Originally Posted by
bikemig
It sounds like you're starting with a frame since you are looking for an Italian BB. Are you looking to just change out the drive train and you have the rest of the parts in hand?
Yeah more or less. I mean the rest of the parts are the easy part of this. Getting the right groupset with so many moving parts is the hard part. I'll post the frame I'm working with to the original post here shortly.
Originally Posted by
bikemig
If the frame you are working from is a racing bike with tight clearances, you might want to consider a compact crank. Triples can be a bit of a PITA to set up with short chain stays.
Yeah mid 70s Windsor. Techncially a race bike but I'm not sure I'd call it "tight". I mean heck I can fit a 36mm tire in the front and a 40mm in the back. The other option is a 1986 Schwinn Voyageur. I'd be starting from the same spot with that one too. Its English BB is a plus, but its canti brakes, vertical dropouts, and geo aren't.
Originally Posted by
rccardr
Sounds like you're looking at that vintage gravel bike race later this year...
Gravel Worlds here I come!