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How I approach it:
Step 1:
- frame for 7s or more (130mm): option for modern groupset
- frame for 6s or less: no modern groupset, too much trouble
Step 2: Groupset (if modern groupset option):
- Silver:
- 11s new Campagnolo centaur (but with skeleton brakes) or 2nd hand dura-ace 9000
- Silver 105 is painted and not polished, to avoid
- 10s or below: many options
- Specialite TA carmina cranks are a nice option
- 11s new Campagnolo centaur (but with skeleton brakes) or 2nd hand dura-ace 9000
- Black:
- many options but Campagnolo Chorus has the best modern option price/look/feel ratio
- many options but Campagnolo Chorus has the best modern option price/look/feel ratio
Step 3: wheels
- Silver: very painful to find
- Black: a lot
Step 4: Cockpit
- Silver: Classic stem: Cinelli / Deda / Nitto
- Black: Modern stem
- frame for 7s or more (130mm): option for modern groupset
Julien1A
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Hello Lufguss hivemind.
This Dave Yates-built 753 frame is winging its way to me and I’m wondering what to do to build it up. It’s going to get a modern groupset so I can use a set of 50mm carbon wheels I’ve got hanging about.
The seat post and headset are Dura Ace so that could be a direction to go in but…. Money. Was considering 9000 chainset and the rest in Ultegra.
I do like Campag on older bikes though.
I’m told the bike was built for the Ever Ready Halfords team before being resprayed. As a nod to that I’m thinking black ITM bars and stem, white tape, white cables.