I bought this frameset a little while back as I felt the need for something truly retro, other frames I've acquired have been closer to 2000, and always had a soft spot for the Raleighs so now going to get it built up now my not very retro at all Cannondale Scalpel is pretty much finished. This will be my 1st proper attempt at a retro build - canti brakes ... thumbshifters .... OMG ! :shock:
From the superb Dynatech thread it appears its a 1992 Diablo and IMHO the best colours I've seen for one - with a name like Diablo it's got to be red / black / chaotic hasn't it !? I've got some old LX bits to throw at it but they are not period correct as are M560 series canti's and cranks (from 1996 ?) but I like the look of them and shouldn't be too hard to find all the other components to match hopefully. Is this flagrant disregard of "correctness" allowed ?
From the superb Dynatech thread it appears its a 1992 Diablo and IMHO the best colours I've seen for one - with a name like Diablo it's got to be red / black / chaotic hasn't it !? I've got some old LX bits to throw at it but they are not period correct as are M560 series canti's and cranks (from 1996 ?) but I like the look of them and shouldn't be too hard to find all the other components to match hopefully. Is this flagrant disregard of "correctness" allowed ?