Decisions, decisions. @
SJX426 got me motivated to post some build pics.
I've overhauled the bike and the bearing surfaces (gran sport rear derailleur pulleys, headset, bottom bracket, record hubs) were all in great shape. I was impressed with the cottered spindle on the magistroni crank; it has really high quality ground and polished bearing surfaces.
Now it's time to start building the bike and I have a few decisions to make. The hubs on the original wheels were in great shape but the tubular rims (fiamme and mavic sport) are not. I have a set of more or less period correct clinchers that will work: record hubs and milremo rims. I even have a pair of campy skewer covers in white.
I managed to build a 5 speed suntour winner freewheel (I was surprised that I had the rights parts to build a freewheel), 13-16-19-22-26. The crank has 49/46 rings so this will give me a pretty decent old school half step gearing:
I need to decide on the stem. The original stem is a pretty cool steel ambrosio stems but at a 7 it's too short. I have a 3T stem that is the right length but it's too "new" for the bike. I think I'll go with the right length but a steel stem just seems right for this bike in a way that an alloy one does not:
I need to make a decision on the pedals. The original sheffield pedals are in decent shape but I have a pair of campy NR pedals that I think I'll use. They're too "new" for this bike as well but I just overhauled them and they're in great shape.
I'll need to decide on the saddle. I put on a brooks pro which is broken in but for some reason does not look quite right to me. I have an ideale 39 that looks "right" to me but I'm not too excited about breaking it in. I could just sell it and pick up a B17; for some reason the large rivets on the brooks pro just don't look quite right on the bike:
One of the things I really like about this bike is how good the decals look even though they're probably right around 56 years old. I more or less dated the bike; the hubs are from 1960 and the rear derailleur and brakes are no later than 1961-62. I'm calling it a 1960 bike since that's a nice round number. The bike has a really cool very old school campy sticker and a very cool falck tubing sticker:
