MGOOF : Modern groupset on old frame

Lol

You crazy islanders with your brakes on the wrong side 🤦

All jokes aside, that's some serious mgoof you got there 🙌

Bar tape gaps loses pendants points, but overall it looks great.

Yes, I was not the one who wrapped the tape, the shop did that. (And made the cable threading cock up referenced above).

But given how much of a ball ache it was, in general, I can forgive them.

That’s piss poor wrapping if you paid for it though

Yeah, I won't be going back, probably.

One of those shops that are run by nice guys who love bikes and are up for a challenge, but attention to detail and possibly experience are a bit lacking.

I am not going to name and shame here, as I like them, but meh...

No wine cork bar ends? Missed opportunity.

The groupset is currently plugged into the mains, charging.

This feels very odd to me.

I'll try and get some more glamorous pics tomorrow.

Not a bad result ! I think with time you can work on integrating the cables in a nicer fashion as you say its a bit busy, but if its all working as it should thats already a big win !

Remember when you didn't have to charge your bike? Those were the days

If I don’t zoom that’s 10/10.

Would love some super shallow paves on it or obnoxious boras.

One day I’ll have a mapei with a similar vibe.

I'll take that!

Thank you very much.

Bar tape is sad. I always use the extra bit behind Ergos, because the lever body is fairly tall where it meets the bars.

Since the internal routing of that brake cable was an arse, I am not minded to redo it!

You just need a length of sleeve - slip it over the end of the cable, pull the cable out with the sleeve on it, bam.

always use the extra bit behind Ergos

To be fair we reused the existing bar tape so maybe no extra piece available.

But could have just used any old black tape ...

It will get fixed next time I wrap.

As for the brake cable, I am not sure that works due to the size of the entry points.

By "sleeve" do you mean super thin tubing that just encases the cable?

Anyway, no more work on it before going out for a fifty mile maiden voyage today.

Seems to me that this could be an easy win.

If there is such a thing that can bolt into the braze on where the cable stops go, that just holds the EPS cable snugly.

Is anyone aware of such a thing? (Preferably in chromed silver)

And something to blank off the corresponding braze on on the other side.

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You've done really well on this.

such a thing?

I think you might be better off modifying something out of alu and polishing it.

something to blank off the corresponding braze on on the other side.

IMHO this will draw more attention than nothing.

Good advice. Thanks.

I could just polish up the cable stops and hack saw a slot into them to hold the cable.

Those shifter boss adaptors are definitely the go, IMO - without the barrel adjusters they're fairly minimal (and if you're keen, you can pare them down further); they're a proper part you expect to find in that spot; and if you drill out the right one and put a slot in it, you can jam the inline plug/socket into it, inline. Should look about as neat as it can, short of getting fancy with copper-traced sticky tape. You might consider black plastic Campy DT adaptors for a more stealth look and easier modification.

By "sleeve" do you mean super thin tubing that just encases the cable?

Yeah, it's definitely the go for anything with internal cables. If it doesn't come with sleeving, you should only have to fart around the once -then whenever you need to remove a cable, pop a length of sleeve on the end and push the sleeve through the frame or bars before removing the cable. Or if the end of the cable keeps getting stuck in the sleeve, you can carefully push the cable out with the sleeve.

Very nice!

Jagwire has some cable housing connectors to organise cockpit (or this ones)

looks great @mashton and even better that it rides sweeter

I've had this for a few years, but didn't know this thread existed. Bought the bike second hand ages ago with a mix of Xenon and Centaur bits.

Campag Chorus 12 on a Arthur Caygill Columbus SL frameset. Still got the Campag Mexico '68 rims that it came with, but want to change them to something else.

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650 wheels or just a large legged man ?
Very nice that ! Clean 👌

Very nice! Did you ever consider swapping the bars? The drops look completely useless with this angle