Originally Posted by
rosefarts
So my road bike has 10 speed Chorus. I never considered the bike Vintage whatsoever. It's early 00s Tallerico. Sure it's steel but can a 17 lb bike I'd race Cat 3 on (if I still had those legs) be C&V?
It's a great groupset. Solid performance and low maintenance. I did (gasp) switch the crank to a Carbon 11 speed compact. Too many of my rides have miles of 8+ percent grade.
I wouldn't worry about value or purity of the thing. After all, you can still buy most of the parts new.
You may have a good point there: my bike is definitely more classic than vintage, that's for sure... Specially once I install this new groupset in there. I think it's one of the latest 992 models, maybe that's why the 10-speed cassette could fit. I'm guessing early 1990s, probably 1992. Anyway, thanks for the input!