bulldog1935
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
something else to consider, you can usually load up on 20-naughties Campagnolo components on ebay, because new riders don't want them, and they're not old enough to be collectible.
My Moser has Chorus brakes removed from a (carbon) floor bike so they could upgrade it to just-newer skeleton brakes and make the floor bike look newer - brand new brakes, $60.
My Centaur crankset was NOS, $125. They work perfectly on the 15-20-y-older frame
52/39T front, 13-26t rear. 8-sp Record cassette on C-record hubs.
I went 8-speed with friction shifters (late 80s C-record), '94 Chorus RD, but it would be easy enough for you to match up brifters (if that's your choice) as long as you match Campagnolo number of rear cogs with the number of Campagnolo shifter speeds, and your Campagnolo RD is newer than about 1988.
Shimano is even easier to match up - shifters from '85 will work with current derailleurs and everything in between (everything except Dura Ace, which need to be matched by age).
Also, if you want to friction shift, 8- and 9-sp work just fine, and again if it's Campy, the friction shifters become critical - you'd need C-record shifters to get enough cable pull.
Again, only friction shifting, but if you go with Triomphe or older on your Campy RD, any friction shifter will work.
My Moser has Chorus brakes removed from a (carbon) floor bike so they could upgrade it to just-newer skeleton brakes and make the floor bike look newer - brand new brakes, $60.
My Centaur crankset was NOS, $125. They work perfectly on the 15-20-y-older frame
52/39T front, 13-26t rear. 8-sp Record cassette on C-record hubs.
I went 8-speed with friction shifters (late 80s C-record), '94 Chorus RD, but it would be easy enough for you to match up brifters (if that's your choice) as long as you match Campagnolo number of rear cogs with the number of Campagnolo shifter speeds, and your Campagnolo RD is newer than about 1988.
Shimano is even easier to match up - shifters from '85 will work with current derailleurs and everything in between (everything except Dura Ace, which need to be matched by age).
Also, if you want to friction shift, 8- and 9-sp work just fine, and again if it's Campy, the friction shifters become critical - you'd need C-record shifters to get enough cable pull.
Again, only friction shifting, but if you go with Triomphe or older on your Campy RD, any friction shifter will work.
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