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Well I need to try and recoup the costs of things I bought that are all wrong for my build duh. A Shimano 600 Ultegra FD-6401 Tricolor front mech A Simplex SX410 rear mech <SOLD> A Cinelli stem </SOLD> £17.50 posted each, or poss swapsies/part-ex vs 80s Stronglight chainset or Maillard+Mavic...

Re: Hmm, thanks for that. Does it not require the smaller unthreaded French hanger hole though?

Re: Re: Parts? You want PARTS? I'll give you parts: Frame = whatever it is but resprayed 531 tubing Fork = Vitus 979 Stem = Cinelli 1A Bars = 3TTT Tour de France Due Brake levers = Mafac Brake calipers = Galli Front mech = Shimano 600 Tricolor Rear mech = Shimano Dura-Ace 7402 Shifters =...

Re: I'm off to sort that out now... but I'm beginning to think I'm trying to fit a 1990s quart into a 1980s pint pot. Or vice versa.

Re: No, because the bolt isn't the right diameter.

Don't understand - I don't want one with a claw, that's the point. I have a mech with a claw that I didn't realise was the wrong thing till the last couple of days. http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... p;t=334888 So being unable to date it I was trying to kit it out as something pre...

I thought I had a 1978 Peugeot. Then I thought I had a 1988 Peugeot. Now I'm not so sure it's a Peugeot at all. When i got it none of the components matched. It had a 90s Dura Ace rear mech installed so think the hanger might have been tapped at a later stage... I've just sold the DA mech in...

Re: All the ones I've found of those brands are either attached with an adapter claw (like I got duh) or are designed to work with the unthreaded hanger. Although I just read that Huret made some for the threaded version (Campag?). Does anyone know of specific models (not just Huret) that...

I repeatedly buy the wrong thing (tears of frustration here :cry: ) Can somebody tell me what early 80s French mechs could screw into a gear hanger instead of being bolted on from the other side?

Re: Excuse me while I resurrect this thread... I have a Simplex rear mech with the adapter claw that I was planning on removing for the same reason, but read in a thread on a different (hence less trustworthy :wink: ) forum that you shouldn't take them off. And it looks like the diameter of...

Those mechs aren't for standard brazed on bracket sadly. A proprietary Simplex design I believe, where they effectively attach to a hole in the seat tube rather than a bracket.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Campagnolo-50th ... 1798729401

Your non-original fork isn't in 531 tubing by any chance?

A Friday boredom post. I have two dilemmas re choosing some replacement parts for my Peugeot, and wonder what the most acceptable approach is. Given I can't date it properly I'm vaguely trying to kit it out with 1980-1985 clobber. Want as clear a conscience as possible for L'Eroica if ever get...

Re: 80s Philippe/Atax handlebars Can you not find it?

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Over 40cm c-c ideally Ta, Andrew

Hmm, thanks for that. And, re shim, I presume you'll also advise not to try and squeeze a 26.4 bar into a 26 stem. Might have to mix and match my cockpit brands :(

I'm looking for some handlebars c. 1978-85 but don't know how to judge if ones that come up on eBay merely labelled "vintage" are of the right period. I am mostly looking at the Giro d'Italia and Campione del Mondo models but that's only because I have a Cinelli stem. Currently I'm just looking...

I fear so :( Thank you for everyone's contribution though. I guess this whole vintage project malarkey is about learning stuff as much as actually doing stuff...!