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We are talking about 20 year old kit? Hammer pants were in when that stuff was new. Good luck finding a campy cassette that hasn't been on display in a museum
I'm with Saab on this one, nostalgic for the look/style but not the function. The new stuff is light years better |
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Ten of my 30 bikes have 8 speed of one flavor or another. I run it because it works and I don't feel like it holds me back. Replacement parts have never been a problem either. For Shimano I can easily "upgrade" to lighter modern wheels and I can even do that with the Campagnolo 8 speed stuff with a simple swap of some spacers and such. I've managed quite a few PR's on my 8 speed stuff so I see no reason to move on. I also have stuff that ranges from 6 to 11 speed. As long as the equipment is tuned up I'm happy with it.
Shimano 600/Tricolor mix 8 speed: Shimano Mix 8 speed: Campagnolo Racing T 8 speed: Shimano 600 Tricolor 8 speed: Shimano 105/Tiagra 8 speed: Campagnolo Chorus/Record(?) 8 speed: Shimano 600/Tricolor mix 8 Speed: Shimano 600/Dura Ace 7403/Mavic mix 8 speed: Campagnolo (?) 8 speed: Shimano 105/Ultegra/Dura Ace mix 8 speed: |
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8 speed?
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Shimano 600/Dura Ace 7403/Mavic mix 8 speed: That’s boss, right there! |
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BTW-very happy with retro-friction down tube shifters and Athena rear der on my Moots..with a 6s freewheel and KMC 9s chain..
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I just converted a Veloce for this during the weekend to mount up some tubulars that aren't very light compared to a modern wheel/clincher setup..... |
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There's one bike hanging in my basement with 8 speed on it; Shimano Tricolor. It will soon find a new home.
I will keep several vintage rides with 6 and 7speed friction. The rest are a mix of 9 and 10speed Campy and Shimano. IMHO, with 9 and 10speed Campy being so affordable, why bother with 8speed? Unless you have it; I see no real reason to go looking for it. At least 8speed Shimano isn't an evolutionary dead animal. |
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Because riding a perfectly functioning time machine is like riding a smile.
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I have been re-visiting 8s after winning a Davidson Impulse two weeks ago (for all of just $70 worth of raffle tickets).
8s is about perfect for the shorter, more-intense Fall training rides that support CX fitness. Climbing our foothills with limited gearing just means getting out of the saddle and keeping the intensity up, which is a good thing within one's reasonable abilities. A Shimano or SRAM 7s cassette would provide about the right spacing for Campag 8s, after adding on another cog and spacer to the big end of say a 12-23t 7s cassette. The darker-colored 2-3 spacer on Shimano 7s cassettes is 3.3mm instead of the other's 3.1mm thickness, so that might be changed also for best indexing. Note that SRAM 7 and 8s loose-cog cassettes are far lighter (and are more plentiful in most cases) than Shimano's! Plus thay are beautifully chromed. This bike now sporting a SRAM 12-26t cassette, replacing a smaller SRP titanium cogset. One reason that people often feel that newer gruppos are better than old ones is because the older bikes usually have older, dirty cables/housings. But simply freshening up an 8s bike's cabling to high standards gives smooth, robust shifting performance that won't hold back one's best efforts. Oh, and here's that Davidson, which fits me and rides like the best of them! Last edited by dddd; 10-24-2019 at 11:32 AM. |
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One thing about hacking a wide range cassette for Campy 8 spd.-- RD chain wrap capacity can be quite limiting.
For a period correct bike, there's nothing wrong with 8 spd. I personally like a DA-7400 or 600 tricolor drivetrain Shimergo'd with a 10 spd Campy ergo shifter. Best of both worlds IMO. You get the functionality, compatibility, and cost effectiveness of a Shimano drivetrain paired with the look, feel, and serviceability of Campy levers. The combo should keep a classic road bike going forever. |
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Thanks! To be honest, neon and fades have not been so much my thing. But when the bike rides the way that helps this rider, my opinion about it's aesthetics instantly starts to change for the better, helped here by a neon-fade paint job that doesn't seem to have suffered from the other kind of fade. And the bit of color on the ends of the fork blades gives it more zing.
At last I've found the right bike for the custom lightweight clincher wheelset I built ~15 years ago from leftover parts (the bike came with tubulars, GEL340's on 7401 hubs). A long-time club member once owned this bike but passed away at a fairly young age last year. Another club member bought his bikes from his wife, and later donated this one for the cause of raising funds to have a memorial bench built for another club member who was killed by a distracted driver a few years ago. Last edited by dddd; 10-24-2019 at 02:00 PM. |
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