this thread is where most of my bikes sit and in many ways I think captures what mountain bikeing has been about, you buy a good frame and continue to improve the parts, you never, not even back in the day kept it in a single build state, things broke, you changed them. this is often missed by many retro bikers. Shame. I suggest we have a bike of the month nomination for old frames, not era specific necessarily. I think it would be much more interesting to see how people have kept their favourite bikes relevant and current but still original.