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... just knock off the price of rechroming the fork🤑

Cos nobody loves an aluminium frame - got no character😉

Explosif, or P7?

Truth be told these are charming usable bikes (in the right environment) but we only have so much space and time (excepting @Guinessisgoodforyou obvs) so our efforts are better saved for more deserving models. But is it a crime to pinch the guards and saddle, then toss the remainder into the...

If you've got the right parts, assembly is reasonably straight forward - it's getting the right parts in the first place. The cages are easily mangled in use. The rest of the derailleur is reasonably robust.

this bike is somewhere between "cheap tat" and "middle of the road" When the far side of the road isn't that far away at all...🤔

As a rule if they do 9 they should do 7 or 8. Sometimes 10s had an offset to the teeth from the tab, so thin chainring spacers might be necessary.

Shimano tech docs should give you alternatives and part nos https://si.shimano.com/en/manual/search?input_model=rd-m960 As a rule it'sa pita and you're better off getting a complete derailleur, but if you enjoy a challenge...

A very slightly loose post is a common cause of seat tube fatigue - often the top section will crack along the toptube weld. Ti is particularly prone to this. Inch- and -a quarter is 31.75mm - this is probably the internal tube diameter - many tubes are still supplied in inch sizes, even now...

The limiting factor to tyre size is the frame clearance. You can't go low pressure on a narrow rim with fat tyres though, they fold over. Hence the rise in superwide rims (and tyre width recommendation) with the spread of low pressure tubeless.

Those dynamos always work. The cockroaches use them to illuminate under the kitchen units in the dead of night.

They would sell through the stock they bought with the company when they ceased manufacturing.

Surely it's custom - you rarely have disc and canti on a production bike, and it looks handwelded rather than factory robot. What's the weight and a-c?

This style of frame was commonly used by other "intermediate" uk brands - like raleigh, cb etc I think that as they stopped the actual framebuilding and bought in frames, they didn't really see the need for custom details/geometry with associated additional cost, and just bought "off the...

This is what they say, But I can't bear a dirty chain or inadequate tyre pressure🤔

Not only that, you get a better chainline and lower q-factor, easier front mech setup, mech choices, and better shifting. This might also explain why it looks better...

Triples of that era would be rare - and the left hand shift unit often got broken by over enthusiastic shifting on a seized front derailleur. Looks like you've got a 110 chainset so you could go compact - fit a 34 mid and lose the inner - I'm sure that xt Rd would handle a 34 cassette, but...

Then just a quick tidy- up🤣

You'll ride the bike more with the stis. And it looks better to me because it works better. needs a shorter stem and forward bar throw compared to dt levers though Black finish in 94 was radical. Unfortunately now it's dull dull dull. It's been Specialized to death.🙄

Let's face it the Miche looks wrong. If Holes in a seatpost were a good idea, we'd all be doing it🤣