Originally Posted by
bargo68
Just to provide a data point: my Zunow from the mid eighties came with 27 x 1 Araya rims. It has a full Dura Ace 7400 group. Haven't weighed it, but it's light and fast.
interesting the brake blocks on those 7400 series calipers are all the way down...
would have to retrograde to EX or original DA to fit 700c