Serotta Duetti A9

[scott43]

That's very interesting. @scott43 and I were looking at Factor frames just the other week, this is even tighter.

The apparent stiffness is now less of a mystery.

That's a short wheelbase for sure. Crit territory. Probably is a blast to ride in anger on good pavement though.

 

[JShort]

Another novelty on the bike are these Growtac Equal mechanical disk brakes. They have been surprisingly amazing - extremely easy to mount, take standard Shimano flat-mount pads and weren't ~crazy~ expensive (I was considering Paul Klamper brakes for a hot second before getting these).

They have all the power in the world at the expense of almost all modulation.

Eventually I'd like to replace the Shimano pads and rotors with Galfer ones, since I've been running them on my MTB and they are amazing

 

[dan ross]

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Ben Serotta is a longtime frame builder from my hometown. He recently transitioned to titanium frames so I picked up this aluminum one for a great price. My racing days are over so I just wanted something with round tubes and non annoying cable routing and this fit the bill nicely

So where are you from? Greenwich? Saratoga?
I worked part time for him in 1981- (we had mutual friends )- filing lugs , tube prep , menial stuff but I picked up a club special which is still the best steel bike I ever owned and would probably still have if it hadn’t met an untimely end .

 

[Dave Marshak]

I had a Custom (which was the basic standard frame at the time) that Ben brazed himself in the back of his father’s hardware store. That was a nice bike but it was stolen.

dm

 

[wooglin]

I think my dentist rides a Serotta. #oldtiredjoke

 

[JShort]

From what I've heard the early Serotta steel frames were dreams to ride and were pretty cheap too, enough so that a bunch of college and club racers were on them. Then I guess the dentist builds started happening to keep the lights on?