MGOOF : Modern groupset on old frame

Yeah i was thinking about the compact chainset but didn't go for it in the end. There is a good mix of flats and steeps over here so i should get by. I'm very impressed with the overall feel of the Ultegra groupset actually. It's very solid and the shifting is excellent, the brakes are fantastic too.

Black expensive Chris King Sottovoce :)

If i had the money i would buy two. One to use and one to look at when i'm feeling sad....So beautiful but too expensive atm....sigh

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I know :/ I wanted to get one for my Somec who's getting a similar treatment as yours. Decided for a modern (but much cheaper) Record headset.

I've given in and ordered one. I'm weak

Adding my bike to this thread, hope you all like it, I've finished it!

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Nice. What year is the frame?

How old does the frame need to be to get in here?

12 years or more.

I my mind anything pre 2000

Mine just made your cut then, it's from 1999.

I should say: they have to be pre-STI/Ergo period to deserve a place in here. That would mean pre 1990 but as it took some years before they were widely spread (e.g.: even "Big Mig" Indurain used downtube shifters in the 1991 Tour de France) say pre 1992?

This is from 94. Downtube shifters/braze-ons do signify this type of build imo

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I don't know how old you are but when I was racing back in 1994 no one was still racing DT-shifters...

Maybe one that have yet to have integrated headset?

Or horizontal top tube before Giant brought out the compact geometry?

A frame originally designed for downtube shifters, having been converted to STIs, would seem to be the sensible criterion IMO. Bonus marks for having owned said converted bike since "birth". ;)

A frame originally designed for downtube shifters, having been converted to STIs, would seem to be the sensible criterion IMO.

In fact it's a difficult one. Post 1992 top frames (as the Moser above) never had DT-shifters when sold as a complete bike, but the lower end bikes (the ones equipped with Exage, 105 and even 600 Tricolor) often came with DT-shifters even though STI's were on the market for quite some years. But as far as I remember, from 1992-1993 on practically no one still raced DT-shifters.

I was 5 in 1994 and only cared about biker mice from mars and footie.

Maybe we just stick to 'Modern groupset on an old frame'. Age is but a number

I was 21 in 1994. And when I started racing in 1992, I, being a poor student, already had the feeling I was the only one still using DT-shifters. ;-)

Not sure how old (if at all) the frame is, but neo-retro on point.

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Poor picture, but my 90s carbon Ambrosio with Sram Red

Other wheels!!

Beauty! Can you give some more details on bar bag? And fenders.

They were collectively about £30 and the frame cost me 20 so it won't ever be getting any money spent on it I'm afraid. Its pretty much a place holder for the parts while I paint another frame.