Originally Posted by
sykerocker
Nice buy, nice price. However, that ain't a tourer. Real good road burning bike, comfortable, handles like a dream, the kind of bike that just begs for full 7400 Dura Ace (get the good stuff, don't waste your time with the same vintage Campy) and sewup wheels. Already have one on the road, a second that going to get built sometime before 1 March, and adore them.
But they definitely ain't tourers.
Touring bike is a completely different animal from an all-arounder, but I am convinced by the consensus opinion here that the chainstay would not be long enough for a Mavic OP/Ultegra wheelset I build with Vittoria Rando 28c tires. They will have to find a home elsewhere.
As much as the bike would look more authentic with a Campy gruppo; 1) I'm just not that familiar with Campy, & 2) it would mean buying the components from scratch. I think I have an Italian thread DA 7700 Octalink BB around here somewhere. And, the FC-7700 crankset doesn't look that bad to me. Do you think it would look strange to marry that with DA 9spd barcons and a B17 saddle?