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@hma
Hello everyone
After a few changes to the stable, projects and parts collection another winter comes and my only bike is a track bike which is going to be restored due to some recently acquired information. I need a ride and I need it fast - a friend tells me he wants to buy a bike for the groupset.
The frame is a MALI branded (hungarian) taiwanese alu frame. I had one before - it was too big, but I loved it. Sold it because of the size problems but always regretted despite the knee pain I had with it, as the frame was always kind of a dream. (Here in Hungary, when the bike boom hit, it was an affordable frame and 'all' the messengers had one at the time. We were 13 back then with my best mate and always looked at it as the ultimate road frame because of its looks. We said that if we were ever going to have a road bike, it would be an Ironman)
As the current frame is exactly my size, I bought it immediately. Had a Kinesis alu/carbon fork lying around from my TT project which is now a thing of the past (although I plan to change the bars every now and then) - with a Cane Creek C1 and a Cinelli Alter stem in the perfect color scheme the steerer length came out just fine.
I have an Easton EC70 seatpost on the way from harv4130 with some Shimano 105 5500 derailleurs from ebay and a pair of Ultegra 6500 shifters from a local site.
Wheels are the Campagnolo Protons I had up for sale here. I still have to change the bearings to sealed ones.
Now the cranks.. I have a pair of Dura Ace 7700s (Octalink) and another one of Truvativ Rouleur (alu, GXP) ones. My question is: does anyone have any experience with GXP Truvativs? I heard they tend to collect a lot of dirt which is not a good thing for a winter bike.. Is the stiffness of the integrated system worth the extra care? Which pair should I use?
There's only a few parts left to get - brakes, cables, casette and an Alter stem cap - if anyone has any of these, please let me know!
The pics:
Regards,
Hunor