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Old 03-14-22, 01:23 PM
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mprince
Dont fix whats not broken
 
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Location: Mooresville, NC
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Bikes: Steelman Stage Race, Dura-Ace 9s

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The color is Medium Garnet Metallic, I believe it is N4397 from the DuPont fleet book. All decals are buried under clearcoat, unlike the powder coated frame where all of the decals were clearly deteriorating after 21 years. The decals seem to be available from a few sources, the only one he didn't get is Brent's signature on the top tube back towards the seat tube (which he told me about in advance and I am OK with it), but everything else is there as it would have been back in 2001. Can't wait to see it in person and build it back up, should be good for at least another 20 years.

For the most part, it will be the same as before when I build it back up. I bought new silver Deda bars, a new saddle (Brooks C15) along with new cables and bar tape (both black). Going for a bit of an understated look for the rebuild. I have the original DA7700 hubs laced to silver Open Pro's, I'm still not sold on the H Plus Son rims shown on the old build, their width is a challenge with my 6500-series Ultegra brakeset (I probably need to sand the pads down a bit). Those are laced to Bitex hubs - nice wheelset, not 100% sure what the go-forward wheels will be on this bike. I got the Archetypes to try them out, so far they are a solution in search of a problem in my opinion...
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