Bingham, Wayne R. wrote:
>>>>If I bought a new high-quality frame ........ and I wanted to outfit
>
> it for the lightest weight and best performance, what sort of trick
> parts group would I have used? ....... weyless seat-post maybe. What
> were the lightest hubs, rims, cranks, pedals derailleurs and brakes at
> that time? In particular were there any American makers making small
> runs of light-weight, high- performance road stuff, like High-E for
> instance?<<<<<
> Charles Andrews
>
> Charles -
>
> Hi-E hubs for sure. These laced to Mavic Record Du Monde De L'Heure
> rims made a super light (if somewhat fragile) wheelset. I have this
> combo, circa '73/4, on my Martin:
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/
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> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> The Huret Jubilee rear derailleur was probably the lightest RD of the
> period. Also, I believe Sugino had a crank with drilled rings. Wonder
> how that compares, weight-wise, to Campy of the period? Of course,
> drillium anything is appropriate. Modolo Pro brakes were pretty cool,
> and the levers were perforated and counter-sunk, even on the back.
> Modolo also had their brake levers with the resin bodies, but that may
> have come a bit later. Anyone know when those levers came out?
> Gipiemme had a seat post in the late 70's that was significantly lighter
> than Campy's, but I don't know how it compared to Weyless. OMAS Ti BB.
>
> Cool idea. Love to mix those esoteric parts in a build.
I agree with what you've listed, except maybe a Zeus 2000 crank (with Ti BB) instead of the Sugino. And maybe Ofmega "Mistral" shifters -- 26g for the PAIR! Definitely CLB brakes, with the alloy housings. TTT "Competition" bar and stem. And put some track tires on those Hi-E wheels.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA