willing to bet Fred already has these
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I had a set of them back in ~2001
IIRC that I bought online for super cheap using PayPal in French Francs?
Most of the charm was that the indexing ratchet was on the sides of the shift cable stop as a linear rail, and it was hexagonal for you to use an allen wrench to rotate it between Campy and Shimano versions of 7/8/9 speed.
My nice road bike that I bought locally in DC off the Usenet newsgroup rec.bicycles.marketplace from a time traveling version of myself was Campy 8s with indexed downtube shifters.
I never installed them though, because the shifting action was crunchy and could only shift one cog at a time in big >60° sweeps of the long shift levers
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That post makes me miss when the internet was cool and exciting.
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i picked up a set of them somewhere and never installed them for a similar reason. i didn’t know it was possible for a shift to feel so bad.
iirc i marked them as “$5 or free with any other purchase” at a swap meet a few years ago
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speaking of 7lb track frames…
always wanted one of those in my days of gawking at FGFS content
Oh fuck I need that. But like I also don’t.
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I wonder if it can barspin
does it tillerspin?
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total redhook thing to own
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@Face weren’t you looking for a cantilever single speed?
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anyone familiar with Knight rims? these seem like a really good deal but i’m not sure why
everything on their website is oos. looks like alloy but msrp on the wheelset using them was 1k
looks like they’re ~450g each, not sure if they’re welded or sleeved but $30 per pair is pretty good. They’re like the DT470 which are sleeve-jointed and 4x the price ($67/rim)
You could build up some nice (~1600g) wheels for ~$150, but you could also find some big brand take-offs for similar. I’d probably just pick them up for the parts bin when I need to rebuild some beater alloy wheels
Set me up with 2x 28h
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i think katie compton was on knight wheels before she got banned for doping
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