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Old 02-05-07, 04:44 AM
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Gary Fountain
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So - A mid to late 80's SLX frame. A lovely frame that can handle the workload. It's a little heavier than Reynolds 531 but this is my choice in frame materials.

Do you do the frame up or just clean it up? I would probably repaint it.

I would build it up with late a model Campy Super Record Gruppo (but I build everything up with Campy stuff).

I like to have a name or identity on the frame but this is such a hard choice. Do you go local or perhaps an Italian name on the frame or no name at all? This would bug me; perhaps for years. You have to be quite sure of your identity facts. I would be checking out frames with a similar cable guide as brazed to the bottom bracket.

Many Italian frame builders, circa mid to late 80's, used rear stay caps with their name cast into the cap (and in other places as well).

An interesting dilemma but I would be looking towards local builders.

Best of luck with the frame.
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