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@Jocke_hbg
Bought this bike a while ago. Was built up as a single speed, but the guy who sold it had most of the original components in his garage.
He also told me that the bike hade belonged to ex team trial Swedish national champ Johan Fagrell. I hadn’t heard the name before but after some research I found out that he was in the Olympic time trial team who pushing for a medal in the Barcelona olympics, but instead was involved in a crash halfway around the course.
Obviously, this bike must have been his in an earlier stage of his career. I will try to reach out to him and see if he wants to share some info.
Anyway, the bike was equipped with a mix of campa components, mostly super record. Some nice touches to it like the expanding seat post solution, number plate hanger and Reynolds decals en Francais.
plan is to liberate it from this sad single speed state, and then see what happens.