TreaderSteve
Senior Retro Guru
Agree re: Pace being the schizzle - top quality. I lusted after them and got them even when an impoverished student.
The more modest parts I mention on this Merlin I got recently are fairly run of the mill groupset components - indeed not even a groupset with Dia-Compe cantis, a Shimano 600 rear mech (chosen for low weight?) and a Suntour XC Comp (nor Pro!) front mech - I dunno why but it seems to have been on there since day dot. XT hubs, although I suppose they were high-up in rank in 1991 without going crazy on some niche US brand.
The more modest parts I mention on this Merlin I got recently are fairly run of the mill groupset components - indeed not even a groupset with Dia-Compe cantis, a Shimano 600 rear mech (chosen for low weight?) and a Suntour XC Comp (nor Pro!) front mech - I dunno why but it seems to have been on there since day dot. XT hubs, although I suppose they were high-up in rank in 1991 without going crazy on some niche US brand.