Zinn Custom Restoration part 2

The original plans for this bike have been thwarted by a series of discoveries. 

#1 - The Headset can not be removed as the Fork Crown was bonded to the fork steerer to place it in a position specific to the intended geometry.  The bike being a custom one-of-a-kind was bound to have quirks but this was unexpected.  Not an issue as the D/A is obviously orginal but my black chris king from the same year would have been even cleaner. 

#2 - Due to the unusual shape of the frame the bike can only be run with one chainring.  This is fine and was and still is a common practice, however when designing the build for this bike I was planning on a full Mavic Group.  With 1 chainring, No Front derailleur and only 1 shifter it would seem a waste of the intended mavic group, so I am rethinking the crank choices.

I had thought to maybe sport the bike with a Sante Group and go for a black and White look, but I run into the same issues with the bike having an incomplete group.

#3 - Rear Brake.  Due to the carbon fairing extending from the Seat Mast the intended Dura-Ace AX brakes will also not fit.  Oh well, back to normal brakes. 

Current Specs:

• Front Wheel        Aerosport Disc
• Rear Wheel         Hed Disc
• Bottom Bracket   Dura-Ace 7400 103mm
• Crankset            Custom Caramba Double Barrel with 55T single chainring
• Rear Derailleur   Dura-Ace 8spd
• Freewheel          Regina 7spd 12-21
• Chain
• Front Brake        Dura-Ace Single Pivot
• Rear Brake         Dura-Ace Single Pivot
• Brake levers
• Shiftlevers         Dura-Ace 8spd bar-end (rear only)
• Headset             Dura-Ace 1" Threaded
• Stem                  Look Ergo
• Handlebar          Scott Mini 1-piece aerobar
• Seatpost            Kalloy Black alloy
• Saddle                Avocet O2 air

Comments

[Tilden Moschetti]

This bike is way too cool!