Frame identification and restoration
07-29-21, 10:59 PM
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Frame identification and restoration
Hi
I was wondering if the frame here is a Litespeed vortex. This was sold to me as a neutral mavic neutral support bike. I forget the year it was used (80s?). Can anyone here identify it?
My actual question is - is it possible to add modern groupset on this bike? My current bike got destroyed in an accident and I want to salvage its groupset (ultegra mechanical R8000) and see if I can use it on this bike. This bike currently has mavic vintage components (except for the rear derailleur is a claris because the original stopped working), and has really aggressive geometry and gear ratios. I want to switch the quill stem to something more reasonable (again, I can salvage from my other bike if possible) and install a 11 speed ultegra 11-34 cassette and 50-34 crankset. Is this possible?
Thanks!
(I can't paste the photo, so here's the URL:
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I was wondering if the frame here is a Litespeed vortex. This was sold to me as a neutral mavic neutral support bike. I forget the year it was used (80s?). Can anyone here identify it?
My actual question is - is it possible to add modern groupset on this bike? My current bike got destroyed in an accident and I want to salvage its groupset (ultegra mechanical R8000) and see if I can use it on this bike. This bike currently has mavic vintage components (except for the rear derailleur is a claris because the original stopped working), and has really aggressive geometry and gear ratios. I want to switch the quill stem to something more reasonable (again, I can salvage from my other bike if possible) and install a 11 speed ultegra 11-34 cassette and 50-34 crankset. Is this possible?
Thanks!
(I can't paste the photo, so here's the URL:
lh3.googleusercontent.com/jI2UKnFnfFfiW5RekXDInbBWBRzDfDsibCXyf16yvW2lQh7R5lYg5tzrXct2_-KDdLF6WBsk-wXlSeabuuHV3xAzF4oOFOp0PA9bcpcJ8rHZabPGWIwpRWAbNslDa1vg-XClGJU4dDQzXdz_sXdH4NSMu0Dv0CcbrqE0m959dlmomnw4l_kLTflMyE0cZf-EDPiR50EGrHfCJcy607sljtjmDL0wEkUn99xlWbU4enPRWx6cuJgnu-sRCDtEiTq8T9OOr4nbG9m298yl0h8-Mup8kWVT6eUg33LDzQzZAJFmnpI09iXnJ_9oktisg108PCvZNIG9Wmu4_--b1Hsf2p9orjCPp_9yk3n_eUSnVpGDjNjpPAk-PmO6qph0JIItoBiECoQfL5maxj_5xpz2ictMXZuFj5YNAcpMCOCxS6bUxWV_L5FFU5bL9ahWt3IKqqmxMil2tmZKGZOD-Q9LS0LX-vYOIuQY38GCMrRWtS54ODMfByVm9vJ_9ur1rEg4K7JdWF4FrpQZng8CNErPjd4t6vIYZSQyZdTs-PuR59EcSozIdCFYuAuUyf2ds27Iwmj_XZtT7RJHN36oB4aPjr8NMihBU4Qv4VQvj4iDHI0v7BAtXEv6Ehc_x1-DADZuXWqlu-YsbvGc4or31xW7A90LOUeGOdHSt1zzcGP4KEwvcx5CusrUuyuPC1mcwnrmqxZvs6HCTontUX9zqQ=w2038-h1528-no?authuser=0
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07-29-21, 11:24 PM
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Location of OP's Album should they deign to post pics of the drive side, underside of bottom bracket or other frame details?
07-29-21, 11:39 PM
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Here's the link to the photo album: www.bikeforums.net/g/album/22057797#
07-30-21, 12:48 AM
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