Recent content by StephAureus

That definitely applies to the OP's bike, but mine (that I posted a bit upthread) still has the original Mavic Mach 2 CD2 sprints, on which i run Vittoria Rally 21mm tubs. I guess if you ride every day then clinchers are *probably* more practical, but in my experience sprints & tubs aren't what...

Just a correction to my description above: the Shimano 600 'tricolor' groupset wasn't STI, of course, but it did use the SIS indexed shifting for its 7-speed downtube rear shifter. For clarity, it's the Shimano 6400 (otherwise known, a bit confusingly, as 600 Ultegra) groupset, to give it its...

And BTW this bike weighs in at 9.8kg including the Look Keo pedals. Not bad for a 35-year-old bike in a large (62cm) frame size!

I'm sure that influenced my choice of this bike at the time! I remember his '87 Tour win as a particular highlight. Incidentally, about 10 years ago I completely rebuilt the original wheels (Shimano 600 hubs, Mavic Mach 2 CD2 sprint rims) with Sapim double-butted stainless spokes. I'd got fed...

I realise this is an old thread, but I also am the proud owner of a 1989 Peugeot 753 Pro, 62cm frame with full Shimano 600 'tricolor' STI groupset. I bought it in 1989, second-hand, from a geezer in Watford who'd bought it new, ridden it twice and after a couple of months' ownership, decided...