Yeah those forks are really quite splendid!
Thanks for the bit of encouragement on the chainset
I just hope it's still available I ummed and ahhed over it for a bit as I was really looking for Sugino AT or similar
I did a bit of datecode research on the original brakes that are on it
I found 1183 so by Dia Compe's datecodes that makes them November '83
http://www.vintage-trek.com/component_dates.htm#dia
So my guesstimate of '84 for the bike looks sound
I've obtained some Suntour Mountech mechs from '84 and some Suntour Power shifters, as I only had one with the bike
The bars are Nitto clones (a slight negative in comparison to the rest of the setup, they are by Hsin Lung), but are full cro-mo are straight and true and look great
Seems to be coming together nicely
Thanks for the bit of encouragement on the chainset
I just hope it's still available I ummed and ahhed over it for a bit as I was really looking for Sugino AT or similar
I did a bit of datecode research on the original brakes that are on it
I found 1183 so by Dia Compe's datecodes that makes them November '83
http://www.vintage-trek.com/component_dates.htm#dia
So my guesstimate of '84 for the bike looks sound
I've obtained some Suntour Mountech mechs from '84 and some Suntour Power shifters, as I only had one with the bike
The bars are Nitto clones (a slight negative in comparison to the rest of the setup, they are by Hsin Lung), but are full cro-mo are straight and true and look great
Seems to be coming together nicely