RE: [CR]Dura-Ace AX Components

Check out http://www.shimanoax.co.uk It's a "fan site" for Dura Ace AX and has some information about bikes equipped with that group. Lotus made an AX equipped bike with very interesting tear drop profile head tube; good pictures of this bike are available at the American Cyclery site:

http://www.bicycletrader.com/collection/bike32.html

More pictures are at the Rydjor collection:

http://www.rydjor.com/bikecollection/1981lot.htm

The Vista Aero Team was also equipped with the AX group. While it appears that the Lotus bikes are fillet-brazed (except for the cool bb that excepts aero profile tubes), the Vista has an interesting type of lugged construction in which the minimal lugs receive aero profile tubes but do not encircle the head tube and seat tube. Is there another word for this type of joint? Pictures are available at First Flight:

http://www.firstflightbikes.com/Vista.htm

Neat, eh? My enthusiasm is partly due to my receipt yesterday of a Vista Aero Team via UPS. Unlike the one at First Flight, this one has the complete Dura Ace AX group and includes the original fork with recessed brake mounting bolt.

Kerrigan Bennett (rainy) Oakland, CA, where I'm champing at the bit to clean up that Vista and get it on the road.

Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10312.0 294.eml <getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10312.0294.eml> From: "Feeken, Dirk" <dirk.feeken@sap.com> Subject: RE: [CR]Dura-Ace AX Components <query.asp?SearchString=%22Dura%2DAce+AX+Components%22&SearchPrefix=%40m sgsubject&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba%5D> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:14:12 +0100 Try to find a typical "aero" frame of the 80s. Probably every major company offered such a model with lugless frame, ovalized tubes, fast back seat stays, shift lever bosses on tob of the down tube, etc. Best would be a frame made by one of the high end japanese builders. IMHO such a bike made by 3Rencho., Nagasawa,..., Zunow: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/zunow/5.jpg beats most european and american high end bikes of that time. A similar Miyata should be findable. There's a local bike shop (exactly at the opposite side of the world), that still has some AX parts at least I've seen some cranks with the big pedal threads there. Dirk -- Dirk Feeken Heidelberg Germany -----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of P. Lynn Miller Sent: Samstag, 6. Dezember 2003 05:51 To: Classic Rendezvous Subject: [CR]Dura-Ace AX Components Good day, Since I recently bought a Shimano "Support Bike", I have taken in interest in Shimano groups. One that really intrigues me is the AX group. I am thinking of building a bike with this group. Does anyone have any suggestions about frameset would be considered appropriate for this group, since it was very modern for its time. Cheers, P. Lynn Miller Sydney, Australia --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---