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?

First-generation Campagnolo cranks.
First-generation Sugino Mighty Compe cranks.

Those mavic wheels with the carbon fiber spokes, for the frame you should go with a exxon graftek or maybe one of those teledynes.

Those would be the R-SYS:


http://cytex.files.wordpress.com/200...pg?w=600&h=400

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 think someone needs to take this build on

Early 80's Suntour Mountech derailuers, and Simplex Prestige.

Modolo Krono brakes anyone?

Engineered by Toyota?

Not really a 'death' item, just mis-used, but you'd want a modern 10s Shimano chain with a reinstalled (not replaced) pin.

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?

There should totally be a C&V Velo-Morto build-off!

Bike with the highest potential for bodily injury wins first place: you have to ride the RAAM on it.

Different type of uncontrolled acceleration.

What are the yellow bits? The resin?

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.

Kevlar thread IIRC.

Instead of the Pivo/AVA stem I suggest the modolo X-tenos or X-Terra (?) stems which were
prone to failure.

Marty

The front suspension from the Dayton-Huffman Twin Flex aka 'death bike'

Just look at the ABC forum. Looks like there is a Velo Morto contest going on in this thread :innocent:

Peugeot Comete for the frame, hehe.,,,,BD

Don't those gorgeous Campy sheriff star hubs have a rep. of blowing apart?

+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.

When radially laced, the flanges tend to break.

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.

1970's Hutchinson tires......even in the 70's.

Maybe the passing of time has made them better!

Their Motorbacon grips are nice though?;),,,,BD