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£140 ono , last call before ebay..

Price drop £150, open to offers

last call, will move if no interest?

Collection also welcome for reduced price

For sale a beautiful Campagnolo wheelset, was planning to use for a project but have gone in another direction

8 Speed 1995 Athena hubs. I have spent £85 and a lot of time sourcing and replacing parts. New races and cones, the former were fitted professionally by my LBS. These hubs are from the period when Athena and Chorus shared Record parts so the new parts have the RE designation and are Record level. All parts are official Campagnolo spares apart from the rear drive side cup which is no longer available but I managed to get a replacement manufactured by Condor Cycles. Also the rear wheel drive side cone wasn't replaced as it was in great condition. All ball bearings have been replaced with Grade 10. Official Campagnolo seals have also been replaced. Since assembling they have not been used, so these are in effect new hubs!

Rims are Mavic Open 4CD, these are barely used , anodizing has only just worn off the braking surface and they show virtually no wear - see photos.

Front wheel is radially laced, Rear is cross laced on drive side and radially laced on non drive side. Velox rim tape.

These are a really lovely set of wheels and with the new components should last a very long time if maintained. I've been reluctant to let them go but realistically I'm not going to use them as I'm on 10 speed now.

£160 posted

Any questions please let me know

thanks

Some photos of the rear wheel replacement parts below, I'd already assembled the front hub but if you want photos I can disassemble.

good tip, cheers . I got a raceblade long to work , shame the bracket clips always seem to break on these, havent tried the new version though

Just need something to test length so can be beater quality . £5 or less posted to Bristol if possible?

31.8 clamp , 1 1/8". Ideally around 6-10 degrees
cheers

Price drop £40

Where did you buy them from? I ordered some from Chain Reaction and they didn't come with cables...

Any progress

Ok so I asked her last night and she prefers the step through, though wasn't overly bothered which one, but of course also wants a wicker basket! Not sure how well that'll work on the pinnacle, practically and aesthetically. I'm not sure there will be the height from the bars to fit one ? I think I'll strip down the pinnacle tonight and try and get an idea of the frame weight difference , then I'll be able to estimate the total weight of both builds

Cheers, they're very nice but probably over budget, plus I've already go 2 on my hands!

this is the best I've seen ..

Velo Orange? I wonder if they do a raised version..

Yes, checked the spec on both, 700c

I totally agree if it were my bike, but realistically she's looking for comfort over performance and will prefer the looks of the Ridgeback. (That Pinnacle fork is a beast!) This will only be for pootling around town. Ahead stems don't exactly look refined on this type of bike with all their protruding bolts. Also a long quill has the advantage of height adjustment and its not like I'll need to remove the bars that often. All the other components will be moved over from the Pinnacle so will keep the modern advantages. I guess I could always hold on to the Pinnacle frame for the future if she starts riding more..

..Also just discovered, Race blades do not work on these frames! Because the seat stays are effectively pushed forward relative to the hub/centre of the wheel , the metal stays of the mudguard are too short and the angles are all wrong. Had to do some major bodging to get it to fit without rubbing! Think it has clearance for full guards but again the metal rods on my bluemels are too short so will have to buy some more.

So ended up buying the Pinnacle, figured it was a good enough price even as a donor bike. Road it home with the seatpost fully up and its a blast, really fast! In fact is was so comfy it's convinced me to switch to upright bars on my ss road bike! I was also really impressed with the acera groupset, I'm generally a bit snobby about low end groups but it shifts really smoothly.

Ended up telling my other half, so its no longer a surprise but wanted to check i had the sizing right (and had nowhere to hide it). She road the Pinnacle round the block and liked it , especially how light it is (9.5kg) but said she'd like the bars in a higher, less aggressive position. I think it's pretty much a flat bar road bike.

So I'm choosing now between painting the Pinnacle and swapping out the bars to north road style and maybe an adjustable ahead stem to get it higher, though I think these stems are pretty ugly. I'm not sure if this'll make the bike too cramped though? Also the forks are not exactly feminine or classic looking. I guess it look something like this, kind of neo-retro:

but in the RAL 6027 (excuse the photoshopping!) :

Or I swap the components to the Ridgeback frame and get a 1 1/8" quill and North road bars. Although it'll be heavier (steel fork) I think it may be more of what she want in aesthetics and handling. Also hopefully will be lower in weight than standard stock model. The frame is 1759g and the fork is 1119g. Reckon Ill be able to keep it near 10kg with the Pinnacle components?

Bought this for a project for my gf some time ago but decided it wasn't quite the right size and has sat in the box ever since.

Nice frame, Reynolds CR-MO tubing. I believe it originally had a Nexus hub, horizontal dropouts so could be built up as a sweet fixed or ss , or possibly use a claw hanger for a derailleur. Has bosses for v-brakes/cantis on the fork (probably had a hub brake for the rear originally), but also drilled front and rear so could accept calipers. Front and rear brazeons for mudguards/panniers

Paint is a deep metallic midnight blue in very good condition. Decals are on top of the paint so can be removed easily . Included with a headset that looks unused but strangle had no bearings

Approx 49cm seat tube ctt. 130mm rear spacing, 100mm front

£35 posted

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Decided to put a pair of Velo Orange Milan bars (a kind of shallow north road ) on my steel road bike to make it a bit more relaxed for city riding

Looking for a pair of break levers to work with dual pivot calipers, considering either Tektro FL750 or Tiagra flat bar levers. Has anyone used either of these or can you suggest a better alternative ?

Thanks

Got a flite tt if that's any good ?

Just double checked my steerer, its 225, think Ill just have to save for an uncut Minimal

At the moment the fork is plenty comfortable enough with 25c tyres at 90psi. Ive come from a steel bike and I don't find it that much different, considering the reputation old 'dales have, it just accelerates and climbs much better. I think perhaps the 2.8 frames were a lot stiffer with the ovalised tubes? Also I suspect people used to ride much skinnier tyres back then..

Carbon would be nice but I'm not sure how much dampening it would actually proivde, reports for these frames on the web seem to suggest not much compared to better tyres , saddle and tape. My fork has a steel steerer so maybe that helps? I'd like carbon for the weight reduction as much as anything and that means full carbon.

Yes its definitely stock, the paint is an exact match and it has a matching serial number. As TM pointed out that other frame is identical! The 2.8 and mountain bikes in the 1994 catalogue all have ahead, (I didn't realise it was around that early tbh) . Later Cannondale catalogues seem to switch back to threaded intermittently, Ive seen CAD 3 and 4 frames with threaded steerers.. My bike isn't in the brochure on Vintage Cannondale/Retrobike but remember that may be a U.S .edition, there were probably variations around the world.