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Love that colourway. I wouldn't change the stem - those dirt drop stem are perfect period gravel spec. Wonder how it would look with purple gravel kings....

A Wabi? Something Japanese and decent quality like a Panasonic?

I don't think its ok to attribute it to any brand if you aren't 100% certain. My friend refurbished bikes and created his own branding and got custom decals for his finished product. I think that's a great way to go.

Interesting brochure. The paint scheme on the Pro Comp XT is completely different than the neon mix on my example. The fork is different as well. I wonder if that was done using early preproduction models.

This is what I was thinking as well - I've heard about the US designed / Asia manufactured Lotus bikes. They are well regarded - particularly the high end models. One of those would be worth restoring if not rotted past saving.

For me its a combination of lack of space and too many bikes. I feel that my bikes should be ridden and I'm not riding my vintage mountain bikes anymore.

BRC built some interesting mountain bikes before they went bankrupt. When I was looking for a parts bike a few years back I was tempted to pick up one will full XT and a very steeply sloping top tube. Can't remember the model number.

Hey Roy. I don't think so unless you are interested in a scabby 89 Ritchey Ultra, MS Racing Pro Comp, stripped MB-2, or fugly Zaskar. Actually, I don't know if I can let go of the Zaskar.

Sell / give away most of them probably.

Yes, I am very aware of the price range difference, I was using it as more as a philosophical comparison. It would definitely be better if you can use the original crankset. I suppose the key factor is whether this bike will be a rider or not.

That was deliberate - I'm Canadian and live near the Norco head office so I knew that Fiori and Nishiki were the upmarket brands for Norco bikes. Tange was definitely the more common tube brand in Norcos, BRC's, etc. BITD. I do have an Ishiwata EX Kuwahara frame that I built into a bike for my...

Huh, I had an earlier version of the Monterey SL and am surprised they would spec Ishiwata 3xbutted for a bike at that level of the price range. I'd expect that in a Nishiki or a Fiori.

I can't criticize him - i'm running velo orange 50.4 BCD cranks on my steel gravel bike and their drillium cranks on my ellis briggs now.

Would this be sacrilege? https://www.renehersecycles.com/shop/components/cranks/rh-double-crank/

I get the same warning. Jtek is a legit company so not sure why the warning.

No, but you can get one here. Just replace the bolt on the rear brake and mount it on the fork. Replace the recessed nut on the front brake with a hex nut and mount it on the back. Easy peasy. https://www.jtekengineering.com/other/jtek-dual-pivot-brake-bolt-nut-conversion/

If you are handy you can buy the bolts/nuts to convert any dual pivot brake set to nutted from ebay. I did it to a set of Tektros and am pretty happy with the results.

Freaking amazing find. I'm interested in seeing how things go.

My pleasure. Another solution is diacompe's butterfly shifters. I have them on another bike, but the gevenalle system works best. http://www.diacompe.com.tw/product/ene-wing-shifter/

Personally I'd just put some gevenalle audax brake leavers on there and mount your existing friction shifters on them. IRD also makes a similar product that can work with shimano bar ends / downtube shifters or their own friction shifters. I have the IRD ones on my gravel bike running 9 speed...