Originally Posted by
trainman999
I am of the opsite opinion of the others. Buy It ! You will be kicking yourself if you dont. If it's a Grail bike you can't use the standards of a daily rider. As this is a frame you have flexability you can use 180 mm Campy cranks to gain a cm of frame size. Campy made long moutain bke seatposts. Use a Brooks seat it sets about a cm higher than most You will probbly need a tall Nitto stem to get the bars high enough, the one thing that woln't be Italian. If a larger frame becomea avalible switch the parts over and sell the smaller one, until then enjoy your grail bike.
Now
that is the enabling I came here for!
I had planned on the Campag Record 180mm crankset, and a 3TTT seatpost that extends up to 160mm (unless there's a taller Italian option from that period). You're right about stems; I don't recall seeing any Italian ones from the era that are longer than about 90mm. I *might* consider inverting the porteur bars, which would raise the grips by almost 2", unless it looks stupid (I mean
more stupid).