1985 Claud Butler Canyon Deore Deerhead XT & 600EX FINISHED

[legrandefromage]

Re: 1984 Claud Butler Canyon Deore Deerhead XT & 600EX FINISHED

<whispers; tires are from around 1992>

 

[Peachy!]

Re: 1984 Claud Butler Canyon Deore Deerhead XT &amp; 600EX FINISHED

Lovely jubbly Hope you'll be entering it into bike of the month

Cheers, I think I might just do that....

Corking build to be sure .... the green and silver compliment rather than compete against each other in the bling


Geometry wise it screams the 1980’s at you

Thanks Spud.

<whispers; tires are from around 1992>

Oh definitely, but still look cool..

 

[doctor-bond]

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That’s come out brilliantly: good work.

 

[Peachy!]

Re: 1984 Claud Butler Canyon Deore Deerhead XT &amp; 600EX FINISHED

Nice little test ride on what should have been Mountain Mayhem weekend....

Very different to anything I've ridden before apart from perhaps a modern bike bizarrely…. :?
I guess it’s the fact that the front end is long and lazy plus the bars are very wide and the hand position is only about an inch or so in front of the headset?

The gears on the other hand….. they operate smoothly enough but I can see why friction thumbies didn’t last long.. what a pain in the arse to get it just right. :shock:

 

[legrandefromage]

Re: 1984 Claud Butler Canyon Deore Deerhead XT &amp; 600EX FINISHED

Looking 'all terrain'!

I was so very disapointed in Deerhead when I finally got my hands on it. I stick with MT-60 wherever possible.

 

[Takingabreak]

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Hold on, what happened? Back up a bit......

When did the Suntour kit morph into Shimano and grow an extra cog?

 

[The History Man]

Re: 1984 Claud Butler Canyon Deore Deerhead XT &amp; 600EX FINISHED

I like to think of it as ‘trimming’ your changes.

 

[Peachy!]

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Looking 'all terrain'!

I was so very disapointed in Deerhead when I finally got my hands on it. I stick with MT-60 wherever possible.

Yes.... pretty... and fine for this now “show pony”

Hold on, what happened? Back up a bit......

When did the Suntour kit morph into Shimano and grow an extra cog?

Explanation here;

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=413144&start=20

 

[Peachy!]

Re: 1984 Claud Butler Canyon Deore Deerhead XT &amp; 600EX FINISHED

I like to think of it as ‘trimming’ your changes.

Yes... & something I’ve always enjoyed on the road... doing it with a thumb over bumps on the other hand... :|

 

[Takingabreak]

Re: 1984 Claud Butler Canyon Deore Deerhead XT &amp; 600EX FINISHED

That's as good an explanation as I've ever heard, what better way to spend the money.