al carter sacrifice?

[lowe1677]

just picked up a 89 muddyfox pathfinder which is pretty much standard factory components from its time(exage country).The bike is excellent to ride as it is and i love the paint job crackle effect,but the thing is the components are a little ugly and plastic looking.
I have an al carter black panther with full deore dx components and was thinking of transfering all the al carter parts on to the mf frame,so really sacrificing 2 bikes for one . i cant afford at the moment to buy all new parts for the mini project so stuck in two minds what to do,would i just be wasting my time?what would you do?

 

[rider]

Only one thing, for sure I wouldn't ride Pathfinder in THAT gear!
Or leave it in that gear for prolonged period of time. Just mine 2 cents.

 

[poweredbypies]

Keep the al carter as is and slowly do the fox up as and when you can afford things for it. Thats what I'd do.

 

[lrh]

Think you could switch most stuff (wheels, brakes, rear mech, chainset) over and back again quickly depending on which frame you wanted to ride.

Biggest pain would be swapping shifters/levers (6spd vs 7spd) so maybe worth getting a spare set so you can leave them in place.

 

[sylus]

I'd leave the al carter well alone..it looks peachy

there is plenty of cheap exage/deore/lx and dx around to build up the the muddy fox

 

[Coleman]

The Al Carter is a sweet bike and looks factory fresh, also the DX is a bit new for the MF.

I'd do up the MF slowly with a few choice parts first - m730 brake levers, thumbies and cantis would be a great start

 

[lowe1677]

if anybody has any m-730 i may be interested as i think your right the carter components are a year or 2 over date

 

[Skinwhistle]

Keep the Al Carter as is!!! Please!!!!

 

[hydorah]

Yep keep the Al Carter as is and do a rolling upgrade on the 'Fox

I had a similar quandry with my recently acquired Courier Comp

Had on BITD remembered very very fondly... Rose tinted in fact... Looked at the Exage Country/Mountain LX stuff with 23 years having gone by and hmmm haha!

I'm gonna rebuild and ride as is see how it does! I used to thrash the sh*t out of my old 'Fox barely looks possible

But I digress I think the fox deserves DX and 'Carter deserves M730

 

[REKIBorter]

Keep them as they are, Exage is the new XTR.