MGOOF : Modern groupset on old frame

Always liked the shape of Soma Highway One bars

There's a whole thread, if you're interested:

Deda 215 Shallow drop
Drop: 135 - Reach: 80

Deda Speciale 26 (latest version of 215, but heavier)
Drop: 135 - Reach: 80

Deda Piega
Drop: 143 - Reach: 87

Deda Piega (RHM - the current Piega)
Drop: 130 - Reach: 75

Bontrager SSR VR-C
Drop: 125 - Reach: 85

Soma Highway One
Drop: 130 - Reach: 75

Nitto M106 Neat
Drop: 128 - Reach: 78

Nitto M151 AAF
Drop:128 - Reach: 76

Origin-8 Pro-lite Compact
Drop: 120 - Reach: 70

Civia Emerson
Drop: 128 - Reach: 80

Tranz X Alloy
Drop: 140 - Reach: 90

Procraft Road Pro Compact
Drop: 125 - Reach: 70

Also ITM Super Italia pro 260 may be worth a look.

updated list.

Ive got some piegas in the shed anyway, just wanted to know if there is anything nicer around...and there is!! All the helps has been great thanks.

fyi, im gonna slap the piegas in the vice and give them some flare. pray for me.

aluminium don't bend

In theory 6000 series aluminium does bend some. 7000 series won't. But with thin wall tubing, yeah they may just crack

Shut up all of you..

Could you anneal them? As alloy might be too stiff modulus.

My Piegas got squashed recently, and I can defo confirm that they did bend... but I always thought the general consensus was very much against this kind of thing?

Yeah alu just tends to snap rather than bend... So I've had a rethink and won't do it.

Would heating the bars up with a blow torch not facilitate bending them? Bend when hot.
I've done this with steel rebar so I imagine the process would be similar for an aluminium part.
Maybe just be careful to not bend it too far, I imagine that the metal would start tearing.

I can't recall why but I believe I've read that heating and bending steel would be very different from heating and bending aluminium alloy.

Perhaps someone with actual metallurgy knowledge can confirm, but in the meantime don't do it.

The annealing process as I mentioned upthread is exactly that. Heating to soften.
However I have only done it with raw Alu.

I'm not really clued up on the subject but I have seen this Ron's bike post.

The comments aren't that enlightening but generally seem positive about the idea. Maybe it's down to the 6000 or 7000 series thing phildas mentioned.

Winter project coming along nicely

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That looks lovely good sir

Oof.

Finishing kit crucial imo.

(Hopefully flouro accents) 😁

Looking forward to seeing this.
Is it a Super Prestige?
Wheels? Finishing kit?
Have a similar winter project just need to get the thumb out and need some more inspo

Yep Super Prestige, good eye.

Budget sacrifices had to be made somewhere so I went with a wheel set from LightBicycle, 55mm deep with Bitex hubs. I've had good success with LB in the past, this time I got their new hexacomb carbon weave. I'll have to take some better wheel shots. Cables will be the standard black campy set, the grey cable shown below is left over from the PO to make the internal routing easier. Italian everywhere else except the post and I guess the cable stops (upside down below, oops).

Black and yellow Deda presa bar tape will finish it off. Not sure yet on the bars, I was hoping for a bit more of the classic bend than what's on there now. I have a pair of Deda Speciales I might try out before committing to the tape.

Progress so far:

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Nom. Wasp liek!?

i wana say hot pink but maybe fabric burgundy imo.

That’s a belter… colours perfectly executed!! Look forward to the finished article 👌🏻

That is gorgeous - Tommasinis are awesome!

Ooh that is lovely, would like to see the detail on the wheels

The bars great without the tape. I’d leave as is.

Are those the speciales? Or the current ones?

Edit - they’re not the speciales. What are they? I like the shape.

They're 3ttt to match the stem natch

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