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Just had forgotten about the retrobike account. I picked up an 88 Carbontech 3000 in 2012 and then just kept finding and rebuilding more of these lugged carbon frames. I've posted a couple of them over the last few years now.

A Kestrel EMS fork would look pretty nice on the frame. I've got one on my Ti/Carbon HH Vitesse and another on a Kestrel 200sci.

Thanks! I love working on them all which is why I keep getting more. Congrats on the new frame, should be a fun build. Its no trouble at all to measure it, I just went and checked and its exactly 150mm for my size 56 frame. I'm not 100% certain of the rake of the fork but I think its either...

I was aiming for 9kg but ended up a little heavy at 9.26kg.

Finished the build today and took some nicer photos of it. Still salt on the roads here but I'm hoping to get it out for a maiden ride soon.

Re: Re: My understanding is that the Super Road was a full build you could buy but the frame itself was also available on its own. I've never actually seen one of the Super Road builds outside this catalog, all the images I've seen of these frames are just of the frame itself or frame up...

Quick update today. Out of the blue the Dura Ace BB which I thought lost in the mail showed up after 4 months. I'll start final assembly soon.

Dura Ace 7400 8spd with STI shifters was available until 1996 so the frame and groupset match. 7700 with 9spd came out in '97. I don't recognize the fork so not sure where that came from.

Looks like the 1995 S-works M2 Road frameset built up with late gen Dura Ace 7400. I don't think they were sold in this configuration so its likely the original owner built it up themselves. The M2 is in reference to the Alu the frame is made out of and not the actual model name, as far as I...

Its taken me about 4 years to slowly acquire all the various parts.

Richard, You are correct, in the corner is a '91 Giant Cadex 980c. Carbon main tubes and stays with aluminum lugs. Current build is a mix of 105 and Ultegra with a set of Spinergy RevX wheels. Its sort of a perpetual project since it came to me in pretty rough shape. These old bonded frames...

I've long been fascinated by older carbon fiber bikes, mostly the carbon tube and metal lug variety, and the Exxon Graftek was really one of the first on the market having been sold from the mid to late 70's which makes it all the more cool. My particular frame is from 1977 and features...

Re: Thanks! I'll post some more individual shots of the other bikes as I get some good pictures of them.

Here's a recent picture of my '87 Specialized Allez Epic I picked up from a pawn shop several years ago. Lots of work cleaning it up, basic maintenance, and replacing parts to make it as awesome as possible. There are a few modern bits on here (saddle and pedals) as I enjoy riding it and so a...

The Miyata catalog site was actually where I first encountered the bike back when I was searching around trying to learn about the older types of carbon frames. The makeup of the carbon along with the polished aluminum lugs were what initially turned me on to the particular bike from that year...

Good day fine people I come to you all looking for help in my journey to acquire a 1988 Miyata Carbon Tech 1000. I've no interest in modern carbon bikes and the lot but a few years ago a friend of mine showed me his old carbon allez from the 90's which was the first time I had ever seen an...