jackosbournesnr
Senior Retro Guru
A few weeks ago I did a three day trip on a 1980s pro race frame with a 10 speed triple setup. Whilst it was perfectly comfortable it did make me realise that I don't have anything in the fleet that could realistically do a lengthy tour.
I'd put a PX Kaffenback together last year as a hybrid for getting to work on icy days, but it sat in readiness shod with it's marathon winters all the way through the cold weather without leaving the shed.
Nowt wrong with a Kaffenback for touring, so off came the flat bar/full hydraulic/SRAM Apex... And of course the tungsten-carbide spiked tyres.
Now, all my fun bikes are Campag equipped and I wanted something with a low gearing for touring... preferably a triple... and didnt want to buy any new drivetrain and so the story begins...
The challenge was to get Campag on to disc brake hubs... easy... buy a Shimano splined cassette with Campag spacing. Ambrosio have made them for years I said to myself...Unfortunately, nobody seems to be making these any more.
Next option, buy a new, Campag-friendly hub and rebuild the rear wheel. Costed up, that was going to be nearly £200, so that fell by the wayside too.
And then came the breakthrough. Mr Zinn, who reckoned that Campag 10 speed ergos will interface with a SRAM 10 speed rear mech and Shimano cassette... so it got quickly set up to test... and it does work. Perfectly!
I'd put a PX Kaffenback together last year as a hybrid for getting to work on icy days, but it sat in readiness shod with it's marathon winters all the way through the cold weather without leaving the shed.
Nowt wrong with a Kaffenback for touring, so off came the flat bar/full hydraulic/SRAM Apex... And of course the tungsten-carbide spiked tyres.
Now, all my fun bikes are Campag equipped and I wanted something with a low gearing for touring... preferably a triple... and didnt want to buy any new drivetrain and so the story begins...
The challenge was to get Campag on to disc brake hubs... easy... buy a Shimano splined cassette with Campag spacing. Ambrosio have made them for years I said to myself...Unfortunately, nobody seems to be making these any more.
Next option, buy a new, Campag-friendly hub and rebuild the rear wheel. Costed up, that was going to be nearly £200, so that fell by the wayside too.
And then came the breakthrough. Mr Zinn, who reckoned that Campag 10 speed ergos will interface with a SRAM 10 speed rear mech and Shimano cassette... so it got quickly set up to test... and it does work. Perfectly!