TheCyclingRooster
Veteran
- Location
- Scarisbrick,Lancashire
in for a pound sounds about right, these things are never cheap but its worth it to have the bike that you really want rather than what you can put up with.
any up to date images?
Hi again uphillstrugger. The point about re-building this Benotto is that it is for me and not to comply with 'Period Faithful' kit. That would not/could not happen anyway because I can no-longer ride 170mm cranks,I am on 140mm Thorn cranks with Stronglight rings. I am looking to build a triple (24:36:50) or (24:38:52) with a Shimano 7spd screw-on 14 - 28.
I have newly built wheels but have also had the original Mavic MA2 rims and Miche small flange hubs rebuilt with stainless spokes.
The original choice of Campagnolo Down-tube shifters but with a Campagnolo triple dérailleur and the Nuovo Grand Sport rear derailleur are going to be my drive-chain operating choices.
Currently the alloy bars are grooved for aero levers and mounted on a traditional 125mm aluminium stem but with non-aero levers and exposed cables.
This 'Re-born Benotto is really going to look the 'Dogs Danglers' when out and about in the lanes of West Lancashire.
My next re-build project is a 2003 Steve Goff frame-set that is in a fabulous Cobalt Blue Metallic. It has been started by having the braze-on clamp mount removed and a few cosmetic blemishes attended to. The frame will be going to C&G Finishes,Liverpool for some serious looking-at and probably a new Cobalt Blue jacket but in a flamboyant finish along with some Chrome forks.