Originally Posted by fogrider
Nice! I have a davidson tandem...what are you going to build it with...campy or shimano?
Thanks! Funny you should ask what I'm going to put on it. The goal of my build was to get the most performance for my money. I've ridden on mostly shimano stuff my whole life, but after seeing and feeling campy shifters at my local performance, I wanted to incorporate them into my build. The problem was that the campy stuff was expensive and there really was no way I could put together a full campy bike for my budget. My solution was to outfit a mostly ultegra drivetrain and use JTek's shiftmate with campy shifters. I totally scored by getting '03 record 10sp shifters for $100 on ebay. I still can't believe I got them for that. I pretty much had to buy everything piece by piece due to mandates from SWMBO, but that gave me time to shop ebay hard and wait for sales at the local shops.
Anyway, my total build list goes as such:
1" Aprebic Carbon/AL from Nashbar
FSA Orbit X 1" Headset
Profile Design 90mm Stem
ITM millenium 44cm Handlebar
Supergo Gel Bar tape
Oval concepts 27.2 Seatpost
Supergo S1 Race Saddle
Shimano PD-1056 look compat. pedals
Campy Record carbon 10sp shifters
Jtek Shiftmate model #3
Shimano 105 dual pivot brakes
Truvativ Giga Pipe SLLT Bottom Bracket
Truvativ Elita Triple - 52-42-30 172.5 Crankset
Ultegra 10sp 12-25 Cassette
Ultegra 10sp chain
Ultegra 9sp triple R. Derailleur
Ultegra 9sp triple F. Derailleur
Performance Titan wheels
Weyless skewers
Supergo tubes
Kenda Koncept Lite tires
YPK Teflon cables/housing
My total price for everything including the frame stands at $900 including shipping and taxes. Most of the parts are new or nearly new. I'm sure I'm breaking some unwritten law somewhere by bastardizing the two companies together, but I don't care. I wanted shimano's cheapness, and campy's shifters.
I actually spent time arranging everything for a nice photo op, so you can check all the parts out. Post pictures of your Davidson if you have any
-Jeff