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I have no idea about geared bikes from the 80's 90's at all, (and I mean NO idea) so any suggestions as to what groupset, components would be very welcome....nothing to spendy
Period correct for the age and quality level would be something like Shimano 1050/1055 or Campagnolo Triomphe at best, Gara is barely above entry level. Neither was all that wonderful even then, and short of finding a NOS set it's going to be worse now. I'd go neo-retro, Tiagra 4700 groupsets are going cheap at the moment and are better than 80s Record or DuraAce.
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Picked this up cheap on a bit of whim today from a friend at work, Columbus Gara tre tubi, frame weighs just shy of 2.4kg and forks about 700-800g, so not the lightest but by no means too heavy. Unsure of what forks and stays are made of but dropouts and fork ends are marked columbus so maybe it could be some of theres (did columbus make dropouts etc?) Paint is pretty ratty as you can see but the entire frame appears to be chromed, and the chrome appears to be in good nick. Probably going to build it up as a geared run-around for now, so will either keep the paint or strip it back and polish up the chrome. Thing is, I have no idea about geared bikes from the 80's 90's at all, (and I mean NO idea) so any suggestions as to what groupset, components would be very welcome....nothing to spendy as it will get locked up in central London and I don't really want bits to go missing.....