armstrong's new aero position
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- Ye Olde Balde One
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Cyco wrote:Ye Balde One, did you have the AX hubs with all the spokes coming from the outside of the hub? Now that was a pain in the neck if you broke a spoke!
I'm rathur envious that you have a pair of Molodo Kronos brakes, they wre seriously light, bit scary though.... Did you ever have the pleasue of the wonderful downtube shifter coming off in your hand?
I used to have those hubs, never had any problems with spoke breakage so I can't say, but building them sure was fun.
I once tried using Kronos on a road bike, until down a descent BOTH cables pulled through the clamp screws, which made me even more wary of the Cat-Claws, their screws were the same size. I destroyed a pair of Vittoria shoes that day just slowing down enough to make a hairpin bend.
I have a set of the levers NIB, but I never used them back in the day, I used Simplex retrofriction all the time but for my Dura Ace AX bike until the New Dura Ace came out in 1986.
Ride lightly!
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Superlite wrote:You really think the AX brakes are that much more aero over new DA? I don't see it. Plus he's lossing alot of stopping power, not that you really need it on a TT bike.
i think he wants a set ov campag delta's when he grows up
:-) wrote:Superlite wrote:You really think the AX brakes are that much more aero over new DA? I don't see it. Plus he's lossing alot of stopping power, not that you really need it on a TT bike.
i think he wants a set ov campag delta's when he grows up
or these!: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=42331&item=3662002364
"Gimondi è un eroe umano, che viene sconfitto ma che continua la sua corsa fino a tornare a vincere." - Enrico Ruggeri
or these if he needs a replacement set:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3662558347&category=42331
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3662558347&category=42331
"Gimondi è un eroe umano, che viene sconfitto ma che continua la sua corsa fino a tornare a vincere." - Enrico Ruggeri
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Great to see some people remember back to 1985; only took my 600AX's off last year after I nearly arse-ended other riders in my club runs - lack of power, and the blocks had gone hard! I assume there must be a source of blocks somewhere, anyone know?
- Ye Olde Balde One
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trick cyclist wrote:Great to see some people remember back to 1985; only took my 600AX's off last year after I nearly arse-ended other riders in my club runs - lack of power, and the blocks had gone hard! I assume there must be a source of blocks somewhere, anyone know?
Whiskers or Alan Shorter?
Ride lightly!
trick cyclist wrote:Great to see some people remember back to 1985; only took my 600AX's off last year after I nearly arse-ended other riders in my club runs - lack of power, and the blocks had gone hard! I assume there must be a source of blocks somewhere, anyone know?
You might also try ShimanoAX Enthusiasts:
http://www.shimanoax.com/
e-mail: info@shimanoax.com
"Gimondi è un eroe umano, che viene sconfitto ma che continua la sua corsa fino a tornare a vincere." - Enrico Ruggeri