Been lurking and reading for a while but finally signed up the other day and broke the bike out as I was planning to today. Have been away from the scene for I guess 20 years now, was an avid reader of MBUK and others back in the day but haven't kept up with whats what these days though have read a fair bit on line etc recently - always rode every now and then during that time and commuted on it for a while too.
As per the title a 1991 GT Team Avalanche bought new by me in early 1992 IIRC - was with a whole load of parts upgraded/changed already so I have never ridden it in factory condition - here's everything I can recall that was changed.
Flite Titanium in place of std GT seat
XT thumbshifter to replace XT rapid fire
Dia-compe SS5 to replace XT brake levers
Dia Compe 986 to replace XT canti's front
XT short cage rear mech in lace of long cage XT
SPD 520's I think in place of XT pedals
Ritchey ZMAX WCS 2.35" front 2.1 rear - don't recall the std tire
Zoom brahama bars with black cork tape in place of GT bars
Within the first year or so;
Zoom stem to replace the GT flip flop one
USE alloy seat post in place of std one
Sachs Silver chain - I kept breaking the crumbie XT ones, never had a problem once I changed.
Road a variety of tires back then, Zmax in WRCand std compound and Smokelites stand out, plu had a pair of 25mm Specialized Turbo'S' (I think thats what they were) for road work including a couple of time trials.
Since then
The Zoom brahma bars snapped one day so I replaced them with a none branded similar shape bar and of course the tires have worn and it's currently on some nondescript stuff I got from my nephew when I was commuting to work on it and just wanted something round and black.
Have a NOS set of Brahma bars winging their way to me courtesy of ebay but I'd like to bolt them up to a shorter higher rise stem in keeping with the rest of the bike as I'd like a more upright position these days - suggestions?
Before I took it out today I spent a while nipping up bearings, truing wheels, setting brakes and shifting up etc and mostly it all still works as it should. However it's desperately in need of a new cassette and I assume chain and may as well do the rings whilst I'm at it and have a set all wearing together but I'd like to keep it approximately period even if not factory correct so whats my best option? cassette is 12-28 and with the short cage I can't go above 28 but an 11 wouldn't harm - forget the chain ring sizes but a slight drop would perhaps be a good idea these days especially if I can get an 11T cassette. May need a bottom bracket too - but am going to try stripping, cleaning and rebuilding with new balls first.
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As per the title a 1991 GT Team Avalanche bought new by me in early 1992 IIRC - was with a whole load of parts upgraded/changed already so I have never ridden it in factory condition - here's everything I can recall that was changed.
Flite Titanium in place of std GT seat
XT thumbshifter to replace XT rapid fire
Dia-compe SS5 to replace XT brake levers
Dia Compe 986 to replace XT canti's front
XT short cage rear mech in lace of long cage XT
SPD 520's I think in place of XT pedals
Ritchey ZMAX WCS 2.35" front 2.1 rear - don't recall the std tire
Zoom brahama bars with black cork tape in place of GT bars
Within the first year or so;
Zoom stem to replace the GT flip flop one
USE alloy seat post in place of std one
Sachs Silver chain - I kept breaking the crumbie XT ones, never had a problem once I changed.
Road a variety of tires back then, Zmax in WRCand std compound and Smokelites stand out, plu had a pair of 25mm Specialized Turbo'S' (I think thats what they were) for road work including a couple of time trials.
Since then
The Zoom brahma bars snapped one day so I replaced them with a none branded similar shape bar and of course the tires have worn and it's currently on some nondescript stuff I got from my nephew when I was commuting to work on it and just wanted something round and black.
Have a NOS set of Brahma bars winging their way to me courtesy of ebay but I'd like to bolt them up to a shorter higher rise stem in keeping with the rest of the bike as I'd like a more upright position these days - suggestions?
Before I took it out today I spent a while nipping up bearings, truing wheels, setting brakes and shifting up etc and mostly it all still works as it should. However it's desperately in need of a new cassette and I assume chain and may as well do the rings whilst I'm at it and have a set all wearing together but I'd like to keep it approximately period even if not factory correct so whats my best option? cassette is 12-28 and with the short cage I can't go above 28 but an 11 wouldn't harm - forget the chain ring sizes but a slight drop would perhaps be a good idea these days especially if I can get an 11T cassette. May need a bottom bracket too - but am going to try stripping, cleaning and rebuilding with new balls first.
