tarloone
Retro Guru
Since its been almost two weeks since we've seen a 653 Athena, I though I'd share my latest creation 
I used to have a C Record equipped 653 Peugeot in the blue,white,red fade way back in 1991 and despite building a lovely Vitus 992 and recently owning a nice Bianchi SLX frameset, when the chance came about to get hold of a 653, I didn't think twice in making it mine, especially as it was in my fave Z colours!
It was originally an original Athena equipped model albeit with Shimano RSX wheels that was immediately stripped to just a frame,BB, headset and seatpost before being rebuilt with 8 speed C Record, the rear dropouts swallowed up the 130 old rear cassette hub easily. The wheels were built onto some pretty mint Omega profile rims and shod with some lucky find Michelin Hi Lite's
I've not taken it it out in anger yet, though some initial spins up the road reveal a springy and lively ride that I look forward to adding many miles to this summer, including my annual 200km ride in August.
I may perform some amends after the initial bedding in period and those will include replacing the bar tape (this stuff has been re-used twice now!) and replacing the brake levers with my other white hooded set...I'll also add some better pics once the sun reappears :!:
I used to have a C Record equipped 653 Peugeot in the blue,white,red fade way back in 1991 and despite building a lovely Vitus 992 and recently owning a nice Bianchi SLX frameset, when the chance came about to get hold of a 653, I didn't think twice in making it mine, especially as it was in my fave Z colours!
It was originally an original Athena equipped model albeit with Shimano RSX wheels that was immediately stripped to just a frame,BB, headset and seatpost before being rebuilt with 8 speed C Record, the rear dropouts swallowed up the 130 old rear cassette hub easily. The wheels were built onto some pretty mint Omega profile rims and shod with some lucky find Michelin Hi Lite's
I've not taken it it out in anger yet, though some initial spins up the road reveal a springy and lively ride that I look forward to adding many miles to this summer, including my annual 200km ride in August.
I may perform some amends after the initial bedding in period and those will include replacing the bar tape (this stuff has been re-used twice now!) and replacing the brake levers with my other white hooded set...I'll also add some better pics once the sun reappears :!:
great built, what's it like to ride?. 
