TVT 92

[cchris2lou]

Finally found 1 in my size .

that is going to be my summer holiday bike .

seller doesnt know what the groupset is , any ideas ?

 

[cloonaghpat]

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Hi,
Lovely, its higher end campagnolo by the look of the brake levers , the inner lever is plastic on the lower end models such as mirage and veloce (still great groupsets by the way).
I love the headtube very sleek, like the PDM badged concorde TVTs from 1988/89.
And you have the front deraileur, Campagnolo made a limited run of adjustable band on front deraileurs these from 1986 to 1990 for TVT frames as the downtube is wider than the standard steel tubing at the time. I have just found this out to my cost while rebuiding my own TVT :roll:

Regards,

Pat

 

[foz]

that looks very nice! cranks looks like chorus or athena from the early 90's, levers and seatpost too. not sure on the mechs. brakes look earlier than that. rear hub looks more shimano than campag.

interesting double sided pedals!

 

[TimmS]

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Are those cobalto brakes!?

Bike looks great anyway!

 

[cloonaghpat]

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Timms,

Well spotted! That looks like the blue stone of a cobalto brake.

Regards,

Pat

 

[cchris2lou]

Thanks guys.

Won't get to see it till next year.

Can't wait.

 

[gridno27]

Congratulation and welcome in the Club of TVT92 owner and riders - in 90s that was a small Group of PRO riders only, mostly the Team captains or uphill specialists.

This looks like a latest generation TVT92 frame set, which hasn't the splitted steering tube. For my opinion it will be from 1992 or later. This crankset should be a Croce d'Aune the precursor of later Chorus types, which issued in line with C-Record
Brakes are older Generation than the rest - they are SR or Cobaltos (if they have this blue Stone on the front) eventually.
RD is not visible and FD and Ergopowers look like a Chorus.

A really good carbon bike and you will love it, how I love all my TVTs.

 

[foz]

I don't think it's a CdA chainset - that always had the same shape as C-record, but with 5 arms visible, not 4 and a hidden bolt like record. This one looks like 1991 chorus, which was then used as athena in 92 onwards.

 

[gridno27]

@foz - I think you'll be right - but it's from 1988-1991... http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx? ... ;AbsPos=35

 

[cchris2lou]

Thanks for the info.