MGOOF : Modern groupset on old frame

Got a retro Pinarello Veneto steel frame for sale .
Anyone fancy this only £195. Would look so cool with a silver groupset.

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Have you never stood facing the bike with the front wheel between your legs and twisted the bars side to side? It doesn't take a huge amount of force to flex most old setups to buggery.

I don't know about any 2kW action, but quill stems are just yesterday's shit; al dente boat anchor gear. But mainly, skinny bars are a joke. They may well have clamped okay when they were all made of steel, and being on the hoods wasn't much of a position, but that ancient interface just doesn't cut the mustard sometimes when you land after riding off a tall gutter or something. It's so marginal. And of course, you can forget carbon bars.

It's definitely a shame that 1" threadless wasn't a thing for longer, until 31.8 bars came along, and thus you have to use a steerer shim to get fat bars on a skinny fork; some sleeker stem options would be grand. At least you can still get some rather nice 1" threadless forks...

Really?

Um, yeah - the Innicycle threaded to threadless adapter is completely indistinguishable from a pure threadless setup; the only giveaway is knowing that particular fork was only ever available as threaded, or maybe recognising the headset. Judging by your subsequent talk of proportion, I think you must've misread that statement.

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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Obviously it’s to each their own, but (to me) that bike would look better with finishing kit that matched the frame.

This^

Quill converters should be banned from this thread, no matter how nice the implementation.

Preach

This should be mentioned in the opening post

I saw this on their Instagram. An absolute dream bike.

Benotto falling at the last hurdle because of that filthy SRAM 1x

Bah! That Colnago is just about the best bike in this thread.

Or maybe there needs to be a HHSRRB thread

Query for the mgoof heads - I’m running Easton ea70 hoops on a 90s Nigel dean frame which is 531c . Getting plenty break rub when out of the saddle. Just to be expected ? should I look for some stiffer wheels ?

May not be your issue but proper internal cam QR skewers stopped my wheels rubbing.

should I look for some stiffer wheels ?

How many spokes on the Easton wheels? Might need more tension.

What size is it? Looks great

Interesting - could be a cheap thing to try.

28 at the rear are radial on the non-driveside and 2-cross on the driveside. Maybe I’ll take them into the LBS for a look.

Found a review of the wheel set which does mention flex.

Perhaps it’s a combo of frame and wheel.

Its a size 56.heres a built up pic

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Rad. Match!! Here’s mine:

Went with a quill. Titanium 3TTT Pro. Can attest that it is not flexy (120). Research suggests that the welded quills are far stiffer than the moulded ones. I’ve got a titanium post to go on soon

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Yes mate! That is shot hot. Id on the wheels?

Went with a quill.

Good job. That and the rest, it's all very balanced.

When did you get the Tecnos Love the colour Scheme.

Nice to see another Tecnos in this colourway. Don't see too many about.