Cipollini RB800 Aero Carbon Road Bike, Dura Ace 9000, Vision Metron - £5000

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Cipollini RB800 Aero Carbon Road Bike, DuraAce, Vision Metron - £5000

Medium Frame - previous owner was 5ft 10

£1400 O.N.O

I am a self employed bike trader with over 13years of experience buying, building and selling high end bike and I canhonestly say that this is one of the prettiest and most impressive bikes I haveever had the pleasure of selling. Cipollini are the Ferrari of the bike worldand are renowned for building masterpieces.

This particular bike is built up with top ofthe range components throughout just adding to its obviously decadent appeal.Full Dura Ace 9000 groupset, Fizik Cyrona R1 Bars, Easton EC70 Stem plus aperfect set of Vision Metron 55 deep section Carbon Wheels rolling on SchwableOne 25C Tyres. This bike is stunning to look at and stunning to ride, thereview below from cycling weekly scored the bike 5 out of 5 and had nothing badto say, it is stunning!!!

The frame is an Integrated seatpost so thegeometry needs to be right for the buyer so I have stated some important dimensionsbelow

Center of BB to Top of Saddle = 69cm (this canbe lower circa 15mm without cutting frame but not raised

Tip of saddle to centre of bars = 52cm

Centre of bars to centre of seatpost = 64cm

Top bar = 56cm

Also the Fizik R1 saddle in the photo isincluded but it is broken so I would consider fitting your own saddle to thebike



MCipollini RB800: First Ride review

Cycling Weekly Verdict



Asa package, the RB800 could be summed up as a true Italian thoroughbred with allthe trimmings. The tiny head tube, and resultant low-slung front end, plus asuper-stiff ride feel means it's one for the racer, but a hint of softness atleast allows enough comfort to still tackle longer rides.

Reasons to buy

· +

Firm ride, but not too harsh

Reasons to avoid

· -

Not much

MarioCipollini, ‘Super Mario', ‘the Champion', ‘the Power', is a rider synonymouswith Italy and all its flair and extravagance.

Former sprint king Cipo said he had no desire to simply stick his nameon any old frame, so set about handcrafting from scratch, promising pizzazz.The RB800 sits in the middle of three, so believe it or not, there's a moreexpensive option, the RB1000, at £4,400 for the frameset.

There's an ‘aero' undertone to the aesthetic of the RB800 but that's notbeen substantiated with any of the marketing, so we can only assume it'sexactly that - aesthetic more than wind cheating. It's no secret how much Mariohimself craved the stiffest, punchiest frames during his racing days so we wereexpecting that to shine through in his designs. The chunky tube shapes,especially the down tube, huge bottom bracket area and tiny head tube are alltraits suggesting that's the case.

The ride feel was indeed very firm, but at the same time delivered theconfidence that the bike wouldn't do anything unexpected. However, we werepleasantly surprised that even after 90 miles of typical UK broken-tarmaclanes, I had no bodily complaints. It's not a harsh, uncomfortable bike, whichis indicative of a hard-to-achieve balance being struck.

Our test bike was garnished with nothing but top-of-the-rangecomponents, Campagnolo Super Record and FFWD F6R wheels (switched out forCampagnolo Boras in our picture). The 60mm deep rims on the FFWD F6Rs excelledin stiffness and encouraged you to confidently go that little bit harder.However, stick in your training wheels, and the bike's performance didn'tsuffer that much.


Perfectly happy to post a bike which I have doneso many times without issue, price will be £90 with full insurance

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