what hit them.

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[hampco]

New bike:30 Levico model, same wheels as above, mostly Ultegra. So much steely succulence.

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[oldmill]

Very nice. Love that fork, too

[hampco]

Spot the couplers - I'll wait:

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https://hampsten.blogspot.com/2023/0...io-travel.html

[echappist]

Spot the couplers - I'll wait:

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https://hampsten.blogspot.com/2023/0...io-travel.html

In the words of @Jorn, let the giggling commence :)

[morenog]

Want!