Today I cleaned and detailed the wheels, set up the gear cables and put on the bottle holder.

I built these wheels around 1988 - Record hubs, DT Competition spokes and Campagnolo Ypsilon V profile rims. 3-cross rear and 2-cross front. They did not see much use back then - as I did not, at the time, like the looks of the V profile. Today I believe they are modest looking - and fitting this build. Campagnolo V-profile rims were in the 1987 catalog.

Normally I use tan wall tires but for this build the allmost all black Conti GP 3000, 23: s will stay on (got to have Conti tires on a Conti frame...). I do not remember when I bought them or put them on but it is a long time ago - I would guess they are at least 15-18 years old... This bike will not see much use and therefore the old tires can be used for the build.



2-cross front



3-cross rear



I wrote almost all black tires. A permanent marker pen made them all black. Here is when one is blacked out and the other one waiting its turn.



I was lucky to have the Syncro II shifter index insert corresponding to the 7 speed Maillard 700 Compact Super.




Set it up and it index shifts perfectly.



Finally got a use (more of a place actually...) for this 900ml Campagnolo Biodynamic bottle and holder again. The 900ml were advertised for mountainbikes but I have not had any problem using it for the road ;-) The Biodynamic and Biothermal 500ml bottles were in the 1987 catalog and/but I do not know when the 900ml showed up.




To be continued.