Recent content by Neko

Hmm, twas already a year old when you bought it.. guess it stayed a bit on the dealership floor! Yep, tis a '97, I actually had the same one that I gave to a friend. Nice bike, and you're welcome! I'll need to update the first post at some point as I've both forgotten about it and been demotivated

Yeah, the Max Backbones were probably better for Boxxer duty. The needle bearings and aftermarket links really transform these frames.

It appears not :(

Yep, this appears to be a 1992 Team. Nice score!

The 1991 base model M2 (pink/yellow, not to be confused with the matte pink/yellow 1992 S-Works Pro) had full DX. The elusive 1991 Team (champagne) had full XC Pro, as did the first Teams. These were the only three colors for 1991. The 1992 base S-Works (black/red) had full XT standard iirc, so...

The black one was a 1992

I am aware, I don't think that's what I posted. I already knew this. The 1994 M2 rigid was last with a 1" AFAIK

Claris???!???!?

S-Works started in 1991. Nice find! I agree with you that it is a 1991 frame.

I'm surprised more of them didn't break as they were very stiff frames and some did not have the luxury of an upper headtube gusset. To be fair the headtubes were overbuilt until '94 (except the '93 Team). They seem to have a similar failure rate to Taiwanese 90's Zaskars, unless I am missing a...

I would reckon that the 500 figure was just frames made in 1991 (assuming they even kept their word), The 1992 and 1993 models were quite similar so I guess in a way there were far more than 500 made. I have a 1993 myself, distinguished by the rounded seatpost collar and FSX in the serial for...

Wow!!!! Absolutely pristine and mostly original 1998 S-Works M2. Keep it for sure. I started out with HR's and RH's too.

Re: the blue: The other S-Works Team bikes of the time had blue accents along with the red and white. This one wasn’t part of the Team line so it was just red and white. Thanks, I have nothing better to do with my life :)

Welcome! Ha, the “something” is the most important part! Luckily I am almost certain it’s a 1995. Road models are rare and I’ve never seen a red one. Ofmega Mistral in the wild is crazy, I thought those were the weird Raleigh branded SR cranks from the 80’s. Looks nice! Yes, the team colors at...

The Mach 5 is okay to work on but I have a deep hatred for it. The damper is at the bottom of one of the stanchions. You should be fine just replacing the elastomers and greasing the bushings (really well, these things suck). It may get harder if the elastomers have melted in the cartridge leg.