Recent content by 964Cup

Re: Campagnolo Delta Brakes Deltas are fab if set up properly. I used mine on the Eroica Gaiole last year, for instance. The lever thing is patently nonsense; I did use the correct levers because I have that kind of OCD, but there's nothing special to them. You do need a Campag lever with the...

C-Record (or Chorus/Croce d'Aune etc) with a 38 front and a 28 rear (14-28 freewheels are readily available in 7-speed). I ran C-Record with a 52/39 and 14-28 on my Alan for the Eroica Gaiole last year. You can't cross-chain big-big with those ratios, or readily use small-small, but then you...

Depends what you want it for, I guess. I use 48x17 (74") for everything; it seems a good compromise. You can cruise at 30kph at a natural 85 cadence, spin out at about 50kph (around 140 cadence) and climb most things, albeit out of the saddle once it's above 10% (I did find the bridge ramps on...

Heat gun to soften it, use the handle of an old spoon to scrape off the bulk, then wipe off any residue with a cloth soaked in thinners. Not recommended for carbon rims, but fine on alloy.

Sure. Here goes: 1. Tape, not glue. Unless you're racing track or cross, in which case, glue. 2. Jantex 14 or Tufo, because the covering strip is plastic. Jantex 76 has a paper strip which is *really* hard to remove without it tearing. I use a lot of 76, but it takes more practice. Always 14 on...

+1 on Challenge being a bit hand-bodged. I have many pairs of Strada 25c tubs, and while I've done a lot of riding on them, and like them, they aren't the roundest things ever. They do settle a bit with use, and definitely don't like being kept folded up as spares under your saddle, but...

IF they fit, then http://www.wiggle.co.uk/challenge-strad ... ular-tyre/ are a bargain at that price.

I did it on Challenge Strada 25c. They were adequate, and didn't puncture. If you can get anything fatter into your frame, I would - I was using Deltas and had no more space. The strade bianche are brutal if it's dry - rutted to hell and back - and there's very little traction on the steep...

Re: De Rosa Professional SLX | Campagnolo C-Record | Tecno 416 Sorry - that looks like Record 8-speed with ergos, not C-Record. Is that correct?

Modern chains are made of cheese. 2 x Red 22 have bent a link (second time, it pretty well wrecked the bike), and I've snapped a 7900 10-speed chain with nothing but the immense power of my twiglet legs. Compare to the heft and robustness of a half-decent 7-speed chain, never mind 1/2"...

Re: Re: But aren't those cleats effectively backwards? Surely the yellow taper needs to point towards the front of the pedal, which puts the slot ahead of the bolts, which surely means it won't be in the right place to engage with the back of the pedal?

Those Yellow Jersey cleats are the only ones I could find in current production. The Exustar and/or Keirin track cleats won't work well, I think, as they're not designed to slide in and out easily. The trouble with the Yellow Jersey ones is that they have no European distributor, and shipping...

Campag freewheels are fetished. This is a 14-26 Super Record 6-speed (but not the 50th anniversary edition, as that has "brevetti internazionali" written in full, I believe). I've seen them NOS for $200. This is in clean used condition. What it's worth is what someone will pay, but I'd have...

Plusgas and a breaker bar. Soak the taper in plusgas at the same time and make sure you use a decent crank puller, not an eBay one out of a cracker.

My two: Alan Record Carbonio, full C-Record: Vitus 979, Record 8-speed, Shamals, modern chainset & seatpost: