Trek 8900 owners

[girlonbike]

XT FDs have also been fitted with the doohickey (sorry, but I don't know the proper terminology). I have one on my FRO. I remember you can get it from old road calipers....

Lemme rack my brain on your options.

 

[girlonbike]

see the barrel adjuster in the upper right corner of this photo? It's the piece that the barrel adjuster threads into that you need. That piece will then thread right into your FD cable fixing spot and your housing will run right to that.

I think this is it: http://www.amazon.com/BRAKE-PART-ADJUST ... B0047M95PI

 

[bm0p700f]

I had looked to see if the doohickey can be moved between mech it makes sence that it can. Every day is a school day. Now looking for M950 from mech.

 

[yeti_bomb]

Re:

Any updates on this old thread?

 

[bm0p700f]

Well my 8900 is fully built and a bit muddy. It has a complete XT m950/1 groupset pace rigid forks and weighs 9.5kg.

I posted a pic a while back in the readers ride section but that pic is the old spec with an XT groupset.

I really need a new pic with mud of course.

 

[yeti_bomb]

Would love to see a updated pic Good to hear it's still getting dirty!

 

[bm0p700f]

Re:

Spec now
28H XTR M950 hubs
28H Mavic X517 rims
sapim race spokes
Conti X-king super sonic tyre front
conti mountain King race sport rear
Pace RC31 forks
Icon handlebar and stem
XTR M950 STI's
XTR M951 brakes
XTR M950 BB
XTR M950 chainset
MTR M952 rear mech
XTR M950 front mech
XTR 12-32T 8 speed cassette
KMC 8-93 chain
PMP Ti seatpost
Selle Italia SLR seat
weight 9.7kg
As good as this bike is it is still not as quick as my modern 29er's. Still enjoyable to ride but one I use in the dry mostly due to that cassette.

 

[bm0p700f]

I forgot it has latex tubes as well.

 

[yeti_bomb]

Ah love it. Great looking bike! Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[frantik]

newish 8900 owner checking in... wish i had all the lovely original bits like some of you guys

more pics and info here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=346890