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@57Hawkes
Thanks chaps.
Yes, there's been a downtube shifter braze on added, plus a derailleur hanger welded on. The welding looked a little rough, almost like the dropout had fractured and been repaired but some deft fettling proved that was not the case and it's much tidier now.
I'll use whatever group I can get for my short-term purposes. Shame, as I did have part Nuovo Record plus some copycat NOS Zeus.
So purists prepare to be outraged....I've never liked steel cranks, cottered axles.
I guess Clubmen would have had no qualms in the 60's and 70's about upgrading as kit moved on.
Hopefully it will be as nice to ride as my eponym!
