Look kg221

Purchased off @ghostface a couple of months ago, this has been sitting around looking at me accusingly every time I open my shed, so after buying a set of tasty 90s aero wheels I thought it's about time I got it built up and on the road...

Looks pretty similar to mine but has the more modern logo and proper lugs.
Full Chorus groupset?

Have the feeling, this is going to be really nice!

Yours looks awesome! would be great to go for a complete Chorus, but that will probably be a more long term plan.

It's going to be 8 speed, at the moment I have a an 8 speed nos cassette and mirage ergo shifters to get it going. Still need to grab an 8 speed rear derailleur and braze on front. Would like to get some black / silver skeleton brake calipers as well...

Thanks, I hope so!

Looks great.
Full Chorus or Whatever group - I'd keep the group complete and period correct .

If you just want to get it on the road quickly and cheaply, I have a pair of 8 speed Mirage derailleurs: £20 posted.

They're from 1995-1998, so "trickled-down" C-Record era parts: if you polished the logos off, no -one would know...

Sounds good, I may take you up on that offer! could you pm me a couple of pics please?

@MCamberwell, great choice on the wheels Max. Gonna look great +1 for the 8 speed suggestion. For reference, this is how I had it with 10 speed Record/Chorus

Love it, regards the Tecno 420 wheels, i thought they were a re-release of the 416 wheels? I saw them in the current gipiemme catalogue and got in touch with the company pleading with them to sell me a rear hub so i could refurb my rear 416 but to no avail.

Oooh, great bikes!

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I was trying to find some info on them when I bought them (my search wasn't very fruitful), no idea when they were released although they take 8-speed campagnolo cassettes so I assumed they were from that era! Have you got a link to the catalogue?

http://www.gipiemme.biz/#!vintage-wheels/cz7p >bike wheels > vintage wheels

I have been on that page, by vintage do you think they mean vintage - style rather than old stock? Seems odd they would make the campagnolo freehub new for 8 speeds.

Sounds like they are.. but i'd be a bit gutted if they are modern re-issues..

If they're Campag 8 speed, then you'd think they're OG: like you say, it would be odd to re-issue an outdated freehub.

With Shimano it would be harder to say, with the freehub being good for 8, 9 & 10 speed.

Definitely 8 speed? You've seen this?

I put an 8 speed cassette on there yesterday. Looked like the cassette had varying spaces between the splines. But I can't say for sure whether the freehub did. Pretty sure it's 8 speed though!

An 8 speed Exa Drive cassette will fit on a 9 speed freehub, all be it loosely: best to double-check via that link I posted.

Thanks for the link, I did have a read. it's definitely got the very shallow splines of the ultra / exa drive and no ridged spline

Just got myself one of these. What bars are they?

Nice!

As for the bars I'm not sure, haven't looked at this project for a couple of weeks. I am sitting on a mini mountain of bars so probably just nabbed the pair I found most appealing at the time... will have a look next time I get a sec :-)

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