I bought the frame and fork with headset and bottom bracket included. It’s now sporting a full early-70s Campagnolo Nuovo Record group (except the brake levers, I haven’t installed those yet), Super Champion Gentleman clincher rims, Brooks B17 Select, Cinelli Giro d’Italia bars and 1A stem (new logo). It rides like the thoroughbred it was designed to be, comfortable, nimble, and quick.
If that cage is noisy on bumps with the metal bottle, King Cage has the same [design](https://kingcage.com/collections/water-bottle-cages/products/iris-king-cage) but with the bottle support swapped to the body of the cage. The other design tends to slap the bottle on bumps against the cage where it connects to the bike. I switched to them on all my bikes because of that clever little upgrade, and they’ve been utterly silent for over a decade.
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Do you know where to find the dust boots you have on the brake levers?
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I bought the frame and fork with headset and bottom bracket included. It’s now sporting a full early-70s Campagnolo Nuovo Record group (except the brake levers, I haven’t installed those yet), Super Champion Gentleman clincher rims, Brooks B17 Select, Cinelli Giro d’Italia bars and 1A stem (new logo). It rides like the thoroughbred it was designed to be, comfortable, nimble, and quick.
Beautiful Paramount you got there. I own the Raleigh competitor, all decked out with period correct Campagnolo components as well. A [1974 Raleigh International](https://app.photobucket.com/u/bdubber20002000/a/8e94a8fb-4e4e-45f4-9b54-06a9877e5def/p/b54c9751-1d51-43c8-b8cf-6ecce88b54ae).
Beautiful! That was my dream bike back in the day when I owned a ‘72 Schwinn Continental.
Damn, that’s a tall bike! You must be tall! 🫶🏼
is this the one i just saw on craigslist for 1.7 grand?
Really nice build, one of these would be more period correct I think.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256002560233?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&srsltid=AR57-fDyRZwmTMn_TFZ-NhAX04-jJ8BQDLdEcfbHsZJ_ilghlVcDYtXUWMc
also this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144820511108?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&srsltid=AR57-fDTMf45gCqTfEbmKY8JPHOaep7Mkfz0w18SSVlEFVHBvcsvFc_I79k
“You shall ride eternal. Shiny, and chrome!”
If that cage is noisy on bumps with the metal bottle, King Cage has the same [design](https://kingcage.com/collections/water-bottle-cages/products/iris-king-cage) but with the bottle support swapped to the body of the cage. The other design tends to slap the bottle on bumps against the cage where it connects to the bike. I switched to them on all my bikes because of that clever little upgrade, and they’ve been utterly silent for over a decade.
Do you know where to find the dust boots you have on the brake levers?