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You were originally using a Ti record/chorus ? I can see why that would be extremely costly to replace yes ! Even more so than the later chorus/veloce ones like your currently running.
There are some nice seat posts to be had for what is I guess a 27,2 ? Even just an older campy seat post that had "thicker" clamps on them.

I mean I run a 3T Doricltd something, so I can't say I'm acting what I preach, but also because my daily is a 31,6 diameter so didn't want a huge lump of aluminium.

Columbis Max work beater ? Tbh at this point I would swap the ever more expensive campy post for something cheap and solid.

It would be intereting to try out for sur, I wonder if just removing the coil spring would be enough.

To add my two cents :

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Ebikes.
Its a shame because alot of bike tech or components weren't necessarily built for ebikes so from the get go alot of stuff will use up quicker or break and be replaced.
We've essentially turned one the greener modes of transport into something between cars and technology and that comes with the obsolescence of both ; technology and batteries age quickly, the more mechanical pieces there are the more likey something will need to be replaced or can wrong >>> add recommendations for the number of km for a pair of tires, how many charges your battery can go, updates of softwaretc etc !

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Otherwise and on a wider spectrum, I think that disc brakes were a huge move on obsolescence in the bike industry.
Yes they do offer better stopping power in more conditions, but that was a big move that has affected the industry !
I mean I think we all agree it was coming, but I can't imagine the number of bikes that we're swapped in or replaced when the first gravel and road bikes started coming out.
And all the bikes that now so many people won't want to ride or look at buying because disk brakes are the new thing, and as disk brakes have more variety and mechanics from brand to brand, its not always a simple swap out from bike to bike to bike...

And yeh electronic groupsets take us back to the ebike thing, the more it becomes tech the easier it is to control the life span.

Update is I switched it all back to 9s, then in my excitement I made the chain to short and lost one of the pins... So guess I will be coming back to this another day !

Sounds like a similar and good recipe for a lovely bike ! Look forward to seeing it 👌

I've got a set of Cinelli Angel bars on it, and I converted a pair of non functioning brake levers as tt brakes, although I should buy the real thing some day.
And yes well spotted got a big 55t chainring on there !

Update on the levers, I took them apart and this is what i saw :

So ofcourse following that helpful link and guide, I can tell that the cog wasn't in the correct position, and I think the lever wasn't installed at the right angle on the bars either.
Also to note, there is no stamped "10s" and it has 24 notches, so according to @Shump source my levers are a 9s variant.

This is confusing although good news : I originally wanted this to be a 9s bike as it fits the date of the frame perfectly (1999-2000 last record 9s ti groupset).
Also these 9s shifters are tough as hell to find from what I've seen over the years, and when I bought them the seller did say there were 9s.

So, I'm going to get the 9s cassette and derailleur out and try indexing again in 9s.

One important thing I would say, and I think its also a detail that can be confusing and why I thought I had a 10s set, is that I can go through 8 clicks fine, and if I pull a bit more there is just the smallest of 9th click.
So I guess you could think, like I did, that there is an extra click not working but actually it just the end of the teeth on the cog inside the shifter !

I will post the bike when I've got it together and working again !
Thanks all for the help 👍

Thats funny that, I will check if mine hase the same, don't think I've noticed any etching.

By the way my left lever, so front derailleur, is not indexed, just the right one for rear derailleur.
Not sure if you can get the inner parts any more, I couldn't find anything when I looked, even the levers are getting harder to find and often sell quickly if you wanted spares.

What's your frame going to be ?

Mine is a Somec Sirius from 1999-2000, apparently it featured in a magazine at some point as it was imported by the exclusive importer in France, haven't found the magazine yet.

I had found the exploded diagram on the web somewhere a while ago, it was on some archive site I think, I will take a look and see if I saved it somewhere.

The little adjuster is another cable tensioner.

I know that there is a 9s and 10s version, and being Campagnolo, it is possible that the first version of the "newer design" are friction as their first tt levers were used until the 90s when they switched to this newer design.

I haven't really looked into when these newer ones were introduced, I wonder if there was a friction version for 8s record in the mid 90s before they added the friction for late 90s a'd 9s record.
Will have to go through old catalogues etc to find out !

Wow thanks for finding that ! Looks very promising.
I remember when I cleaned them a few years ago, I couldn't quite understand if there was a correct way to insert the ring. I just kind of went on feeling having already fixed a bunch of Record briftees that have the same type of rachet ring inside.

After reading that I'm pretty convinced that it holds the solution.

I will take it apart tomorrow and find out !

Interesting, so at least I'm not totally crazy.
Something to do tomorrow then ! I will post the answer if I find it.

Its a detail thats always bothered me on some of these modern retro builds, all that chrome and aluminium components just to have two black levers !
Maybe a quick paint with silver spray paint ? Or swap out a metal pair for plastic ones ?

I had this Somec a couple of years ago and stuck with the slightly older groupset just to keep it all silver.
Ofcourse if its a Record groupset then I make the acception.

Does anyone have any experience setting up these tt shifters ? They are a 10s indexed version but I can't seem to get all the gears.
If I index it to smallest cog upwards then I can't get the ninth click (at 90°) and if I then adjust things to get that ninth click, then I loose the first two...

Does any of that make sense ?
Basically I can't get the last click on the levers, bear in mind everything is 10s
Am I perhaps a tad too short on the loop at the rear derailleur?

Any ideas welcome !

Wow those ar e two very fine looking bikes there ! Much prefer the all silver levers to the silver with black plastic version, always made them look cheap like the old mirage back in the day.

That frame set is a beaut' ! Love the colors

Yeh its the difficult thing with these modern steel tubes and oversized headsets. So good job finding a match.
And as is definitely looks like a useful bike built with intent

I like the mix with that Dale fork, suits the frame well that !

Yeh make sure its a Campagnolo freehub though because some of them on these models are specific to them... Remember taking some scirocco and shamal ultras apart and finding them funny.

The colnago thread 😉

Pretty sure hes a courier too no ?

Well at least yours sees the road, mine is still on the wall for now and parts are in boxes.
But then i also had a commuter before i got the c40.

Its a nice thing to keep but yeh if you feel bad not using it and can get something properly useful with the money it makes sense !

Whats the other option again ? Something "bigger" than bikes or just the desire to get something new you arent as worried about ?

That's mean

a late dura ace or early oughts da groupset should be acheivable, they pop up every now and again.
lovely frame in any case !

Piece of folded card with a slot in it to hold the phone

Another project in line ? Or just need some cash ?
Lovely bike to get rid of can't be easy !