Gazelle Vredestein/Campagnolo Neo-Retro build

Yeah, do what Russ did to his 650b conversion. It'll look rad!

Some progress made... just missing a few finishing touches, I’m thinking of taking this to do the Paris-Roubaix Sportive next weekend...

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Cool, I love the brown hoods

Hoping I can sqweeze some 33mm challenge Strada Bianca on this - if so then it’s what I’m riding! Otherwise it’s the enigma...

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Free mechanical support meant I had this guy give it the once over before setting out as I’d left it late deciding which bike I was taking...

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new bartape on the day of the ride wasn’t a great idea, and the hudz are really very soft and required adjustment after each pave sector - other than that it was superb!!

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Good work! And nice bike.

Looks awesome with the wider tyres

Did that support mechanic clamp your top tube! For shame mechanic man, for shame!

I was about to post the same thing!

He did indeed... :(

Split this down a while back but nearly got all the bits for a rebuild - all black campagnolo Athena 11 with big radial guards, I’ve got a black cinelli stem and a 3t gazelle Panto’d one or some ritchey neo classic with an ahead converter... need some nice 26mm bars, any suggestions? I want a flat top to the hoods with a traditional bend and minimal reach... not fussed if silver or black... ?

Lovely looking bike, I’d like to see the new gruppo on...

I’m using some nitto M109AA bars which are a shallow drop black or silver, or deda special are a good one in silver and normally a good price

Guess who’s back… (well, almost)

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Lovely stuff, talk us through the new setup?

Just heading over to pick it up - it’s pretty much as I’d always hoped to build it. I collected the 11 Speed chorus group as I really liked the aesthetic of the rear mech silver/black combo… I’ve build a few bikes with this group but I don’t think I ever did it justice so I handed it over to an expert, and got a bike fit… the stem is potentially temporary, just waiting to find a 3T arc II in 100mm -17 which I might paint in the same blue…

The wheels are the bitex on Oxic rims I’ve taken off the Parlee while it gets repaired, then I’ll look for some carbon wheels for that… tyres are 28c turbo cottons…

The cable outers are very purposely Shimano as I wanted the grey and as a nod to all the gazelles I’ve seen from the Netherlands, if they’d been ridden then there was always a Shimano component mixed in - usually the brake levers…

Bars are Neo-classics as I love the shape, but this means that the hoods don’t align flush with the flat tops, but happy to pretend that this is also a nod to a trad bar and lever junction…

Lovely bike, very fond of polished Chorus/Record 11sp.
I've a -17 100mm Arx II Team going spare, I'm based in Germany though.

It’s feeling soooo good, the fit is immediately comfortable and it’s running better than it ever ran when I was messing about with it - many thanks @retrodicorsa it’s superb 👌🙌

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You’re very welcome mate, enjoy 😉
All at under 9kg too 🪶👍

Interesting… any idea how much you’d want for it, posted as well obviously!

This one passed me by. It really is lovely!

Lovely frame colour/wheels/tyres combo. To ice the cake, instead of a 3T stem, ITM Eclypse quill?

Really love this build, superb combination of old an new parts! and really dig this blue color

Awesome build!
Any change this will get a silver stem?