chickendrumsticks
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That's a gynecology view of a bb, if you don't mind me saying.
Raleigh Road Ace Frame and forks
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I may be totally wrong but from what i understand, the positioning of the cable guides may have to do with the choice of components put on the frame, i.e. Shimano AX. I've seen other builds on this site where the frames have been specifically built to accomadate Shimano AX/EX gear set ups.Those groupsets were designed to be aerodynamic with precise shifting. If my theory is incorrect then i may have consumed something that has altered my mental capacity.
This is what I am going to find out when I fit the cables, you maybe correct.
I have Shimano Golden arrow on the bike all except seat post, bottom bracket and gear levers which are AX.
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Yeh, my club mates was like that. ...... going off piste but I wonder what happened to him, he was handy, especially on hard hilly circuits, but didn't have a climbers physique.
Yep, I concur
I'd stick 6400 tricolour on it or 1055
I was just having a browse about on Raleigh and Carlton lightweights from 75 to 85, I do remember the pro frames had fastback stays that were blended into the seat post bracket' - is that the correct terminology? and yes they did!
Anyways back to my Road Ace frame, I did not realise this is a rare beast and a very good frame with different fastback stays - hey that's good news.
I did notice some of the team frames had the braze on cable guides on the bottom brackets - same as the Road Ace.
I can now see why the recommendations to put some decent components on the frame.
I will keep the Golden arrow on for now - providing it all works out?
I have a good Cinelli 100mm stem and Cinelli handlebars on my Quadra which I will put on the Road Ace.
I have aero rim wheels too which I will transfer to the Road Ace, they have 105 1050 hub and an exage hub.
Find some 600 aero brake levers; as that would look correct - notice the team rep had standard non aero brake levers.
Just having a ramble ha ha and getting away from a Triumph engine rebuild!
Anyways back to my Road Ace frame, I did not realise this is a rare beast and a very good frame with different fastback stays - hey that's good news.
I did notice some of the team frames had the braze on cable guides on the bottom brackets - same as the Road Ace.
I can now see why the recommendations to put some decent components on the frame.
I will keep the Golden arrow on for now - providing it all works out?
I have a good Cinelli 100mm stem and Cinelli handlebars on my Quadra which I will put on the Road Ace.
I have aero rim wheels too which I will transfer to the Road Ace, they have 105 1050 hub and an exage hub.
Find some 600 aero brake levers; as that would look correct - notice the team rep had standard non aero brake levers.
Just having a ramble ha ha and getting away from a Triumph engine rebuild!
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