Must say that I personally find the component mix rather nice and functional, if an odd mix. Love the Superbe levers mated to what appear to be the original NR calipers, and the Suntour Mountech RD is an interesting piece in itself as being Suntour's own take on the Huret Duopar. Frank Berto says it's unreliable due to the secondary spring mechanism. Wouldn't know myself, never used one. Looks good though, even when mated to the Paramount at least 10 years senior to the derailer.

I'm not sure if that extra bolt circle would do structural harm to the spiders unless done incorrectly - after all, I haven't heard of those Mexico-style cranksets coming apart, and many of those have the entire flute milled all the way though.

I wish those photos showed the repaint of the front fork better though. Paint job makes a U shape in the front of the fork blade, all the way down to the dropout, while the rear is left chrome. Rather - dare I say it? - funky, even for a '70s machine.

Personally, I'll take Tom's (TBART) Superior frameset over this machine any day of the week. Still in love with that blue metallic...yum

-Kurt

EDIT: Fixed Tom's name.