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Thread hijacked with OP's permission!
So Maca found the 753 version of this bike that he had when he was younger and sold this frame to me. I have finally completed building this up and took it for it's maiden ride today. I have three other period bikes which I have sweat, bled and cried over making as period as possible so I decided to not go down the NOS route with this as I was keen to have a bike that I can ride hard (and because NOS is an expensive route to go down
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Earlier this year I found a Colnago Superissimo in a skip!
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... p;t=294518 After the initial elation wore off I discovered that the frame had suffered a front impact and would be too much work for me to repair but it was laden with Campag gear and 3tt Handlebars and stem so this has all been restored and transferred to this build. Some of the equipment is scratched and used but all is usable and looks good. I managed to rescue
- Campag Record rear derailleur
- Campag Athena Headset
- Campag Chorus brakes
- Campag Athena Ergo gear levers
- Campag Chorus front mech
- Campag Veloce BB
- 3ttt Handlebars
- 3tt Stem
Sadly the crank's threads where buggered on the drive side so I rescued the non drive side and used a spare Campag Victory crank I had from another bike. I had the Rolls lying around.
I bought a Mavic MA wheelset with Stronglight hubs (came with 7 speed cassette and tyres), some yellow bar tape, Campag hoods and a new chain and I was good to go!!
Period correct people may complain about the Ergo gears but all my others have downtube shifters and I had these lying around so I decided why not.
The only thing left is to get a seatpost as I have a Campag Aero one but it does not fit. Oh and I will get some more racy tyres at some point...