That makes sense and puts your purple right at a '94/'95 I believe. As discussed at length though it seems there were no hard, fast changeovers for any of the details that evolved with time.
I measured this green Race Lite against a same size, similar year Race and they matched. The TT measurement being a mere 0.2" difference between sus / non sus makes it hard to determine which you've got as that is a small enough difference for margin of error with measuring, at least to me.
I've got to get someone to measure a late medium for me that came with a Judy, in a way that I can compare, then I should know what I've got.
@Oldskool26er How about you? Will you measure the top tube for me on your red one and let me know
how you measured it. @benjabbi your Ti should certainly be sus corrected and your measurement would help me
meanwhile, here is a photo from the PO as he collected the bike from the original owner.
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Well looked after, that's nice to know. Remember it came to me as frame only.
And here she currently sits, awaiting a few components and component decisions
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As
@pw_pw_la knows, I've been agonizing over a few of the finer points.
I have been wanting to run a full XC Pro group but as I was sourcing each piece the CK headset came up at a fair price so it was subbed in however I've since found the cups are 1 1/8" though the threaded gripnut is 1" so a mixup at some point I'd have to guess. I of course found a cherry xcpro headset shortly after for a good price so I picked it up as well.
I've had my sights set on the later, warm silver/champagne/gold finish brake set. Found a used but nice set of the calipers for a good price and picked them up and as they were in transit I came upon the NOS levers/caliper set that I couldn't pass up. I posted those up earlier in the thread.
Also to make life harder I wanted the full 8 speed MD kit. The 7spd parts are all far easier to come by I realized and all of the 8spd stuff commands a premium. I found a nice hub set though the freehub was for 7spd MD but I did manage to find a cheap xc comp rear hub with the proper 8 spd MD freehub, score. I just need to figure out how to swap them!
8spd thumbies also harder to find but snagged a set too. That said,
@Tootyred has a
sweet guide on rebuilding XC pro thumb shifters and modifying them to accommodate 8spd.
All of the 8 speed MD cassettes I was finding were either trashed or stupid expensive which had me wavering on my decision to the point of almost abandoning it. Then I found a stash of NOS 8spd MD cassettes in Japan. Working off of the translator I wasn't sure if I was buying the right cassette or if the listing was for 1 unit or more but for the price I bought 2 and waited for them to arrive...I ended up with 10 nos 8spd cassettes! Should tide me over ;D but it means every bike that comes into my hands will need the rest of the 8 spd MD kit
If anyone else is hunting this cassette hit me with a pm.
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That leaves BB & cranks now. Found the proper BB which is easy enough to get wrong, the XC Pro microdrive BB is actually a Microlite. The spindles differ in length as you'd imagine. Interesting
bit here on bikepro on the matter.
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I wanted to take some liberties on the crank given the prices for a nice crankset, be it xc pro md / one of the XT compacts / or something boutique, are all comparable in todays market so I set out to find one of the Cook Bros compact sets.
Cranks secured but only to find out after that they need an ISO square taper BB rather the the JIS on the MD...doh. Found an alternate BB that (I hope) will work and it's en route. Still hunting a nice Real 94BCD 32t ring. These rings have a real slight warm tone that is right on with the XC pro stuff.
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Now looking at the bike in her current state the only polished silver on the bike are the hubs (though the finish on the Ti Syncros seatpost is close) which is shaking me up a bit. Probably still I should just get the wheels built with these hubs/ rims and get on with riding. Black nipples and silver spokes? What do you guys think?
That's all for now