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So summer arrived early this year and I have spend most weekends out cycling, however the girlfriend is away this weekend which has given me the impetus to get back on sorting this bike out.
The first issue to attend to was getting a suitable stem which the forum's own NorthLondonLight kindly provided me.
I thought I would need a 130mm stem, I arrived at this by first going to my other bikes and, starting vertically above the bb, measuring the distance horizontally across the top tube, through the center of the head tube to the middle of the bars in the stem.
This gave me my reach. ( roughly )
The 130mm 3ttt 26.0 meant it was a squeeze getting the cinelli 26.2 bars in.
After doing a quick test on the drops the length feels good so I'm happy so far.
However, it's a bit too far away from being period correct, so I will be looking for a cinelli 1a.
Getting the brake levers on to really assess my position on the frame has been a bit more troublesome.
The clasp ( I'm not sure what the correct word is) for the brake levers ( see pic ) dont't fit on to the bars.
The diameter is 1mm too small.
As the thickness of the clasp is only 1mm, I don't think shaving 0.5mm from each side is a wise thing to do.
So if any one has any brake levers with clasps with an interior diameter of 24mm please let me know. ( of course just some clasps without the levers would be just as handy)
The next thing I need to consider are the brakes.
Campagnolo Gran Sport or Super Record brakes from around late 70's to mid 80's are what I am after.
If any one has any experience with these feedback would be appreciated. I want to know how they compare to modern brakes, my experience with old brakes so far is generally that they are rubbish at stopping.
If this is the case for the above models, can anyone recommend any modern brakes that might look the part?
So in summary my Saturday afternoon as been a case of putting on a stem that might be the right length but as I can't get the brakes levers on I can't confirm this.
What I do know is once I do get the levers on I will be changing the stem to a Cinelli 1a.
Hopefully messing about with the clasps won't be a waste of time as eventually I will also be swapping the bars for an early model that have a polished rather than matt finish..