Originally Posted by Andy_K

I'm with you on this. I've got a bunch of classic racing bikes in my garage that I've fitted with triple cranksets, wide range cassettes or freewheels, and the fattest tires they'd take. Why? Because I wanted to ride them. Sure they'd look better with a 53-42, a corncob freewheel, and skinny tubulars, but that wouldn't be of much use to me. My DeRosa and Gios are the only two I hesitated in triplizing, and the DeRosa is a repaint so I did it anyway. So far I've kept the Gios pure, but I'm pretty certain it's racing days are long gone, even if I found a fast rider for it.