Advice needed

rb1987 · Nov 20, 2011

Hello everybody

I am restoring a Raleigh M-Trax circa 1992. I need advice on what Chainset, front and rear derailleurs and shifters would be best to use.

Nothing too expensive, middle of the range.

Though it started life as a mountain bike I am looking to convert it more to a cyclocross bike.

Thanks

Rich

hamster · Nov 21, 2011

Personally I'd pick Deore LX- good functional stuff that also lasts.

cyfa2809 · Nov 21, 2011

Yeah i love m56x series. The black stuff. My favourite.

michael franks · Nov 26, 2011

Couldn't agree more about LX - plenty of it available at sensible prices too

dbmtb · Nov 26, 2011

+1 For M560

I worked in an M-trax dealership and when Raleigh Ran out of Alivio or STX they would just use their LX stuff up - so we had bikes with all sorts of pot luck upgrades.

So regardless of which model you have, it would be in keeping with the original spec too!

Dead Rats · Nov 29, 2011

the OP mentioned CX aspirations, I think a pair of 7 or 8x3 STIs brifters (for drop bars) would work well with the LX cantis and rear mech, though you may have trouble with the front mech and require a road specific one (due to differences in pull ratio of road and MTB shifters) which would then mean you might be better off with a road chainset.

Oh dear, here we are again!

Advice needed

rb1987

Retro Newbie

hamster

Retro Wizard

cyfa2809

michael franks

dbmtb

Dead Rats

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