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This is my slow burner rebuild...
I bought this CX bike complete off a friend for a good price. Apparently he bought it from here.
The frame is a Heuvelmans. Reynolds 531 decals on the fork blades, Campy drop outs, red sparkle paint. Mudguard eyelets, but not drilled for brakes, only canti bosses. Parts wise it was a complete mish-mash. The parts on it were Shimano 600 Arabesque drive side crank, Shimano chain rings, Dura Ace non-drive side crank, Shimano 600 Arabesque front derailleur, Campy Super Record rear derailleur, 3ttt bar and stem (the bars were about 37cm wide, the stem was super short), Shimano 600 Arabesque canti's, Tange headset, Suntour bar end shifters, (black) Dura Ace hubs laced to Mavic tubulars, Sugino seat post and some old Selle Italia saddle.
I pulled it apart and rebuilt it with a new set of bars, Cinelli stem, some secondhand Tektro levers, Kalloy seat post and a stripped Cinelli Unicanitor saddle. I also swapped the wheelset out to some Campagnolo Gamma with 700 x 32 Panaracer Pasela's. I used the rest of the parts listed above.
This is the first build.
This rode okay, but then I started racing 'cross. I swapped some more parts out (cranks to newer Shimano 600, wheel set to 7 speed with CX tyres, rear derailleur) and raced in three races. It went suprisingly well, especially for a steel frame with 7 speed and bar end friction shifters. I loved the way the bike rode, but the outdated running gear started getting to me, especially in a racing situation.
(please ignore Star Wars tattoo)
In my last race I snapped the front derailleur cable mid way through the first lap. I finished the race (just). When I got home, pulled the bike apart and decided to rebuild it with a complete modern groupset.