MGOOF : Modern groupset on old frame

You win the tool Top Trumps!

I'd rather have won the cool headset top trumps tbf

https://defietsenmaker.nl/product/shimano-black-600-ex-1-inch-english-threaded-headset/?v=796834e7a283

Wow that's very reasonably priced. Great webshop that, do recommend 👍

Extremely pleasing

On the subject of Telekom Corsa Extras: Bought this frame a few years ago and only recently built it up with DA 7800.

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Understated and elegant. I like those rims.

Glad you like it :) I had mavic cosmics with gumwalls on there before but it looked really unbalanced with the shouty rims and yellow details.

Are they one of the Mavic low V patterns, CXP 10, CXP 11?

Exactly, they're Mavic CXP 11. I rode them for 500k on my all-weather road bike last month and wasn't very impressed with the braking performance as they don't have machined braking surfaces. So I wouldn't really recommend buying them tbh. But the merckx will only see dry miles so they can stay on there.

Old rims on a modern groupset will have these difficulties.

I actually rather like the rootsiness of unmachined brake walls. Salmon brake blocks and you'll be right as rain. Even in the rain.

Good to know! I used stock ultegra pads but I already bought some replacement wheels for the all-weather bike and the braking performance has definitely improved with the same ultegra pads.

I suspect you'll not say that about mine.

I have come to expect black ano'd parts on a thread like this. Probably why I like that^ Merckx.

No idea why I loathe black parts, probably because Grant Petersen told me to.

Racist. No other explanation.

Lovely @Sig_Arlecchino

Thanks, do you still have yours?

Yes, Rode it a lot last Summer :)

Let’s put together a Merckx ride!

Lovely build that. 7800 is a super under rated groupset aswell

I'd love to show up with my Corsa Extra "Max".

Underrated? No one ever dared underrate the DA7800.

Cheers! The appreciation is mutual, I‘m a big fan of your pinarellos and c‘dales.
@WimVDD I imagine it might be underrated by people who buy modern gear because it‘s silver and the stis have the old style cable routing.

Correct but it's DA and works like only DA works.

The 996 of groupsets...