MGOOF : Modern groupset on old frame

Or just Athena, as the price is similar, just old version.

Because it's twice the price! (Chortle chortle)

Potenza cranks look like a boat anchor in real life.

Coming back to the discussion on silver compact bars, I can assure you that sanding off the middle part of deda piegas is a major pain in the ass due to their slightly uneven surface structure. I did it yesterday and it took me quite a while. Might be worth asking/begging them to offer a silver option as there seems to be a market for it.

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Back on topic..... ;-)

Threw this together from the old road bike, black stem look pretty good.

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Actually just found a NOS 90 degree stem that'll compliment the unicrown fork;

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Why didn't they just call it Campagnolo 105?

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Because Campag thinks that Potenza sits between Ultegra and Dura Ace.

Haven't posted mine yet by the way:

#anyexcuse (right @Ordinata ?)

Threw this together from the old road bike, black stem look pretty good.

That looks rather nice. Lovely paint/colours on that frame. What are the cranks? Sugino?

Cheapest square taper chainset I can find in SJS Cycles (£25), it look good from a distance but the ring look cheap up close.

Still, for £25 I can hardly complain.

Just finished this build. Upgraded from a mixed 7/8 speed group. Need to sort out the rear wheel QR slipping.

@edscoble good example of an A-head converter that looks good, I take it you're going to convert it back to a quill though (crowd cheers)?

@jzk dare I say black hoods?

Are you using it with 10 speed? Looks just the ticket for a cheap replacement for the crappy one-one touring chainset on my wife's Mercian

Yeah, at the moment it was a direct swap from the Genesis Volare, and easier to get the fit sorted before getting the quill stem with the Nitto classic drop bar to pair with (got a 120mm stem and a 73mm reach handlebar).

Those chainset are a perfect cheap replacement that doesn't look half bad on any old bike, it will work with any speed chains you have lying around.

Nice one, ordered one. The one-one i had on there looks ok, but the chainrings are made of cheese, and the rivets holding them in place interfere with the chain.

A timely resurrection of this thread as i'm about to embark on this.

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Very nice. Which group are you thinking?

Very nice. Looking forward to seeing how this develops.

chrome fork or carbon?

I've been paitently waiting for an original set of forks to come up for a couple of months but to no avail. I'm currently favouring Columbus minimal 1" and a record threadless headset to keep it Italian. Groupset wise either Ultegra or Veloce, not sure yet.

Doesn't need to be original, just chrome and columbus usually sufficent.

Whichever brake hood you find more comfortable, both groupset will still look good (abet Veloce is more Tiagra than Ultegra).

Lovely Frame! @anidel is gonna be jealous, he's been looking for a gatorade Bugno for quite a while. Keep in mind that the forum already has a leader AX with Ultegra. You should rob a bank and go full Super Record 11 ;)

@jambon got one with SRam, so we need one with Campy :) Athena 11 silver would look the part