Quote:
Originally Posted by otto_kretschmer
I made it difficult by doing a retro/vintage build. Any choice I make will have problems. If I bought a new bike there would be a large chunk of money that wouldn't be available for some other need.
I started a CAD model of a garage build carbon bike a few days ago. Right now I'm just copying the geometry of the largest frame I could find online. This project is an bottomless pit of problems. I have to think about the structural strength of the interface of the aluminum drop outs (I'll make them myself) and the carbon frame.
I got the Cannondale back together today. New taller stem, handle bar tape on, new front brake cable on. I can start putting miles on the clock.
But not this weekend. I'm leaving to San Diego tomorrow to visit some friends. Will be back at it Monday and maybe Tuesday I can start riding a little.
|
I don't mean to be offensive if I comes across that way.
You are looking for some rare parts hoping to fit into a very rare hub (assuming?) but I am started to hear your frustration. The standards back then were weird. How does a frame mfg to have SAE pedal spindle threads and the rest of the bike is metric? Try French thread. Your problem is solved with a set of newer hubs and believe me, the newer mid level / lower Japanese made hubs are damn good products and lighter too. Oh, but they don't polish as nicely as Campy and that's important to some.
Calculating spoke length will be another challenge even though the measurements are on the net. Getting the correct spoke length will be another azz kicker because of unusual spoke length? The remedy to that issue is to cut and re-thread each and every spoke. Some people like the challenge. I restored a steel Colnago Master Light (yellow one just like George's) for my kid using Dura-ace 9 speed. Its period correct that's only because I have enough carp hanging around from 30 years of doing this siht. We finished it, put bar tape on and he took it out around the canyon once. That's it. Every time we go out, I ask if he would take the old bike. The answer is NO and he's already sitting on his Carbon Trek outside of the garage. Its that much nicer and faster.
Hope you get this dialed in soon and get some riding in.