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So, in the past month I've been wondering what to build next. Retro MTBs aren't very common in the online marketplaces here (unsurprisingly, given there's not too many mountains either).
However, there's a lot, and I mean a lot of vintage road bikes. Now this gravelbeik thingy has stuck in my head for the past years, but the Marin is already a gravelbeik. Well, sort of, it's a dadbike now...
...which means I need a fast bike.
I've always been a fan of neo-retro steel roadies. You know, modern-ish groupset, old frame, all that stuff. Few things have been holding me back, lack of budget and ridiculously overpriced components in Hungary. Things are different here, people sell stuff for reasonable prices and there's also a lot more options to choose from.
Now I don't want anything funky or fancy. I want English threads, 26.8-27.2 seatpost diameter, and tyre clearence for 25C.
There was one more thing that I really wanted: compact drops. 1" threaded forks make difficult. 31.8 clamp stems for 1" forks are ridiculously expensive, and 25.4 compact drops are basically nonexistent - at least that's what I though, right until @Neddos posted my holy grail of drop bars.
So now the hunt begins. This will be a slow burner. I'll to find a whole bike with a 2x7/8 groupset, and go Shimergo first, as I still have my Campag brifters from the Marin. Then I guess I'll go with R7000, or something similar.