Merckx Corsa Extra in Team Panasonic Paint-new pic!!

[fluffman]

Right then chaps, I have donned the flame retardant jumpsuit and am ready to post a new project.

I purchased a lovely Corsa Extra in Columbus SLX from Citizen Snips- a great transaction, thank you Vince!

The build is primarily an Ultegra gruppo, with a Campy headset and Veloce compact crankset- lots of hills where I live in Northern California- and finished off with a set of NOS Dura Ace hubs laced to new Velocity A23s. It was the first time I have built my own wheels and it was an enormously rewarding experience!

For more pics, see http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/52809680 ... x?h=95d5e1

 

[fluffman]

Ummm, anyone going to comment on this?

 

[Rich34]

I will - it's beautiful... A Corsa Extra is on my wishlist, and I'm reading William Fotheringhams new Merckx bio at the moment, so even more inspiration. Not sure how I missed this when you posted it in April.

The modern kit really suits it. I haven't been able to open the Dropbears gallery here at work but will try later from home.

 

[Dushan Ivekich]

tut tut, cross chain

Lovely frame though.

 

[Tuckerjenkins]

nice!
retrobike purists don't seem to like bikes with modern groupsets...
more fool them.
A great build - well done on the wheels. I've just ridden 45 miles through the hills on a bike i built up completely myself and nothing fell off(including me)
Very satisfying

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Very nice.

 

[fluffman]

Many thanks for your feedback chaps. The wheels were particularly satisfying, and an exercise I would recommend everyone try at least once. I have to say with the 25mm tires on the Velocity rims, the ride is superb!

 

[Sirreal]

Prettier than mine, earlier too, I'd guess, with the lugs for the cables on the toptube? Grats on the wheel building, I have done a couple of motorbike wheels, and it isn't easy. Do you have to allow for offset on the rear (ashamed to say I've never looked that closely at a roadbike wheel)?