Apple Tree
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My name is Apple Tree and I am a road bike rider.
Right having got that out of the way, why am I here on the MTB pages ? Well while I am certainly more comfortable with Campagnolo road than Shimano mtb kit, I am not a complete novice at all things dirt as I have two GTs, a Tequesta and a Karakoram Elite, both from the early 90s. In fact I can thank the Tequesta for getting me back into cycling, after a gap of several years, when I purchased it new in 1992. Having done thousands of miles on it, mainly riding to work, I decided a couple of years ago to find another one and found the relatively unmolested and original 1991 Karakoram Elite. Last winter I decided to strip both of them down and rebuild them which led to me learning more about LX and DX than I really wanted to know.
Anyway, back to my road bike interests where I have formed an affinity with the somewhat niche Italian brand Daccordi. Interest turns into obsession and I now have one or two or ……. well you get the idea. Which explains why when the following turned up on E-bay, Germany – I just had to have it.
Right having got that out of the way, why am I here on the MTB pages ? Well while I am certainly more comfortable with Campagnolo road than Shimano mtb kit, I am not a complete novice at all things dirt as I have two GTs, a Tequesta and a Karakoram Elite, both from the early 90s. In fact I can thank the Tequesta for getting me back into cycling, after a gap of several years, when I purchased it new in 1992. Having done thousands of miles on it, mainly riding to work, I decided a couple of years ago to find another one and found the relatively unmolested and original 1991 Karakoram Elite. Last winter I decided to strip both of them down and rebuild them which led to me learning more about LX and DX than I really wanted to know.
Anyway, back to my road bike interests where I have formed an affinity with the somewhat niche Italian brand Daccordi. Interest turns into obsession and I now have one or two or ……. well you get the idea. Which explains why when the following turned up on E-bay, Germany – I just had to have it.