1988 Rocky Mountain Avalanche... ooooooh Yea!
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Well, the entire 6 speed XT group is hard to find... over the past 6 months I ended up buying two bikes just so that I could collect the group...
The wheels were the hardest as they have a different rear spacing... this frame originally came with mostly road parts because it's just that old... it came from the factory with a shimano 105 road bike headset and shimano 105 road hubs... the frame is spaced for road hubs (126mm)...
The XT wheels, XT shifters and XT crank came off a 1987 Blizzard
The XT front and rear mechs and brake levers came off an early 80's diamondback
The XT rear U brake is NOS
The 1" syncros noodle stem took a long time to find... but suits the build nicely.... it came with a ritchey force 1" stem but syncros just looks better on this frame...
The original seatpost is a suntour 26.8 but it was a loose fit... a 27.0 syncros slides in nicely... a tad tight but does go in an out just fine (I find that syncros posts are always a tad smaller than the average post of the same size... i.e. an old suntour 27.0 is bigger in diameter than a syncros... probably more likely that the syncros is exactly 27.0 and the suntour / off brand ones are a tad bigger...
Still not sure on the seat... I would like to use a blue and yellow turbo like that but would like one in better shape... I'll have to keep my eyes open for one...
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Mike Muz 67":19z1ck3i said:
Well, the entire 6 speed XT group is hard to find... over the past 6 months I ended up buying two bikes just so that I could collect the group...
The wheels were the hardest as they have a different rear spacing... this frame originally came with mostly road parts because it's just that old... it came from the factory with a shimano 105 road bike headset and shimano 105 road hubs... the frame is spaced for road hubs (126mm)...
The XT wheels, XT shifters and XT crank came off a 1987 Blizzard
The XT front and rear mechs and brake levers came off an early 80's diamondback
The XT rear U brake is NOS
The 1" syncros noodle stem took a long time to find... but suits the build nicely.... it came with a ritchey force 1" stem but syncros just looks better on this frame...
The original seatpost is a suntour 26.8 but it was a loose fit... a 27.0 syncros slides in nicely... a tad tight but does go in an out just fine (I find that syncros posts are always a tad smaller than the average post of the same size... i.e. an old suntour 27.0 is bigger in diameter than a syncros... probably more likely that the syncros is exactly 27.0 and the suntour / off brand ones are a tad bigger...
Still not sure on the seat... I would like to use a blue and yellow turbo like that but would like one in better shape... I'll have to keep my eyes open for one...
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dirttorpedo
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Nice find and nice build so far. How much do you want for the smaller frame?
Nice find and nice build so far. How much do you want for the smaller frame?
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