retrobikeguy":1xz5z9ld said:
Nice, was that a always campy equiped version then ?
Yep, it 'was' the campy version- the RC100 T I think-
It also had one of the first batch of RC35 forks on - (which I waited for months for) and the first batch of SPDs - which lasted an age.
Campy seemed like a good choice at the time - (and the 'T' had pace hubs) but within 12 months the campy stuff had all been replaced- it just didn't work as it should- indexing was awful and I think Campy had missed the ergonomics part when they designed the shifters... totally awful.
After about 3 years of hard use even the campy headset gave up the ghost, only real option was to replace with an aheadset - (and get rid of the sweet pace stem/steerer tube)
Frame went back to Pace twice under warranty- once with a snapped chainstay- and once with a cracked seat tube- each time the frame came back with a new lick of paint and decals- looked like new.
Last time it went back was with a broken dropout - yes those super thick non-replaceable horziontal dropouts- which was out of warranty- so the frame wasn't repainted - and now has a great scorch mark on the paint from the weld-
After that I had so many troubles with bullseye cranks- (had them welded back together maybe 4 times) I started to look for a new bike.
Had a ride on a 19inch Rc200 and I was sold- so I put my order in- RC100 has been in the loft ever since.....
RB