This bike was both an experiment with the last possible half step gearing configuration and an experiment with Campy Ergo levers shifting a Shimano 9 speed cassette. Neither was very good.
I tried the Hub Bub trick to run Shimano and Campy parts together. It worked, but not as well as a system from a single maker.
The other half of the experiment was the gearing
| Frame | 63 cm |
| Headset | Chris King |
| Front Hub | Shimano Ultegra (?) 32h |
| Front Spokes | stainless butted |
| Front Rim | Mavic SUP |
| Front Tire | Pasala TG 700x32 |
| Rear Hub | Shimano Ultegra (?) 32h |
| Rear Spokes | stainless butted |
| Rear Rim | Mavic SUP |
| Rear Tire | Pasala TG 700x32 |
| Rear Cassette | 12-32 |
| Bottom Bracket | Performance Ti |
| Crank | Dura-Ace 175mm 39/42 |
| Pedals | frogs |
| Rear Derailer | Deore |
| Front Derailer | Dura-Ace |
| Shifters / Brake Levers | Campy Ergo |
| Brakes | SRP Mr. Grumpy |
| Bars | Titec Malone |
| Stem | Ritchey Pro |
| Seat Post | Easton |
| Saddle | Brooks Swift |
| Computer | Sigma |
This works out to be an almost perfect half-step gearing. Nice, even steps over the entire range of gearing I might normally need. Great, it cover part of the granny gear range all the way up.
Only problem is that I don't use the granny range all that much, so most of the time, I was riding in the upper half of the cassette.
| Seat Tube | Top Tube | Head Angle | Seat Angle | Chainstay | BB Height | Wheelbase | Ft. Center | Fork Rake | Stand Over | Head Tube |
| 63 | 60.5 | 72.5 | 72 | 42.5 | 27.1 | 104.2 | 62.7 | 4.4 | 87.8 | 16.9 |