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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Originally Posted by
CravenMoarhead
I think a restificated bike would probably be a well known marque, with 8-10 speed group, indexed bar-end shifters, Aero Brake levers, modern cranks with SPD pedals, 28 spoke wheels with new Suzue or Phil High Flange hubs...possibly even with the frame drilled up for aero cable routing
basically what many would refer to as an abomination.
I get some of those mods...but why the modern cranks? The crank is one of the most visible parts of a bike. Changing that for a modern one would totally change the character of the bike and put you stright into the "customized" catagory.
I would think something more like this: well known marque from the late 80's (that way the aero-brake levers would not look out of place on it), indexed bar-end shifters, 80's vintage cranks but we have the mounting bosses milled to narrow the chainring spacing to 10-speed spec, American Classic or the new Electra high-flange hubs, and we can allow the aero cable routing since it was common by the late 80's anyway.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista