This is my new cyclocross bike. Bought it off Clarion complete. Changed a few parts, and have swapped out the wheelset to clinchers (for now).
Frame / Fork: Heuvelmans Reynolds 531 (I think?)
Bar / Stem: 3ttt Grand Prix, Cinelli 1A, Fizik tape
Seat / Seat post: Stripped original Cinelli Unicanitor with cheap kalloy post
Brakes: Tektro levers, Shimano 600 canti’s with Kool Stop pads (Thanks Heavymetal)
Shifters: Suntour barcons
Cranks: Shimano 600 (drive side), Dura Ace (non-drive side), 46t and 42t chainrings.
Front derailleur: Shimano 105
Rear derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record
Wheelset: Campagnolo Gamma to Suntour (clincher), Mavic to Dura Ace (tubular), 6 speed.
Pedals: Time ATAC
Tyres: Panaracer Pasela 700x32c (clinchers)
I’ve only ridden it once (this morning, after finishing it last night), and it need some tweaks. The bars are way too narrow, and the canti’s need adjusting. I think I cut the housing for the rear brake too short as well, so I need to replace that.
It rides well, really “whippy” compared to my road bike and Shogun, more like a track bike, but with bigger softer tyres. Depending on how much I like it and how it rides, I wouldn’t mind upgrading the groupset to ergo shifters later down the track.
Looking at new bars now… I really like the look of the Salsa Cowbells. Does anyone know if they (or a similar style) are available in silver and 26.0 clamp? I’m not even that concerned if they’re not silver.
Why is that? The Tektro levers feel pretty nice, but braking is a bit weird, but I put it down to poorly set up brakes (it was late, I was in a rush) I have some of those Shimano levers… On my road bike though. If it wasn’t a pain the arse to swap levers, I would.
The Shimano super slrs have a slightly different cable pull. I setup Tektro Oryx brakes (notoriously bad) with tektro and shimano 9sp sti levers and they were abysmal, but with some 6400 levers they were fine. I’ve also test ridden a bike with wide profile shimano cantis like yours and R400 & 6400 levers and they work very very well.
The HWY ONE bars are fairly short reach/drop, no real flare.
As for the lever positioning, the Tektro’s look pretty much the same as the Campy Veloce on my wife’s bike, which are modern levers, so I assumed that they would be okay?
I do need some wider bars though, these feel tiny. They’re really narrow, with lots of reach. I have some 42cm Cinelli Touch bars on my tarck F(ake) Moser that I may stick on for the time being (I need a new BB for that bike…)
I have a set of Criteriums at home. They curve way too much to have the brake levers sit nicely, and to have the cabling for the barcons to be run under the tape.
Sweet, gumwall tyres set it off imo.
At the risk of being branded a heretic I could never come to terms with the noodly whip of Reynolds 531either(especially the seat and chainstays). Prefer cro mo.
