Originally Posted by
machinist42
I was thinking it was an Eclair, as it has the front fork low-rider braze-ons.
No matter, as it's vaporride now.
Yes, I missed those and I think you are 100% right on that! Good eye.
Does "vaporride" mean it was sold? Is there a big market for Eclairs?
Originally Posted by Barrettscv
I'm less of a purist and would likely select a Chorus or Record 9-speed. I have Dura Ace 8-speed mini-group that would be acceptable to me. However, the 7-speed Athena is a mid-level group from an earlier era. Someone may have stripped the original group and installed this group as a way of combining a unwanted frameset with an unwanted group that was simply convenient to install.
I didn't think the Athena and Chorus stuff from that period was that far off from one another. I mean, wasn't that Athena more or less just two year old Chorus parts? (again, a genuine question). I see what you mean about 7-speed though, as that does seem particularly desirable.