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Rob_W
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Originally Posted by mainstreetexile
Nice Specialissima. If you post the serial number we should be able to give you an exact year.
IT is # K169413 Would love to nail the year down!


Your upgrades sound pretty reasonable, especially if you keep any old parts in case you would want to take it back to stock at some point. I'm not sure about the 8 or 9 speed indexed shifting though, but I'm a fan of friction shifting in general, especially with bar-cons.

Like the Bar cons, but tired of friction shifting. I held off on indexed shifting until the mid 90's. Still have never had the "brifters" pretty pricey... more than happy with indexed bar-cons

Is this a 5 or a 6 speed freewheel now? If it's 6 it's probably 126mm spacing and you should be able to use a modern 130mm wheelset without too many problems if your brakes can adjust for it. If it's 5 it's probably 120mm and it would need to be cold set. What's wrong with the current wheels?

Nothing wrong with current wheels. I just want a dynohub and more gears on the back. May as well go 700c as the tire selection is better.


From the photo, the paint doesn't look bad, why do you want to get it powder coated? -See previous post

I had a similar SR Apex triple on my '80 gran turismo, it was 52/47/34 and all three rings used the same bcd. Depends on your riding, but I don't really care for half-step+granny cranksets. My miyata 210 also came with one and I swapped it out for a more evenly spaced 50/40/30.

I dislike the half-step granny gearing as well. Also this combo of barcons/cyclone GT and the triple have very poor shift performance up front, I have tried tweaking it this way and that over the years. Always seems to be a compromise setting slow shifting to big with no over shoot, or possible over shoot with rapid shifting. Tried many permutations of deraileur limits and height on seat tube. Thus I going new Shimano 105 triple with a Sugion XD600 triple (46-36-26) with a a 12-25t on the back. Should be ideal for commuting with all the crap I haul around

I like your choice of stem, I've had the same exact stem on several of my bikes and I love it.
Its the bomb. Dislike the color but its perfect fit

Rob
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