1976 Serotta components

[influenzadoc]

I am curious what components might have been used on a 1976 road bike. Would a mix of suntour, shimano, fiame and cinelli be consistent with the components that would have been used on a 1976 Serotta Road bike?

thanks,

[Fixed]

campy was king
zeus was around then too
it was cool back then every rear wheel worked
i am writing a book about a blues guitarist that rides a 1976 kessels made eddy merckx bike
the story takes place in 1976 .
cheers

[bfd]

I am curious what components might have been used on a 1976 road bike. Would a mix of suntour, shimano, fiame and cinelli be consistent with the components that would have been used on a 1976 Serotta Road bike?

thanks,

Those parts would work. But as fixed said there were other brands like the previously mentioned Zeus, Galli, Ofmega (Campy copy), Gipiemme, Simplex/Stronglight/Huret/,Mavic, Edco with its very nice Competition group and Avocet. I'm sure there are a few other brands I missed or forgotten. Good Luck!

[influenzadoc]

I know that Campy was the top choice but my question is more along the line of " did Ben Serotta outfit his 1976 bikes with a mix of suntour, shimano, Fiamme and Cinelli?" They may have been available in 1976 but did Serotta use these components. Does anyone have a 1976 Serotta road bike that can comment on what they have or had on theirs?

[dave thompson]

Everything I've seen about the very early Serotta bikes was that they were sold primarily as framesets, leaving the dealers/owners to equip them with the components of their choice.

You can see an example of Ben's work in the catalog selection here: http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=82643 This brochure is from about the era (1976) that you're asking about as it speaks of Ben going to England "Four years ago..". Serotta started building in 1972.

[bart998]

Those parts would work. But as fixed said there were other brands like the previously mentioned Zeus, Galli, Ofmega (Campy copy), Gipiemme, Simplex/Stronglight/Huret/,Mavic, Edco with its very nice Competition group and Avocet. I'm sure there are a few other brands I missed or forgotten. Good Luck!


left off the original Weyless, Hi-e, Phil, Cinelli, 3TTT, CLB, Universal, Mafac, GB, Super Champion, Rigida, Nisi, Normandy/Maillard, KKT, Sugino... I'm pretty sure Avocet was started in 1978 or so...