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Aha! Yes the handlebars are exquisite. Been kinda looking at Ducati handlebars myself, for the same effect. Although those are definitely bicycle handlebars... what's the story behind those?

You're a better man than I. I measured the spindle, put my hand on a rock, looked up at the sky and said, "Suntour!" I saw the light.

According to this it was made in the US and there are several examples in the database with a similar numbering scheme and at least one I saw pictured with a Logic fork. Dunno how long TR had that dude welding in his shop but it does look like late 80's geometry don't it. Should be a sweet...

Nobody knows why but the "size" of a mountain bike is based on the seat tube length, which has nothing to do with anything. I remember back when I was a kid, the folks at the Schwinn shop were focused almost exclusively on standover height, and I kinda get that for a diamond frame road bike...

I have a pair of Atek's in rider condition, could use some polish. May have an NOS pair of Mirox rims, can't remember if I ever found a match for my orphan but I think I did... Both 32h iirc. I'll run out to storage sometime in the next couple of days to check A bunch of campy rims hit the...

I have some Centaur hubs laced to Mirox rims, everything new or NOS. Also a set of XTR hubs laced to Stheno rims, used but good condition (the rims were NOS until I rode around on em). And some XT hubs laced to something, iirc 231 rear, 230 front, well used but rideable. Sachs new success...

I wouldn't get too far out in the woods as far as steel is concerned, I rather doubt you're looking at a 10kg build with either one The components on the Marin vary from very good to stunning (does that thing have White hubs???) OTOH I'm no fan of STX cranks cuz of the proprietary chainrings...

With artistic ambitions that vastly outpace my talent, I wonder sometimes what the next thing is gonna be. Imron served its purpose back in the day but powder coat strikes me as the superior technology, at a tiny fraction of the cost. That's probably the answer as we sit here today, and will...

Wonder if you could find a bike shop with the right ambiance (ie one that doesn't just sell disposable cookie-cutter bikes) and ask if they want to hang em on the wall. Put em "on loan" You see this at motorcycle shops from time to time. Our local BMW dealer has a veritable museum upstairs...

Ole grandpa here got hisself all stirred up, due to the influence of this thread, and went for a Christmas ride today. OP, my bike looked much worse than your when I started with it In other news, these guys are planning to re-release the Ritchey Megabite tire. I imagine it'll be north a $90 US...

^The catalog says the 900 series frames are triple butted, the technical (dealer's) manual says they are double butted. Either way I wouldn't put em in the weight weenie category. Which is fine. You only rarely find road bike steel on a mountain bike, with some exceptions (eg certain Italian...

Not having original equipment wouldn't be a deal killer for me, but the negotiation would be far from over. I'd be telling that mutt, "look here, I'm buying a frame, it would be worth more to me as a bare frame to keep from having to take all this crap off" and just not mention I've been kinda...

More likely an '89, no? link "Hand Crafted" means the frame is from Japan, Ritchey attaches the seat stays and any additional nubbins, it follows, you want to carefully inspect the seat stay attachment, it's kind of distinctive. Just to make sure it's really a Ritchey. Yes most of the TIG...

1990-93 Bridgestone MB series is kind of a sweet spot, the MB2 and MB3 don't fetch top prices but still have halfway decent Ritchey Logic steel. Catalogs are on the internet (eg on Sheldon Brown's site) so you can read (at length) about the design philosophy. Which I think lends itself to...

Supposedly NOS... link