Re: [Classicrendezvous] New list member

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From: "KCTOMMY" <KCTOMMY@email.msn.com>
To: <dcheung@spl.usace.army.mil>
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Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] New list member
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:42:10 -0500


Welcome to the list. I wanted the Molteni Merckx when it came out, but never had the money at the time.

One thing you want to check is the BB threading. I always thought Merckx's were english thread, not Italian. But I've been wrong before!

How about some pictures when It's done?

Tom Adams in grey Kansas City


----- Original Message -----
From: dcheung@spl.usace.army.mil
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:15 PM
Subject: [Classicrendezvous] New list member



> Hello all,
>
> I'm a new list member and am just looking to gain some knowledge in older
> bikes and old racing tidbits in general. I'm currently trying to build a
> Merckx Molteni replica with an SR group. Don't know much about old Campy
> stuff since I didn't start riding til '90, so I've got a bunch of questions.
>
> So far, what I've got:
>
> - Merckx Corsa, SL tubing in Molteni colors. I believe it is an early '90s
> replica, so I'm pretty sure it is spaced 130mm in back, recessed brake
> holes, short reach, etc. like most modern-type bikes.
>
> - Campy SR f&r derailleurs, recessed short reach brakes, NOS drilled levers,
> and ITA BB. All of it is in really good condition, but the upper limit
> screw is slightly bent on the rear d. Anybody got a spare? How rebuildable
> are the front d., as in putting on new cage plates, etc.?
>
> - Just got a nice NR headset, looks to be steel. How do you prevent the
> chrome from getting all messed up? Was SR alloy?
>
> - I have 165mm SR cranks that I initially got to build this as a retro fixed
> project (cheaper), but have since decided to splurge and make it a 12sp and
> got the above stuff. I also have some 170mm cranks that are users, but the
> drive side is a non-fluted and the left arm is a fluted. Where did the
> non-fluted cranks come from? Where they right before C-Record?
>
> - I'm in the process of getting wheels, and was gonna put a 6sp freewheel on
> some wheels spaced 126mm and then just putting them in the frame. Since the
> frame is steel, I figured it would be ok, but does anybody have any
> suggestions as to how to work around this?

>

> Doland