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Principia RSL SX 2004(?) 57cm

My first venture into roadbikes, let´s just say i was (and still am) in love with the style imposed on my generation during the late 90's and early 21:st century. Air Jordans, G-Shock, Into the Blue and all that stuff. Found it used and somewhat abused, but most of the components got fixed and replaced, including wheels, rear derailleur, shifters and cables. Finally after three years of constant grind the merciless Santiago tarmac took its soul, but not before conquering a few good KOM´s on the San Cristobal cerro, a vuelta around Llanquihue lake with beautiful (active) volcanos, and racing the most classic Chilean amateur races including: 3 Días Vargas, el Clásico de Isla de Maipo and of course the Lo Vazques peregrination (which isn´t really a race). We´ll this sort of is my road curriculum, and i´m sorry to say i´ve developed an allergy to lycra theese past years so i doubt i´ll be coming back to refresh theese memories any more. :(

Frame:
Principia Aluminum RSL frame, early 2K model

Fork/Headset:
Mizuno Stock 1' 1/8 carbon/carbon fork

Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Campagnolo Power Torque

Pedals:
Look

Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
Campagnolo Record 12-25 on Veloce 39-53

Derailleurs/Shifters:
Veloce 2010

Handlebars/Stem:
FSA/ FSA

Saddle/Seatpost:
Selle Italia SLR, Prologo Kappa

Brakes:
Veloce

Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Campagnolo Chorus hubs on Weinmann rims 32 / Campagnolo Nucleon OG wheelset

Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Campagnolo Chorus hubs on Weinmann rims 32 / Campagnolo Nucleon OG wheelset

Accessories:
Garmin 500, Corro Armadillo saddlepouch (www.corro.cl)

More Info:
Out of comission, bike slaugthered

Added by papplo_com. Last updated over 8 years ago.

6 Comments

jchi1234

jchi1234 says:

What rack is that?

Posted over 7 years ago

henry510

henry510 says:

great bike and backstory. theres something timeless about this generation of alu race bikes.

Posted over 8 years ago

CUMBOT

CUMBOT says:

nice frame that is. i'm not sure but i think that the principia added the serif font in the late '90s, early '00s.

Posted over 8 years ago

papplo_com

papplo_com says:

actually i´m not to sure either, but there seems to be a few of these online. must be in the range of 99–05

Posted over 8 years ago

CUMBOT

CUMBOT says:

check out my three principias. each from a different era and with a different logo. maybe that helps.
otherwise there are some old catalogues floating around in the web.

Posted over 8 years ago

quixoticle

quixoticle says:

Lovely build and personal history on this one. Thanks for sharing!

Posted over 8 years ago