Published by Tristan on 28 Jul 2009 at 06:23 pm
Andrew’s rebuilt Campag road tubular
This Campagnolo front hub is a few years old but both it and the Mavic Mach2 CD tubular road rim were in good shape. The old bladed spokes and seized aluminium nipples were not so lucky though so it was time for a rebuild. The rear rim had been rebuilt at some point with an Ultegra cassette hub and the Sapim spokes and nipples were still in good shape although a bit low on tension.
I re-tensioned and trued the rear wheel and completely rebuilt the front.
After cleaning the old tubular glue I used DT Swiss Revolution spokes and DT Swiss aluminium nipples. The hub cleaned up really well which is a testament to the quality of those old Campag bits. I often wonder if modern components will be around 15 years from now and still be in serviceable and usable condition.
El jefe on 29 Jul 2009 at 9:56 pm #
You need to cut back on the “V” Tristan…. one of those pics is a bit shaky!!
Tristan on 30 Jul 2009 at 10:25 am #
Those photos were taken the morning after the late-night Mont Ventoux stage….a high coffee intake was required for full functionality :-)