My latest project...

I recently acquired a bike a while back that I'm currently in the process of restoring. A little backstory first, I've always had a thing for older Italian road bikes. I cobbled together my first road bike in 1984 or so. It was a pink Tommasini with a random mix of parts I scraped up or got donated. I really loved that bike, but I ended up selling it around 1988ish to buy my first mountain bike.

The last few years, I'd been on the lookout for that bike or something similar. It seemed like everything was pretty expensive and way more than I was comfortable spending. Anyway, long story short, I ended up with a bike that was gifted to me.

The bike is either a 1983 or 84 Rossin Record.

I've purchased some replacement parts here and there. So far I have new tires and handlebar tape. Overall the bike is in really good condition. I basically stripped the bike down to the bare frame and disassembled the wheels as well. I didn't like the way the wheels were built, so I rebuilt them as well.

The bike is starting to come together really nicely!

I've got 4 videos so far with more detailed information about the whole process!
Be sure and check them out if you get a chance: