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Part #5. So it's finished now and I've been commuting it for about 3 weeks. It's nice to ride, the tyres are buzzy and the knobbles are squlchy in the corners on the tarmac. I'd like some skinwall michelin city tyres on it, that would set it off nicely. The brakes were a bit of a headache as...

Could I nobble the shifter? pm

1990 or 1992, 1991’s were splotchy if i remember correctly

Whats wrong with the old shifters? If they aren’t actually physically broken they can be brought back to life with some tlc…

si.shimano.com look for the ev- .pdf, thats the parts list with the cross refs

Part #4. Wheels. Now the bike pops, how do I solve wheels to do it justice for as little as possible? Every morning I do a chunk on my turbotrainer, now this is early, it's a great time to look for stuff. I found a very cheap tatty looking set of M550 wheels with silver 32H M231 mavics. I...

Some cheap as chips plastikote lacquer from bnm or the range, can’t remember which. I‘d had a can open and that was what i’d used on the front. the rear end was fresh new tins. You’ll see with the stickers it’s more satin, thats because the can I did the front with had gone off and all the...

#3 Components. It then took a while for me to work out what I wanted to do for components. I wanted it to look 'nice' and be cheap. The the M900 group was the group to have, but commands crazy prices. It has a really nice look though. I posted a little ago that the XTR colour is basically a...

#2 Frameset bits.. The siezed, the free and the ugly. I like Manitou forks, they are made from parts that just work, and when they gunk up and get crusty they are very similar to motorbike parts in terms of techniques to free up and clean up. Elbow grease, whitening toothpaste and t-cut are...

Hi Folks.. I usually spend a lot of spare time fettling various machines and fun old kit to keep life interesting. I have for the last three winters commuted on a bike that needs saving from a fourth. I wanted a cheap 'project', and had a pretty clear idea of where I wanted it to go. Part #1...

1989 Pacific Cycles Catalogue Scans courtesy of @misterfixit

Thats why Thats why my low post count is a good portion of scans... I’d prefer if the files shared were credited, particularly as lots have been sourced and shared for exactly this. To answer the other comments, yes si.shimano.com now has a bunch of stuff up, but when I scanned these shimano...

I'm writing this here as I see a huge churn of threads as MKone and others put everything in the archive, I have no objection to this, but I don't think it's right that the community archive that everyone has shared to is uploaded by a couple of folks without mention of the original posters. I...

Hi, pm‘d

1986 Shimano Deore XT DF-M730 Service and Installation Instructions XT M730 Chain Deflector - Shark Fin

Hi All, does anyone have a pair of M900 Canti return springs in their spares box? I bought a pair and I cannot use the m501/m650 springs because the anchor pins are on the incorrect side of the coil. Cheers!

I can no longer find the bag I had them in. I’ll keep an eye out and see if they turn up..

Like this:

My Bad its a volvo colour. 466

there’s a renault blue thats the same as the xtr colour. Take the broken bit to a paint shop. They’ll mix you a can