Retro roadies- old frames with STI's or Ergos
08-08-18, 07:26 PM
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Here is a customer's bike we built a while back. Early '90s Peugeot Performance 5000 (Sold in France Only).
08-08-18, 07:41 PM
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08-08-18, 09:43 PM
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08-08-18, 09:49 PM
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08-08-18, 09:54 PM
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08-09-18, 07:38 AM
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It’s a problem with these modern Shimano groupsets—the crankset massing is a bit bulky and solid looking compared to the intricate latticework of some vintage cranksets. And the Dura Ace is probably the best looking one. But they work very nicely, so I get the appeal. I know I’ll be sacrificing aesthetics a little bit when I put my 105 5800 crankset on a thin steel frame.
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08-09-18, 08:24 AM
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An early 90's Peugeot did not come with 11 speed compatible wheels. I think I see an 'Open Pro' logo on the rear which means it could be an older wheel(set) (but not early 90s old) that by total luck on Mavic's part happens to fits 11 speed cassettes. I have an early 2000's set of Cosmos wheels on my 1984 Trek 660 which fall into that category.
08-09-18, 08:49 AM
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An early 90's Peugeot did not come with 11 speed compatible wheels. I think I see an 'Open Pro' logo on the rear which means it could be an older wheel(set) (but not early 90s old) that by total luck on Mavic's part happens to fits 11 speed cassettes. I have an early 2000's set of Cosmos wheels on my 1984 Trek 660 which fall into that category.
08-09-18, 10:29 AM
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Here's a 1991 Diamond Back Master TG that I picked up for $100, already converted. Now I'm trying to figure out how to do something similar to a Flamingo Team Fuji I picked up this week... affordably. Yikes new black group sets are expensive.
08-09-18, 04:13 PM
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It’s a problem with these modern Shimano groupsets—the crankset massing is a bit bulky and solid looking compared to the intricate latticework of some vintage cranksets. And the Dura Ace is probably the best looking one. But they work very nicely, so I get the appeal. I know I’ll be sacrificing aesthetics a little bit when I put my 105 5800 crankset on a thin steel frame.
Overall weight between Ultegra and 105, excellent shifting rings, and comes in 5 arm without massive arm bulk.
08-09-18, 10:19 PM
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08-09-18, 10:23 PM
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Every bike, both in character and in color, takes to modern componentry differently. A black 5800-era Shimano 105 crankset looks quite good on a number of bikes I've seen pictured here on BF. It is bulkier, but it demures just enough on the right bike and it looks surprisingly natural. Obviously, old Cannondales and Kleins (and perhaps some OS tubed roadies) have a big advantage as their larger tube diameters allow for chunker cranks and components to look proportionally correct. Composition is so critical, and sometimes we never know until we mount the part.
08-10-18, 09:52 AM
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I think the black 105 crankset looks good on the DeRosa above... maybe because the color of the frame is so bold that the crank kind of disappears.
08-10-18, 10:38 AM
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I've never seen a 5800 crank on a steel bike that I thought looked good, including one of my own bikes. I've often considered swapping out my perfectly functional crank for no other reason than aesthetics.
08-10-18, 12:09 PM
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Hmm... I have a late 80s Miele that I found with a carbon fork and 8 speed mirage ergo that I’ve been contemplating returning to original, or at least the time period with Superbe Pro... this is making me reconsider.
08-11-18, 01:28 AM
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They are completely fug. There's no way they look appropriate on any vintage bike. On modern CF? Sure, because there everything is fug, and the black 5800 fits that theme. It all ties together nicely, in a weird, nightmarish, Alien-Vs-Predator, modern sic-fi industrial chic dynamic.
But on a vintage steel frame; it's all just ugly scabs and black eyes.
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08-11-18, 05:56 AM
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Beauty is subjective of course but, I think this looks good with bkack 5800. Not mine but a BF member built this for his GF.
08-12-18, 05:45 PM
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08-13-18, 12:47 PM
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08-15-18, 08:11 AM
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Here’s mine... tho it looks like the conversation itself is old enough to be vintage. 80s Columbus framed Miele with 8 speed mirage ergos 
08-15-18, 02:28 PM
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That is really clean.....nice build
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08-15-18, 02:35 PM
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thanks! I can only take credit for the saddle and tires tho... Before I got this I would have never put brifters on a bike, but I’m getting used to them and starting to like them. Still unsure about the crabon fork, but a Columbus steel replacement would probably be double what I have in the bike now, so I’m sticking with what I’ve got.