Originally Posted by
brixxton
I have a couple of sets of TriColor ,600's, personal favorites. Suntour Luxe, ARX, Superbe probably never see a build. Shifters, brakes, beautiful set of Mafac Racers.
Have me feeling like a hoarder. But the I don't want to let them go for pennies, the market just sucks even here in S.F. To me they are art.
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I'm in the same boat. A full NOS OEM Superbe Pro group I intended to build up on a Look Hinault frame, mostly to piss off the C-Record traditionalists. I gave that frame away, and it looks like the recipient doesn't share my Suntour counter-C-Record enthusiasm. But I got to ride that bike with Dura-Ace 7800 a few thousand miles. It was pretty flexy, but perhaps that was the C23 Dura Ace wheels.
I also have a 1984 Masi Gran Criterium built up with Ultegra 6400 Tricolore too. Too pretty to ride (the font on the frame is Comic-Sans, before any of us knew not to use that font on our resumes.) I nearly weep every time I glance at that bike in my living room. That bike showed me so much of the world. For a time, it was my best and only friend.