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So this has been a long long project - started off as a whole bike that I bought off ebay for next to nothing, the paint was fucked, the forks were bent and everything else has been replaced too.
It took me 6 months to find another set of Merckx forks, and then had to have the whole thing stripped and resprayed by Mario VAz (who did a beautiful job), and have slowly built it back up again.
The group is 7 speed, but using bastardised Ultegra parts (except for sti's - which are 7 speed something) - which has given it beautifully crisp shifting (almost better than my 10 spd record).
Seatpost; Dura Ace,
H/set: campag chorus
Bars and stem: cinelli criterium
Wheels: Shimano 600 hubs, Campag Omega rims
Saddle: Fizik Arione
I came very close to selling this recently due to cash crisis, so glad I didn't now. Excuse the bartape being done the wrong way - not sure how that happened, done in a slightly stoned hurry last week!