Death gruppo
02-28-10, 08:35 PM
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 5
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Death gruppo
The recent Viscount/Lambert thread has inspired me to archive the ultimate "Death Gruppo". Including the famous "death fork", AVA bar/stem combo, SR pedals/BB, etc. Anyone wish to add high end parts notorious for catastrophic failure?
02-28-10, 08:41 PM
#2
feros ferio
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: www.ci.encinitas.ca.us
Posts: 21,796
Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
Mentioned: 44 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1392 Post(s)
Liked 1,324 Times
in
836 Posts
First-generation Campagnolo cranks.
First-generation Sugino Mighty Compe cranks.
First-generation Sugino Mighty Compe cranks.
__________________
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
02-28-10, 08:52 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: ontario
Posts: 2,234
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Those mavic wheels with the carbon fiber spokes, for the frame you should go with a exxon graftek or maybe one of those teledynes.
02-28-10, 09:10 PM
#5
You gonna eat that?
I'm sure we've done this thread before. If I wasn't lazy I'd actually find it. As it is, maybe we should let this one run a while and then look up the other thread to see how it compares.
__________________
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi 
"However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
02-28-10, 10:50 PM
#9
Senior Member
02-28-10, 11:15 PM
#10
Cat 6
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Mountain Brook, AL
Posts: 7,482
Mentioned: 27 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 500 Post(s)
Liked 183 Times
in
118 Posts
Not really a 'death' item, just mis-used, but you'd want a modern 10s Shimano chain with a reinstalled (not replaced) pin.
__________________
72 Frejus (for sale), Holdsworth Record (for sale), special CNC & Gitane Interclub / 74 Italvega NR (for sale) / c80 French / 82 Raleigh Intl MkII f&f (for sale)/ 83 Trek 620 (for sale)/ 84 Bruce Gordon Chinook (for sale)/ 85 Ron Cooper / 87 Centurion IM MV (for sale) / 03 Casati Dardo / 08 BF IRO / 09 Dogma FPX / 09 Giant TCX0 / 10 Vassago Fisticuff
72 Frejus (for sale), Holdsworth Record (for sale), special CNC & Gitane Interclub / 74 Italvega NR (for sale) / c80 French / 82 Raleigh Intl MkII f&f (for sale)/ 83 Trek 620 (for sale)/ 84 Bruce Gordon Chinook (for sale)/ 85 Ron Cooper / 87 Centurion IM MV (for sale) / 03 Casati Dardo / 08 BF IRO / 09 Dogma FPX / 09 Giant TCX0 / 10 Vassago Fisticuff
02-28-10, 11:16 PM
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Alameda, CA
Posts: 210
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
You need a frame to hang all that gear on. What about a Vitus carbon with Al lugs? Aren't those supposed to come unglued without notice?
02-28-10, 11:18 PM
#12
Senior Member
03-01-10, 02:43 PM
#14
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 831
Bikes: Colnago C50
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 25 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times
in
6 Posts
Not exactly a component but.....
Univega Boralyn frame (from around 1995) with quick release headtube. I used one of the detached headtubes as a pencil holder for 12 years.
Univega Boralyn frame (from around 1995) with quick release headtube. I used one of the detached headtubes as a pencil holder for 12 years.
03-01-10, 03:12 PM
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: n.w. superdrome
Posts: 17,687
Bikes: 1 trek, serotta, rih, de Reus, Pogliaghi and finally a Zieleman! and got a DeRosa
Mentioned: 6 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 15 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 9 Times
in
9 Posts
Instead of the Pivo/AVA stem I suggest the modolo X-tenos or X-Terra (?) stems which were
prone to failure.
Marty
prone to failure.
Marty
__________________
Sono pił lento di quel che sembra.
Odio la gente, tutti.
Want to upgrade your membership? Click Here.
Sono pił lento di quel che sembra.
Odio la gente, tutti.
Want to upgrade your membership? Click Here.
03-01-10, 03:25 PM
#17
Curmudgeon in Training
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Rural Retreat, VA
Posts: 1,956
Bikes: 1974 Gazelle Champion Mondial, 2010 Cannondale Trail SL, 1988 Peugeot Nice, 1992ish Stumpjumper Comp,1990's Schwinn Moab
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 19 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 9 Times
in
8 Posts
The front suspension from the Dayton-Huffman Twin Flex aka 'death bike'
03-01-10, 09:44 PM
#20
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Medford, MA
Posts: 1,190
Bikes: Bob Jackson Super Tourer, '83 Trek 700, Gazelle Champ Mondial, Nishiki Comp II, Moto Grand Record, Peugeot UO-10 SS
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
4 Posts
Don't those gorgeous Campy sheriff star hubs have a rep. of blowing apart?
03-01-10, 10:11 PM
#21
Spin Forest! Spin!
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Arrid Zone-a
Posts: 5,956
Bikes: I used to have many. And I Will again.
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 7 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 11 Times
in
10 Posts
+1 on those Modolo stems. I believe their entire line was prone to fracturing, not just those 2 models.
How about a built-in-Mexico Benotto frame? More prone to separate than a Vitus...that at least takes a few decades. Match that with the Lambert Al fork.
I recommend a radial-laced front wheel with a non-forged low flange hub.
How about a built-in-Mexico Benotto frame? More prone to separate than a Vitus...that at least takes a few decades. Match that with the Lambert Al fork.
I recommend a radial-laced front wheel with a non-forged low flange hub.
03-02-10, 05:21 AM
#23
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 5,371
Mentioned: 15 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2482 Post(s)
Liked 2,952 Times
in
1,677 Posts
Cinelli M-71 pedals.
For those too young to remember these, they were probably the first clipless pedal design to make it to the market. To release your shoe from the pedal, you had to reach under the sole of the shoe and push a button.
For those too young to remember these, they were probably the first clipless pedal design to make it to the market. To release your shoe from the pedal, you had to reach under the sole of the shoe and push a button.
Last edited by Trakhak; 03-02-10 at 07:00 AM.
03-02-10, 06:45 AM
#24
Phyllo-buster
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 8,846
Bikes: roadsters, club bikes, fixed and classic
Mentioned: 133 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2297 Post(s)
Liked 2,054 Times
in
1,254 Posts
1970's Hutchinson tires......even in the 70's.
Maybe the passing of time has made them better!
Maybe the passing of time has made them better!
,,,,BD