I agree...there just aren't that many, and I think most of them are already in the hands of "it's worth $10,000,000!" collectors. I think the odds of finding one of these at a flea market or estate sale are lottery figures.

That's why I decided to take matters into my own hands I will have to resort to a lot of road stuff and take some shortcuts, but my campy MTB will be a reality! After concluding that the shifting of the old OR stuff is bollox anyway, I decided to go single speed. The Netherlands are pretty flat anyway and I now some wicked valley trails near my usual haunt, partly converted railroad track, that will be a blast on a SS.

So here's my proposed build plan:

Wheels:
Stheno rims (32 holes) on old school record hubs, with a thread on freewheel, something like a 19. Got the rear hub (minus a longer axle for 135 mm spacing), now I just need a front one in 32.
Brakes:
Olympus OR with either Athena or Gran Sport levers (got both sets, just need to see which are nice with the bars)
Crankset:
Campagnolo Daytona with a 39 ring (got that, with BB)
Frame:
Still a big unknown... I want something clean, with no extraneous brazeons for racks or discs, yet with canti posts and dropouts suitable for SS. This one will be tough, or a matter of $ if I decide to go custom. HS and forks TBT when I have the frame.
Controls:
I have a really nice Rotor MTB stem I want to use, probably with some kind of dirt drops since I hate flat bars.
Maybe I'll transfer my speedneedle saddle to this build, with some light seatpost TBA if I have the frame details, or else I go for something nice like a Flite or a Regal.

So in short, a beast of single speed, with campy and a smattering of boutique Euro parts.

speaking of the devil... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Camp...item19d5a6326f anyone of you after it?

I don't know if this qualifies for Classic & Vintage thread, but the components on the Trek 8500 are Campagnolo MTB, very short product run. The joints appear to be epoxied instead of tig welding. The frame is aluminum. It seems like a nice bike to ride as a commuter or occasional off-roading.











I figure for $400 I can't go wrong for a winter bike(hate rollers-borring) and with the the terrible of Chicago I won't hurt my classic road bikes.

sweet!

Ever tried XTII with HG ?? In my opinion it offers very good shifting performance.

Interesting read on Juli Furtado and her appreciation for Campagnolo >>

https://www.mbaction.com/Main/News/Du...Camp_3378.aspx

Good find, and read!

I got a Record OR group and built an amazing Yeti ProFro with all the cool Ringle bits when I left Yeti. I think about that bike a lot and wish I still had it. Yellow and turq team colors, Ringle turq kit, (post, cages, QR's) with polished ATAC stem and blue handlebar, finished with white porq's and FRO grips. eh, I still have the jersey.

no, but putting XT on the bike would detract from the all campy theme . I'm really rather a n00b when it comes to off road bikes (or road bikes, for that matter, but just a little less) so I basically have to go with things I read here and elsewhere on the web. I'm however anxious to try both dirt drops and singlespeeding, and already having a modest collection of campy parts, 1+1 just makes to. btw, thanks for the article, that was a nice read!

And Gioscinelli, that's a very very very cool bike! I think it qualifies, a MTB of that age is considered ancient in the genre.

Yes, very nice gioscinelli. I remember reading somewhere that Trek tried it with Campagnolo for a short while. In an attempt to be not highly dependent of Shimano. Campagnolo supplied all bits individually packed in luxerious boxes, like how they sold it to the customer. This was slowing down things and created a lot of waste. It didn't work.

Review Fat Chance Yo Eddy with Campagnolo Euclid in MountainBike Action >> https://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/v/M...es/YoEddy_001/ There is not much said on the Campagnolo groupset. The Yo Eddy frame was quite a revelation at the time. A blueprint for many bikes that followed.

Review Lemond Titanium with RecordOR >>> https://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/v/M...e/Reviews/atb/ With a few positive words for the than new groupset!

I took the Trek 8500 for a 20mile ride yesterday and love the way the Campy stuff works. Have to get a bit use to the thumb shifting, but can't complain about accuracy when shifting. I think the Campy group is made up of mostly Record OR and Euclid. Like the links, too! Thanks, Mike

Those yo eddies got to be the holy grails of old mtb's, so cool!

I would have expected Saarf on this thread, he has a couple of Colnago mtb's with full campy. Except for the rims, I believe they were Rigida dp18. He's probably somewhere in Toscany right now...

It is one of the most legendary MTB's for sure.

Another FAT with full Campy: review Fat Chance 10th Anniversary with Campagnolo RecordOR



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MountainBike Action July 1992

Yeah, he has pics on his saarf.net site. Wonderful machine. Don't know how he beat me to that olympus gruppo on marktplaats, it just totally went by me even though I watch mp like a hawk for campy mtb bits

And Mel, thanks for the article!

I don't think he got them through mp...

Ah cool find anyway. I wonder if any Dutch mtb shop stocked them bitd, and if they have some of it left.

Here is my Record OR rear derailleur on my randonneur bike.
It shifts perfect with 8 speed Ergopower, even though it is very dirty. I took this photo last Saturday during a 200 km ride, the first hours it is was raining very hard, so it is very dirty. Also i don't clean my bikes that often, once a year is enough. I convinced myself that the dirty will protect the paint and parts.

these OR deraillers are so similar to the road versions, how to tell them apart? Apparently, everything was interchangable (or at least to the biased folks at campy only).

Probably difference is in the longer cage. What else is there to change? Maybe some other stuff to keep the mud out?

The funny thing is that you could get short cage OR derailers.

The cage is longer, everything else is the same. Mine is the medium version

Yeah according to the catalogue they sold them in Short, Medium and Long. No markings, right?