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Old 01-04-13 | 11:46 AM
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Bikes: 72 Cilo Pacer, 72 Gitane GT, 72 Peugeot PX10, 73 Speedwell Ti,l, 75 Peugeot PR-10L, 80 Colnago Super, 81 Zinn, 85 ALAN Cross, 85 De Rosa Pro, 86 Look 753, 86 Look KG86, 89 Parkpre Team, 90 Parkpre Team MTB, 90 Merlin

Originally Posted by Michael Angelo
Fantastic looking bike, did the Team bikes use the Simplex Retrofriction Shifters?
No, the team bikes were equipped with full C-Record, so I'm pretty sure they would have used the non-indexing C-Record shifters (Synchro came out the following year, 1987). I wasn't going for complete parts accuracy with this build since I bought it as a frame only and had a lot of these parts on the bike back in the 80s. The Campagnolo parts you see are mostly Chorus (except for a C-Record BB and crankset), along with a smattering of Mavic parts (headset & hubs; Mavic wasn't a La Vie Claire sponsor, bit they are French at least). But even if I had a full C-Record group for it, I'd probably use Simplex retrofriction shifters anyway since they work so well.

Originally Posted by Grand Bois
I remember that bike well. You did an amazing job on the paint.

I've never been a fan of white saddles, so I like it even more now.
Thanks, GB. I know you know your way around a paint gun and don't throw out compliments easily, so that means a lot coming from you.
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