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@absurdbird
+1 on the New Success gear. I won't allow myself another slavish full group build but if I did I'd probably go Sachs NS with ergos. They're also supposed to work with the Mavic 840 rear derailleur and I was thinking about a set for the Cougar but I'd forgotten how much I like DT shifters.
571 hubs are expensive and rightly much sought after, especially with a Shimano or Campag free hub - which you have to have for them to be useful, these were only available as options for the second version 571/2 (HG for Shimano hyperglide ED for Campag Exadrive). they have a slightly different hub shell shape from the 571. Coincidentally I pulled out a 'spare' pair from the parts box yesterday which I'm going to have built up on Macic SSC Paris Roubaix rims for the Cougar. I was sitting fondling them watching the box when Mrs Absurdbird walked in and caught me at it.
Sad.
I was looking for years getting that group together at prices I could afford/justify the seat post is super rare and when I wanted them I couldn't find cheap pedals - I agree they're a smart design although I've dialled out almost all the float.
The cool thing about the hubs is how easy they are to disassemble and service, I can change over the free hub body with 2 5 mm Allen keys in about 20 seconds, all the bearings are still available and you can fit them yourself, the only part I want to squirrel away are replacement pawls. It's a real shame Mavic got bought by another company and stopped making all that gear.
There are still some caches of these parts out there 90% of my group was NOS.