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And here's a shot with the Athena groupset (Both Athena group sets from two era's combined!). I've always liked Campag stuff, and to be honest the quality of the components tends to be noticeably better than Sram or Shimano. The shifters still worked perfectly, considering they are 10+ years old. I haven't used Sram or Shimano shifters that felt this good at the same age. Also I forgot how good the rim brakes are from this generation.
A few notes, the Athena rear derailleur is short cage and can't handle more than the factory 12-29t cassette. This is an 11-32t and it was obvious it was struggling to shift the whole range. Surprisingly the 52/42t rings shifted perfectly fine with the 11sp chain.
Next steps, have to sort out the wheels. Needs to be silver/polished rims, hubs and spokes.