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Bikes: Canyon Ultimate CL SF 8.0, 1990s Merckx Strada, Bottecchia Professional, Tomii Custom

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Merckx Strada

My remaining completed C&V bike (currently doing a Bottecchia as a retro-mod). Just had the frame, so put on a nice Dura-Ace 7400 8-speed groupset, but with 7403 brakes (for the sheer stopping power). I also cheated on the gears a bit as the corncob gearing was just too much for my knees. Didn't want to splurge on the a true Flite, so it's a Hishou from Soma. Same goes for the handlebars (can't get a vintage compact handlebar I suppose).

Built the wheels up myself also. You can tell because the presta valve is in the wrong place on the front tire (I spun in the wrong way and then just was too lazy to fix it).

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