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  • It’s also never going to look right.

    Quil stems on older frames are, undoubtedly not the ultimate performance choice- but then neither is an old steel frame.

    Take from them what they have to offer- which is often a great handling, fast and comfortable ride whilst looking beautiful. Don’t go chasing modern bike performance and lose a huge chunk of the visual appeal that is available with this era of frame.

  • As far as I'm concerned, this machine would not look as good with a poxy old school stem.

    I love how we've got folks arguing against the whole point of this thread: get an old frame and blitz it up.

    Can't folks get with the hotrod vibe? If that Colnago fork was one iota less cool, I'd be advocating for a Columbus Minimal. As it is, I've always thought it a terrible shame there wasn't some of the frame's fancy paint around the crown to tie it in...


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