The seatpost is an Origin8 Uno (26.4, I think). The rear brake cable is routed using brazed-on cable guides, courtesy of Mssr. gugie.

You know, gugie told me on the way up there last week that he planned to get on you about when you were going to finish that. If he did I wasn't around.

But then I'd also need to cut a hole in the carbon flipper (might save another gram!).

I gave him the 'ol Jedi mind trick when he wasn't looking.

As someone very late to this guess-a-thon party, I too noticed the carbon/alloy combo--mostly because I have the same thing going on for one of my bikes. Record shifter body that I rebuilt the back halves to, with brake lever 'blades' from a busted Chorus Ergo set (hoods, too) that I had thrown into a Campy wheel buy over a year ago. Essentially free is good. Campy brake lever blades are stupid expensive and it baffles me that there is absolutely no middle ground price-wise, to say nothing of availability. I would be happy to pay $20-30 for a no-name set in black (just to match).

I don't see anything "wrong" with it, but there are more than a few non-period-correct but fully functional components.

The bike came out great, and my eyes are not as sharp as everyone else's.

I know you pop into Recycled Cycles here and there, right? I found myself watching out for 8-speed Ergos and found a few a couple/three years back. The first set I found provided a pair of QR buttons for a set I was rehabbing for a forum member. I ended up with a lot of leftover spares. I found a couple more pairs (one was near-new at $35), so my Ergo spares box was full. RC to the rescue once again

Have you tried them?

DD

I am a frequent patron of RC, though I have never asked if they have any spare blades. Asking is thankfully free and one never knows. They do usually care a few whole Ergo units and have maybe three pairs (9-10 speed) now, but it fluctuates. Lots of Shimano, naturally. I think they still price their 7700 DA STIs too high to sell any time soon, but that's just my opinion.

I'd ask, yeah. I guarantee they have a stash if they do Ergo overhauls. Btw, have you ever torn one down? If not, YouTube has some good vids of the process. I followed them when I modded/rebuilt this pair:



DD

Those are beautiful and beautifully modified (no scratches??? ). I have had the privilege of tearing down several pairs (8-, 9- and 10-speed), though only back halves of them as that is where much of the wearing out happens. G-springs and G-spring carriers. Fixes it every time, thankfully. I chuckle at the videos because they 1) have a nice little vice to use 2) a few of the springs are impossibly compliant to the assembler. In reality they are fidgety and all a little different, if not frustrating at times. They don't make right Ergo G-spring carriers for 8-speeds any more, but one can take a 9- or 10-speed carrier, chop the outrigger post off, then (easily) file the remaining bump to create a perfectly smooth circle. Part of me wonders if Campy ever tried a steel carrier. It would last much longer, and only be a few grams.