Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Sendai, Japan: Tohoku region (Northern Honshu))
Bikes: Vitus 979, Simplon 4-Star, Woodrup, Gazelle AB, Dawes Atlantis
Well if it has to be C&V, I'll have to skip out Nitto Technomic quill stems and Diacompe BRS-101 brakes. And, someone has already covered SunTour Accushift.
So my vote is the 6400 Tricolor group. (For heavens sake keep it a secret!) It's too bread and butter for a lot of Euro-enthusiasts, and there are no shi-shi points in the offering. But, it's solid metallurgy, elegant, well engineered, in the ball park of the lighter racing gear and has the trickle-down pedigree from Dura Ace but at a galactically cheaper price. And it works!
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Vitus 979, Simplon 4 Star, Gazelle Champion Mondial, Woodrup Giro, Dawes Atlantis