I have been looking for one since about 2003 but this is the first one I have found in my size.
According to the vendor, it dates to the late 70s. With fully lugless, fillet brazed construction and a sloping fork crown it bears a strong resemblance to the lugless Ritchey frame from the Palo Alto Bicycles catalog.
My plan is to use a set of original Suntour Cyclone deraillers that CTB gave me, with early Suntour Superbe cranks, brakes, shiftlevers and hubs.
The rear dropout spacing is 125mm, so a 7 speed drivetrain should be possible.
I have a dilemna regarding bars stem & seatpost, whether to go for period correct parts; or to use my 1990s Nitto-made Ritchey WCS stem possibly with a Nitto S83 seatpost.
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Hi,
I've got a pair of Suntour Superbe hubs built up with Mavic GP4 rims - could be just what you need???
Stephen
stephen@secrettraining.com
That is tempting, but I have too many wheelsets already.
That's HOT!
...but what's the blemish that's being pointed at in the last photo?
Did I mention it was hot?
I think that the blemish is where the front derailler clamp scratched the paint. My cunning plan is to obscure it with another front derailler.
Brilliant!
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