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...Of how not to do it.

All modern groups look good on old frames

Linseed oil is brilliant as a spoke freeze, it's easy to work with, a natural product, sets the spoke just enough to not go loose and it's dirt cheap. I would go for the non boiled one if I had the choice

Sold

I dont know if this is big enough to fit in here, but its too big for me, so I'm putting it up for sale.
Columbus TSX, 60x58 c-c. Sparkly yellow, Stronglight headset, DA lowflange track hubs and TA Chainset. Perfect condition.

£600 shipped to your door.

^^^threadsaver

love it!

Whats the story behind the canti mounts?

Ahmagawd.... Moar!

The top pull works with sram and its great. Avoid the bottom pull for the life of you and ditch the mudchather aka that wheel.
My experience with Ralph is also positive, but I think the Ralph's are a bit overkill for the summer months. Maybe consider getting a filethread tire so you can gravelgrind and explore during the summer, and then get the Ralph's when it gets wet.

Haha, "adjustable suicide stem with BB plasticthingyspacer". I'll try to track one down, but I'm contemplating about looking east for aero stem and bars and just entirely skip the quill. Apparently they now do the S5 handlebar....

Nice! What bartape?

^this. Not that it has "UCI illegal" stamped on the BB (would be cool though) but I presumed it would be, just like other experimental frame designs of that era.

Is GT, just not Yamaguchi.

Are wide bars mandatory to join the fista crew? :)

I should. I just didn't predict my need and a low price.

Those modolos look perfectly silly. Hard to find though, aren't they? Did mavic ever make brake levers?

I also agree on the stem. I got it for my tarckbike and that's where it's going.

Thanks for all the comments, I knew there was a crowd for a build like this out there. I'm getting increasingly eager to finish it and take it out for a long fast ride!
Does anyone have suggestions for brake levers?

Things have taken an unexpected turn and yesterday I picked this up in a very favorable trade.

Things are definitely moving in the right direction

Read up on wheelbuilding from Sheldon and Schraner, and use this for spokelenghts https://leonard.io/edd/

I sort of agree because it's great, and because it's almost impossible to collect a groupset with everything, even cables, for the price of brand new 5800.
But it would require other wheels

No problem. I should also clarify that I was trying to say that the wheels will work well for both cross and touring, and I forgot to say: "amazing frame, great project, very envious, following!"

The black spokes indicate where the valve hole is. It's just a detail.
Should work well on either setup

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I picked up this frame at a local bike jumble because I couldn't resist and because I needed a fun project that I could finish without spending loads of cash, it came with a campa headset and BB that I'm pretty certain won't be on the finished build..

The frame is in god condition given its age (I have no idea how old it is but I'm thinking 2K'ish) but have some paint chips here and there. Nothing that bothers me.

This will be a 9s 53x12/28 DT shifter setup for maximum slaveness, and the parts I have are:

• Open pro wheelset
  
• Spotter cockpit
  
• SLR and random seatpost that have been cut down to fit
  
• Black 105 derailleur
  
• chain, cables etc.
  
  

I need to find some brake levers, brakes, dt shifters and a chainset.
The chainset has to be something vulgar, so DA 7900, 5800 or similar with a big chainring, but they still carry a pricetag, so we'll see where it ends.

Here's a quick mock-up to give an idea of the geometry

I'll keep this thread updated as the build progresses. Inputs and comments are welcome as long as they dont tell me to go period correct.

Picked this up last monday, time to step up the hhsrb game