RobbieTunes

Looks like you did a great job, and I like your basement.
Welcome to the forum.

Andybrads

Thanks, this forum is going to end up costing me a fortune.....
once I've cleared all of the crap out ( washing machine, lawn mower etc etc) I reckon I'll get another 3 or 4 bikes in there...

seypat

Here is the wife's Christmas present that I built up. 91/92 Team Miyata. Was all 105 7 speed. I added the 105 triple, a 13-26 8 speed cassette, the new Claris 8 speed shifters and 2 new derailleurs. I must admit, sweeet bike if I say so myself. I hope I did the picture right. If not, someone can help me out.

shoota 

Linky no worky

seypat

I'll get it up eventually.

RobbieTunes

seypat

Thanks RobbieTunes!

You are going to like my next project. Unusual Miami Vice Iron man. It has the original bike shop sticker from a shop in Japan! No Iron man on the decal just Dave Scott Expert. No water bottle mount holes in the seat tube. The best part is a crowned fork! I will post some pictures in the Iron man thread.

thirdgenbird

Modolo morphos shifters AND a frog stem. That is a great combination of Italian awkwardness.

RobbieTunes

Nice RB-1 Chuckk, better lock it up in Austin. What saddle is that?

rccardr 

Ta-Da:

revchuck 

Sweet!

seypat

The RB-1 is so shiny! Very nice! And the green Merckx, I love the color! What size is the big chainring? Looks really big.

rccardr 

Just the photo playing tricks with the perspective. It's a 53.

ColonelJLloyd

Say what?

That bar/lever combo doesn't look all that comfortable.

RobbieTunes

It's not bad if you ride the drops. The DA's are so light-shifting, a finger is all it takes. I've been mounting mine sorta that way for a while, basically setting the bars on the ground, on the drops, and setting the ends of the big levers so that all 4 contact points are basically the same. Mine come out a little lower, but that may be camera angle.

ColonelJLloyd

You mean exclusively? I ride in the drops a lot, but I use the hoods. Your setups seem to suggest you don't ride on the hoods.

rccardr 

CL: The perspective remark was in response to seypat's question regarding the big ring on the green CE. It's not a particularly large ring, just a standard 53 tooth.

And the hood/lever placement? (Shrugs shoulders) Works for me. That's actually my backup Corsa Extra and I haven't put many miles on it. Could probably pop the seat up a half inch or so.

ColonelJLloyd

Aha! Yeah, I missed the whole chainring part. Mea culpa.

My observation wasn't so much about the placement, just using STI on a classic, Cinelli type bend. It always strikes me as very incongruous, but it's a personal preference thing. Very pretty frame.

PhilPub

You see, this is one scenario where the correct answer to the old, and often controversial, "Shimano or Campagnolo" debate is: SRAM.



Agreed, beautiful Merckx.

RobbieTunes

I've never been comfortable on the hoods or tops; not sure why, maybe because I'm 5'6" and ride 56cm; the reach may be easier to the drops. My crit bike used bar end shifters, and I just don't get out of the crouch. Even in triathlons, I only ride the hoods if I have to speak to someone or maybe eat/drink while riding, or look around while slowing for an intersection. I've never really thought about it. The only problem I've had is numbness on non-Cinelli bars on my modern bikes,...that and when it comes time to change, the wrap on the drops tends to be really "on there."

shoota 

You missed the point entirely.
Re-read:
@rccardr: I should have something for this thread in the next week

russd32

Thanks! I can't wait for it to warm up in IL so I can put some more miles on her

shoota 

Got er finished this morning. This was intended to be my all-purpose, beater bike, and it will be, but it turned out a little nicer than I was hoping. Thanks for the frame [MENTION=170517]rccardr[/MENTION]! I hope I came close to doing it justice

revchuck 

Way too nice for a beater!

ricklp

Ok. Here goes. This is a double whammy, the first one happened to these bikes when they were only about 12-18 years old.

The original Peugeot and Apollo didn't know what hit them. A long time ago, May-June 1987, a much more talented individual than me grafted the two frames together. A custom large diameter tube joined the two bottom brackets. Here are some pictures from the original owner: