Vintage Road Bike With Modern Components
I have an old falcon steel framed racer which i am considering updating with a modern groupset and wheels to improve the riding pleasure.
Vintage road bike with modern components. Nos nib used bicycles and parts. I love the steel frame and bought it second hand in the 1990s so guess it may be an 80s frame. I show how to update a vintage 10 speed bike raleigh grand prix to 14 speeds with shimano sis indexed shifting. I spread the chain stays to accommodate a wider wheel.
The 5 speed hub rear wheel. Vintage road frame modern components. We have equipped these modern marvels with the best components available on the market as well. Can you build a steel road bike from a classic looking frame and modern components.
Is this a good idea. And this new video will show you how. I think your red colnago looks really stylish with its modern components and i bet it rides beautifully. The cellars and garages of america hold hundreds of thousands of fine road style bikes from the 1970s and 80s.
Join alex in the battaglin workshop in marostica italy. Large supply of high end vintage and modern parts campagnolo 90 s ano dura ace xt xtr and complete bikes. Many of these bikes are too good to throw away but nobody wants to. Many of these bikes are of very high quality but are going unused either because of older technology in the gearing or because their racing style riding position no longer suits the needs of their aging owners.
At steel vintage bikes we believe in innovation but we also think that modernisation and tradition can cooperate to realise innovative solutions that will offer to the rider a fantastic experience without giving up what only steel can provide. I want to do more road riding. There is no emphasis on using period correct parts and indeed modern components are often fitted to a classic chassis essentially breathing new life into an old bike. I built my son a road bike from a coppi columbus steel frame and tiagra groupset.