Picked up an old 90’s Serotta last year - couldn’t resist the flouro paint job. Been on the hunt for some 650c clinchers for this but it’s proving to be very difficult. Anyone still into this stuff on here and any idea other than ebay where I may be able to pick something up?
Cheers. Happy to document the build. Will be a slow burner… thoughts at the moment are a dura ace 7700 groupset, which I’ll also need to source. This could take forever.
Hey @GeordieM@Adam , thanks both, I’ll give gumtree a go.
And yep - definitely keeping the paintjob. Am tempted to get it redone though if that’s what you mean- the flouro has mostly faded. The parts that haven’t faded really ‘pop’. It’s really difficult to capture in a photo, need to do it outside it in the shade - I should take a better one… Top tube also has some surface rust. This could all get expensive though for what is basically a bit of fun… we shall see.
I’ve got a feeling it will be a struggle but lets see. I have seen some 650 HED Jets that were clinchers, and a HED Deep rear that was in a poor state.
There are some Chinese carbon clincher 650s on ebay, but no idea what the hubs are and they’re not mega cheap so wondering what else I can find before potentially pulling the trigger on that.
Would love to but I want this to be at least semi practical! Hence no discs either. I reckon I’ll end up going down the chinese carbon route and try and not go too deep. But let’s see.
For tyres, you could try 27.5" (650b) 1" or 1 1/8" slicks which should fit 650c rims and be equivalent to 25C or 28C. You could probably get build wheels up using modern 27.5/650b rims and road hubs if necessary.
Any interest in the Serotta quill stem pictured which is in my rarely used bike bonepile and I have an unbranded replacement I could use? Needs a bit of a polish, but is a genuine early 90’s item.