Costalotta birthday bike

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BoTM Winner
I built this for my Son’s birthday. A project that became all consuming and expensive. It was a fixie and I bought it for the frame. The owner didn’t know what it was but I knew it was a Gloria frame. It was too messed up to ride. Dents, cracks bent.
The fork tube was bent so I temporarily replaced it so I could shake it down for other problems. IMG_0233.jpeg IMG_0232.jpeg
Shakedown mode. IMG_0239.jpeg
Problems. IMG_0237.jpeg IMG_0235.jpeg
Back from the frame builder. IMG_0240.jpeg IMG_0241.jpeg
Powder coat IMG_0243.jpeg IMG_0247.jpeg IMG_0245.jpeg
 
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I built this for my Son’s birthday. A project that became all consuming and expensive. It was a fixie and I bought it for the frame. The owner didn’t know what it was but it was, but I knew it was a Gloria frame. It was too messed up to ride. Dents, cracks bent.
The fork tube was bent so I temporarily replaced it so I could shake it down for other problems.View attachment 842208View attachment 842209
Shakedown mode.View attachment 842210
Problems.View attachment 842211View attachment 842212
Back from the frame builder.View attachment 842213View attachment 842214
It was winter I so I built it inside on our bed. My wife said I better not use the bed only as bike repair bench, she claimed I have a bike fetish. IMG_0242.jpeg IMG_0238.jpeg IMG_0244.jpeg IMG_0251.jpeg IMG_0253.jpeg IMG_0248.jpeg IMG_0253.jpeg IMG_0254.jpeg IMG_0257.jpeg IMG_0259.jpeg
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Loving the BB & Headtube tools 🙂

What brand are they?
 
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Don't know the brand, what are we looking at.
It glammed up nicely.
Same company Ernesto Colnago worked at before starting this own company. I have the Gloria Garabaldina road bike with Camp. cambio corsa system. Company had been around since the early '20s.
 
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