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:shock: Is that NOS 70GS? :swoon:
Rob Atkin":zc7hnv5y said:I don't think 200/100/70GS is cool on its own.
(BTW can anyone show any examples of 70GS? It must be rarer than XTR - never seen it!!)
HOWEVER someone using 200GS who clearly knows how to ride a bike well beating someone with XTR and thinks they know IS cool. Therefore low end groupsets can be cool, but only by association. Maybe.. :?
Is there anyone who has weighed a 70/100/200GS crankset and can tell us EXACTLY how much they weigh? Would be interesting!
marc two tone":2inwh737 said:Rob Atkin":2inwh737 said:I don't think 200/100/70GS is cool on its own.
(BTW can anyone show any examples of 70GS? It must be rarer than XTR - never seen it!!)
HOWEVER someone using 200GS who clearly knows how to ride a bike well beating someone with XTR and thinks they know IS cool. Therefore low end groupsets can be cool, but only by association. Maybe.. :?
Is there anyone who has weighed a 70/100/200GS crankset and can tell us EXACTLY how much they weigh? Would be interesting!
right. now steady! not for sale. 200GS
only last week did i install a 100GS crank to the bolinas so cant be bothered to remove, however, in-hand the weight is identical to 200GS.
i went for 100GS as i didn't want to be seen with delusions of grandeur.
Agreed with that - when I was at school hardly anybody had a clue about bikes - and that's with loads of kids cycling to school.Rich Aitch":2aqyex6j said:In my day we wouldn't have thought of 100 or 200GS as entry level, that was reserved for the likes of Tourney [With its black slug shaped thumbies] and yes the only bikes me and my mates could afford came with that sort of stuff. 200GS was pretty aspirational and I can also say at my school no one would have got battered for having a bike with 200GS, hardly anyone knew or cared about different groupsets. There were much more important victimisation issues to consider; like trainers!
Neill":2rt3z41g said:I can honestly say in decades of cycling, and in times gone by, cycling with others, the only time that groupsets or parts has been a factor for particular interest, discussion or even ridicule, is on the internet, in discussion forums...
jax13":1kgbolz1 said:this is a difficult one.
on one hand, low-end or entry level components will never be good compared with spending a few quid extra on lower-mid range kit. as such, they would never be cool at the time of release or later in life. can you imagine people wanting to ride tourney or even early alivio groupsets in 15 years time?
BUT
on a retro forum, taking a low-end early frameset & choosing to use entry level bits rather than opting for better components to give a project a true entry level factory spec takes a certain amount of dedication.
To actually build and then ride a bike built with low end kit, on a low end frame for the sheer enjoyment of the lack of precision & finesse is, in my opinion, cool!