Conquering Campagnolophobia (With Cold, Hard, Steel)

It's already giving me sleepless nights

Love that frame, good luck with your build!

Follow up question; are you also in the north of England somewhere?

I have a campagnolo steel Rourke,check it out when you drop off the garmin lead 😎

I was based in Manchester until September, now based in North London!

Will do - you around this weekend?

It's always looked quite simple to me - do you need a specific tool to take the cranks OFF?!

Ultra Torque cranks are easy enough to get off as long as you have a long enough allen key. Bearings are a pain to change though as they're pressed on to the spindle - you'll need a bearing puller, something to press the new bearings back on as well as the Hollowtech II tool for the cups. Need a host of funky adapters to get Ultra Torque to work with BB30/BBRight etc

Veloce/Athena Power Torque have the bearings in the cups. Yay ! However Campag forgot to include a method to remove the cranks, and relies on a Park Tool puller which can break when using.
Potenza Power Torque is probably the best crank/bb combo they've had for an age - bearings in the cups, and a self extracting bolt on the cranks.

I don't know where to start with Overtorque....

That frame is a beaut

I got a 10 speed carbon Chorus groupset and it is lovely

This is my mates rourke 853. Thing is lovely and has campag too. No doubt the inspiration to my wanting a custom steel...

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ahh - well, quite a lot of similarities there!

Just thrown on what bits i have so far

But i have a little problem.......

I have exactly 25mm of steerer tube, so the problem has given this build a little unexpected twist in the form of a solution.

@umop3pisdn would call it weight saving

Who needs upper headset bearings anyway.

That steerer is too short for the frame, it won't work I'm afraid

@Heldring is pretty much spot on - although the stem I ordered isn't as cool as that, yet about 5 times as expensive, and I've since decided I should just get some new forks!

It would have worked with a stem with a 25mm stack height just fine. But I've since accepted that'll look shit and that the stem I've ordered will look bollocks, so new fork.

Anyone looking for a pair of Enve Road 2.0 with about 21 cm of steerer?!

$$?

£200
(exactly what i paid -£20 postage)

Bearings are a pain to change though as they're pressed on to the spindle - you'll need a bearing puller, something to press the new bearings back on as well as the Hollowtech II tool for the cups.

That's kinda like griping at traditional headsets / crown races being pressed in to the frame. Kinda irritating but not like a job you need to do all the time.

UT is probably the best outboard BB design.

Powertorque is just fucking stupid, but I suspect patents backed them in to a corner.

How much they weigh?

350g

lovely