MSYT
Retro Guru
I own way too many bikes already but this popped up and I though… ‘Ah… new race bike!’
So I bought it after a bit of negotiation with the seller. The story goes he used to race on Cannondale back in the day and the Delta V was his race bike… but not this one. This one was a ‘spare’ and was imported from the US as apparently they were extremely hard to get parts for. A year (or two) later though he began racing in the Super V so this went in to retirement.
It’s clearly not original anymore. The LX drivetrain, Deore rear wheel, Risse shock, XT front mech and saddle. They’ll all go. I have a Suntour XC Pro group sitting around doing nothing so I though this might be a good frame for it all to hang on along with a pair of Rider T1s and a Flite.
Then it can become my retro race bike. I’ll still be slow but at least it’ll be comfier than full rigid.
So I bought it after a bit of negotiation with the seller. The story goes he used to race on Cannondale back in the day and the Delta V was his race bike… but not this one. This one was a ‘spare’ and was imported from the US as apparently they were extremely hard to get parts for. A year (or two) later though he began racing in the Super V so this went in to retirement.
It’s clearly not original anymore. The LX drivetrain, Deore rear wheel, Risse shock, XT front mech and saddle. They’ll all go. I have a Suntour XC Pro group sitting around doing nothing so I though this might be a good frame for it all to hang on along with a pair of Rider T1s and a Flite.
Then it can become my retro race bike. I’ll still be slow but at least it’ll be comfier than full rigid.
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