Warm day, in fact too warm for early February, so I took this lovely Ephgrave for a quick test ride. Saying test ride as some issues with DT shifters - Campagnolo does not fit on French braze-on threads, brake hoods and bar tape are in post etc.. Lovely nice day it was until the dreaded flat at the back and since I forgot to pack a spare tub...... But anyway, it rode superbly until then, just how I imagined it would, being so meticulously built by certain Les E.
Any suggestions how o resolve those DT shifters issues? Using Campagnolo with Huret wingnuts. Suggestions on alternative please, do not want to reuse what was on before - 80s Huret ones...
Some more details:
- model No 1 Lugs, serial 3344, which puts it into 1959/1960
- LF Mailard Normandy hubs on Mavic sprints
- Stronglight 49D chainset
- Campagnolo Record Superleggeri strada pedals
- Record front and rear mech, looks like first gen (1965?)
- Weinmann calipers and Record brake levers
- Brooks Swift Titanium rails saddle
- custom made steel stem and Giro di Sicilia bars
