The lite age

[Obi-Juan]

My bike came with a Suntour XCD complete except for the wheels, some Exage with a Shimano cassette. I have a pretty complete XC Comp, and since I just finished the Look Mi 960 in XC Pro with Thumbies, I thought about putting on some really nice X-press NOS, even some very interesting "chicken bone" levers.

And that's where the article in Mountainbike magazine comes into play... I've been looking at it several times. And it comes with Suntour (except for those wonderful Middleburns), like almost all of them!

I myself recommended to a fellow member of Foromtb Spain, who stripped a Sakae and left it in a very nice gray, that he install full Japanese components: T-Bone, Ukai... and of course Suntour.
But I've decided to complicate my life.

P.S. Not long ago, I was able to buy some Ukai rims; I regret not having done so.

 

[Obi-Juan]

Just for the motivation

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And I'm sure you know there is this article from Mountainbike.es with that great pictures
https://www.mountainbike.es/noticias/clasicas-mtb-bh-supra-litage-sakae-1991_66398_102.html

Just out of curiosity, does your BH also has some Sakae signature somewhere?
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In the link to the mountain bike magazine you attached, there's a paragraph that says:
"SunTour, with its XC Comp and XC Pro, were the opposition to Shimano, while Campagnolo briefly appeared on the scene."

And I started to think: How many Litage bikes with Campy are there?
Okay, let's make things a little more complicated.

 

[Obi-Juan]

On the positive side, I have the opportunity to use a few Campagnolo parts I've had stored away for decades. New and beautiful.

On the negative side, the secondhand parts: we start with the broken rear axle, now that's classic.
I have to find a replacement, but it's not all bad: I can use my Campagnolo wrenches!