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David at DCR wheels can
David at DCR wheels can probably build you a nice replacement, if Hunt don’t stump up.
And should the worst happen,
And should the worst happen, you can usually find replacement spokes for Fulcrum/Campag wheels…
Yeah I’ve found that with my
Yeah I’ve found that with my bike on Vittoria Rubino Pros. The bike feels much faster and livelier with a new set on.
It’s the little round thing
It’s the little round thing on the side of the shears, it has a prong in the middle.
Current best bike. NOS
Current best bike with a few updates. NOS Colnago EPS frame 2009 model in colour scheme AKOO. This was the model before the C59 and it’s very similar. The first Colnago with a tapered steerer, the last with a threaded BB. Monstrously stiff through the bottom bracket.
Super Record off a previous bike and Bora One 50s. Deda Superleggero finishing kit. Tubolito inner tubes. Now 6.85kg with pedals.
So my lockdown project is
This was my lockdown project, completed in 2020.
It’s a 2015 Genesis Volare 953 stainless, ex-team frame, with DA 9000 Di2 throughout. Zipp SL80 trad bend bars, Deda superleggero stem and seatpost. Campag wheels which I had already. It’s amazingly smooth like all steel frames, but also light at 7.65kg as pictured. Seems quite a stiff platform too, if not as immediately reactive as a top level carbon frame. I aways said I would never get into electronic shifting, but then the frame came with a complete Di2 wiring harness, so I’ve dived in. So far so good.
2024 update: 3 years later, and it’s my best bike for big faster miles, here on a 100 miler round North Norfolk and down to Ely last summer.
New build over this last 12
New bike, built in 2018. Brian Rourke 653 custom made frame from 2000, resprayed by Rourke for the last owner, who never built it up. It’s a beautiful colour, incredibly smooth on the road, sharp steering. I love it!
It’s sort of evolved over the last 3 years.1st iteration: all Campag Super Record, with Shamals, a USE titanium seatpost, Deda Piega bars, 3t stem, San Marco saddle. The matching anodised bottle cages were a lucky chance find on Ebay. Weight all up with pedals was 7.25kg.
2nd iteration: Campag Chorus, 9.7kg with mudguards, Canyon seatpost, Syntace bars, and SON dynamo lights as an all weather bike. I’m still loving the lively ride and it really responds to a bit of welly. Finding it was the bike I reach for first every time.
3rd iteration: As a credit card tourer, here all loaded up for the Dunwich Dynamo 2024 and a week’s touring, with dynamo lighting and a 52/36 crankset. Just so smooth on the road.
Finally, a small collett for
Finally, a small collett for pulling the roller bearings out of blind-ended pedal bodies. An absolute dream to use.
Proper shears for cable
Proper shears for cable inners and outers, that include a tool for opening out the flattened ends of cut outers.
A cone-shaped carborundum
A cone-shaped carborundum block for finishing a cut steerer nicely:
Another favourite, a cassette
Another favourite, a cassette tool with a prong that goes down the axle (for QR axles).
These make setting up a FD a doddle.+1 for these. Also work with Shimano.
Talking of Campag, here’s a tool for removing/replacing the spring when cleaning, servicing or repairing an 11-speed shifter (L) and another for removing the fiddly Ultra Torque retainer clip (R).
+1 for Ekar, it’s brilliant,
+1 for Ekar, it’s brilliant, huge range, and still has that solid Campag shifting feel. Here’s my SR 52/36 x 12-29 compared to my Ekar 40 x 9-42. The big jumps are in the highest gears , and in the lowest ratios that you hardly ever use. The mid range is actually *closer* than the SR equivalent.
Source is https://kstoerz.com/gearcalc/compare/
What about some Pinarello
What about some Pinarello Onda forks? Not quite the classic forward curve, but certainly not straight. You could (cautiously) drill the ‘wings’ to mount mudguard stays…
An update: Campagnolo
An update: Campagnolo recommends Loctite for press-fit BBs: