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Old 05-04-20, 04:49 PM
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Small details. Mavic rims were not well regarded circa ‘73. Pumping out way too many rims to meet bike boom demand and they were erratic. Did not recover any cachet until introduction of the SSC heat treated rim. If you could score those the anachron would not much matter. Otherwise Nisi or Martano would be much more fashionable and old copies of those are still quite available.

Road tubulars were always acceptable for track. Few tracks are all that smooth or have well designed corners. When it got crazy and you needed the bike to handle road tires worked well. Glue them solid.

Track wheels are 36 hole 3 cross. Even those of us who completely believed in the superiority of Union .080/.060 galvanized spokes wanted chrome for track.

Campy is the automatic choice. The Quinn would be stunning with Williams steel cranks, Barelli pedals, Airlite hubs, TDC headset, Brooks saddle. If you can ride them at all try for track stems with a drop. Road stems were of course widely used but the track stems look like track.
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