NOS FRM/Venturi Build

[ibbz]

Some new goodies for the bike
1. Centaur hubs, 135. Appear new, never mounted. Have mental image of the dudes wife, "Nobody is gonna give you $150 for those old things, you're NUTS"
2. FRM v brakes
3. Guess FRM was out of brake levers, and am having a hard time finding anything I'm really in love with. These Paul's were on sale at Blue Sky cycling. Pretty, and gloriously light.

So, still not all Italian. But more Italian. Getting there.

I think you might be able to use FRM canti levers if you use the Tiso attachment which enables this. I think @DACO has some FRM brake levers for trade - he has both Canti and V

 

[ibbz]

This is what @DACO has - I traded a set of Avid Ultimate Black ops for the graphite FRM complete brake set with him. The FRM DP4 are light weight well built and look superb - The Avid are quite a bit better performing but they’re not Italian!

 

[ibbz]

For Italian levers - you could’ve went for a pair of Extralite. Expensive but Italian !!

 

[DrDaveTampa]

Gorgeous. Not many Italian v brake levers out there

 

[MuchAlohaNui]

This is what @DACO has - I traded a set of Avid Ultimate Black ops for the graphite FRM complete brake set with him. The FRM DP4 are light weight well built and look superb - The Avid are quite a bit better performing but they’re not Italian! View attachment 778987

Have you weighed these FRM parts yet for comparison? I'd be curious to know.

 

[DrDaveTampa]

Laced up some Sachs hubs to M230 rims. Love those rims ... light and they practically build themselves. And they interface better with V brakes than the concave Campy rims I was gonna use.

Those are some quiet hubs. Good for sneaking up on people.

So that completes the Sachs drive train, far as it goes. Still have an XT cassette and suntour thumbies. Don't tell anybody.

 

[ibbz]

Have you weighed these FRM parts yet for comparison? I'd be curious to know.

Sorry for very late reply
I sold them !
Along with my Bianchi which I traded

 

[DrDaveTampa]

New Success cranks are pretty. Got the wrong doggone front derailleur, other than that Version 2.0 is close to done.

 

[ibbz]

Here's where we are at. I have a weight weenie / race sorta build in mind, with all XTR, Ateks rims, carbon flat bar. And a cruiser configuration more or less pictured here, tooling around the outer banks. Probably gonna put my v brakes on when I get home, and am diligently searching for a 70x107 spindle in case I want to shift to the big ring someday :/ But it's coming together, and it's a glorious ride, super light ... Eager to weigh it soon as I put my hands on a scale

I must say that looks superb

 

[DrDaveTampa]

Going Rivendell-style for version 2.0 handlebars. Was gonna wrap the bars but I love the finish, plus it matches the silver on the frame. Couple of stickers now. Why is it, when you don't need a Sachs New Success front derailleur, they are everywhere. When you need one, crickets. Found one in France, it should get here eventually.