OK. So I've gotten some terrific ideas, but I want to push the envelope. Let's go for the mix and match idea. I want to hear specific recommendations for specific individual non-Campy, non-Shimano items -- what is the most wonderful late 70s, early 80 rear derailleur? How about the brake calipers. Or the shift levers. Crankset? What about handlebars, or saddle-- or even seatpost! If money were no object, what individual pieces would you drool over?
I want to hear it all! Come-on folks! Lay it on me!
David -- I'm in equipment lust tonight -- White
Burlington, VT
>
>
> "David G. White" <whiteknight@adelphia.net> wrote:
>
> I'm seeking ideas for really cool late 70s, early 80s gear with
> which to
> build up my Ron Stout frame. Here's my current thinking. I've got a
> 1974 Jack Taylor that I've had since it was new that I'm going to
> restore with Nuovo Record gear. I've got an early 80s Colnago
> Super with
> a mix of era-appropriate Colnago pantographed items and Campy Super
> Record. My recent 1973 Colin Laing purchase I'll restore with 1st
> generation Dura Ace. So I've got those three major product line bases
> covered. Which leads me back to -- what to do with my late
> 70s/early 80s
> Ron Stout?
>
> It's a gorgeous frame (to my eyes, at least). Clean, lovely lines --
> Prugnat lugs, Cinelli fork crown, Cinelli-style fast back seat
> stays. I
> could do the obvious and build it with Super Record, but I'm thinking
> since the Colnago Super has that covered, I'd like to do something
> different. But I don't know what.
>
> I've got a sweet wheelset with Phil Wood hubs and Mavic MA-40 rims
> for
> which I have no current plans. They've got me thinking about using
> them
> as a starting point for a "cream of the crop" selection of gear other
> than Campy or Shimano. But I was out of touch with the industry
> during
> that period and must admit to a major gap in my knowledge (one of
> many
> such gaps).
>
> So I ask the CR list's input. What would you pick, if you wanted to
> build a high end circa 1980 frame with high end gear other than
> Campy or
> Shimano?
>
> Thanks!
>
> David -- I can hardly wait to hear the responses -- White
> Burlington, VT
>
>
>
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