Early Bontrager Race Lite

[HuskyDinoBomber]

All right, help needed! About to pull the trigger on some drop bar brifters and need the pros to chime in here. I have it narrowed down to three options all Campy;
Veloce Ergopower 10 speed
Record Ultra Shifter Carbon 10 speed
Chorus Carbon Ergopower

What would be the best of the three or maybe what is the order in which they would rank?
Which should I go for in terms of reliability?

 

[27motorhead]

Regarding your 1x10 vs 3x8 poll, depends on the amount of gradient you ride across, but x3 on the front gives you more speed on the tarmac and completes the retro/proper look too.

 

[Proto2000]

I'm for a rigid fork on there. There's a 96 Bonty frame and Tange fork on US eBay for $425 now, fork is worth more than half that but shipping might kill it. Heres mine with a Tange fork.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2570897465...oZlFAjvSNvTBKcw+UpG19m/5Q=|tkp:Bk9SR4Ld4sOmZg

 

[Woz]

All right, help needed! About to pull the trigger on some drop bar brifters and need the pros to chime in here. I have it narrowed down to three options all Campy;
Veloce Ergopower 10 speed
Record Ultra Shifter Carbon 10 speed
Chorus Carbon Ergopower

What would be the best of the three or maybe what is the order in which they would rank?
Which should I go for in terms of reliability?

I'm certainly not that good with Campag stuff, but had a fair bit pass my hands recently for one reason or another.

The Chorus 10 speed brifters do not need to be soot-epoxy levers.



The Centaur are as I've understood practically the same, and also rebuildable. They are sought after.




What I don't know exactly is if the left hand ratchet lever can throw enough for a triple chain ring in 8 x 3 mode. I suspect it could if you managed to really squeeze the BB width down and select the right band-on FD, and probably something from the 8 speed era too. I understood there was also lots of marketing talk and labelling which really didn't make any difference.

There is also the Centaur mid-cage RD which I think with some careful gear calculations and good shifting practice would be alright with a triple up front.


Looking forward to how your mixing and matches stitches together. That's about the best I know.

 

[Prodigal Son]

I'm for a rigid fork on there. There's a 96 Bonty frame and Tange fork on US eBay for $425 now, fork is worth more than half that but shipping might kill it. Heres mine with a Tange fork.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/257089746578?_skw=bontrager+frame&itmmeta=01K4T3RNSM31XD7Y1G3CT2BX2G&hash=item3bdbbe3692:g:JdYAAOSwR9pnTe2K&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1exiDb27R/h5YtaNSFJsw45HZk791rxchDFKBlC7ujSlvuPmNP0QyUqVyXhc3HtdUE98hYVRrGCITdSQxZGZQlSVNdFsZrFfSiQA76cWsqXck+t4AoC93bfs2cLBAXTUeFENM4curWTMCqaqNOqUhbaS0fZf+A4KXQ9AswTz1VXXneCGkTQoup+Hciq7Z2xeXXygnfar5/JmD+lj4wixx41FF4oGPnye1FW+k1qgFoZlFAjvSNvTBKcw+UpG19m/5Q=|tkp:Bk9SR4Ld4sOmZg

Early Bontrager race lites are not corrected for the fork i saw in pictures. Problem is not even taste: it will not handle well. If you want a hardtail w/100mm of suspension dont build an early 90s classic frame. That is a very small frame, suited for 1m 65cm at max.

 

[No_name_mtbr]

I'm for a rigid fork on there. There's a 96 Bonty frame and Tange fork on US eBay for $425 now, fork is worth more than half that but shipping might kill it. Heres mine with a Tange fork.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/257089746578?_skw=bontrager+frame&itmmeta=01K4T3RNSM31XD7Y1G3CT2BX2G&hash=item3bdbbe3692:g:JdYAAOSwR9pnTe2K&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1exiDb27R/h5YtaNSFJsw45HZk791rxchDFKBlC7ujSlvuPmNP0QyUqVyXhc3HtdUE98hYVRrGCITdSQxZGZQlSVNdFsZrFfSiQA76cWsqXck+t4AoC93bfs2cLBAXTUeFENM4curWTMCqaqNOqUhbaS0fZf+A4KXQ9AswTz1VXXneCGkTQoup+Hciq7Z2xeXXygnfar5/JmD+lj4wixx41FF4oGPnye1FW+k1qgFoZlFAjvSNvTBKcw+UpG19m/5Q=|tkp:Bk9SR4Ld4sOmZg

I have a 97 RL with a v1 z2...bought from the original owner and a 93-ish Race with a Bonty crown and Tange legs (was that way when I bought it). I also bought the same Tange fork in the eBay ad.

Happy to help with measurements/comparisons.

 

[HuskyDinoBomber]

Slow motion build this. Bottom brackets I have are all too long so Insourced this one that will fit the bill.