15" American Eagle Taos

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Spotted this close by and picked it up earlier today: a nice project / attempt to evoke my daughter's enthusiasm for mountainbiking



Think it's a '96, full Acera X
Forks have seen better days, but I have a few alternatives.
Let's see how this is going to turn out!

 

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Stripped



H7L14954


Date codes on the 170mm cranks: TI and TL and on the 7sp rd-mc16 Alivio rear mech: UF, so 1996.

 

[PhillB]

These are nice frames that are often overlooked. Ritchey drop-outs, braze-on cable guid on the seat cluster and Breezer- style head tube cable guides! Lots to like - looking forward to seeing you build this one up.

(I have a American Eagle Mammoth frame in the build queue somewhere!!)

 

[haggis]

Looks like a team bike as well.

 

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Looks like a team bike as well.

If you're referring to the name on the top tube, that used to be a bike shop in the Eastern part of the Netherlands .

 

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Version 2.0

 

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First introductory roll around the block today .
Bike spins nice and my daughter had her first experience with good ol' Shimano shifters.
The bike fits her nicely, as soon as she's a bit more familiar with late '90s technology AND the weather improves a bit, we can go for an offroad ride





It's been upgraded with some Deore XT m738, Magura HS33, Rock Shox Mag21's, Chris King HS, Mavic 117 SUP CDs and Ritchey tyres .

 

[Team559]

Lovely frame.

How are you/ is she getting on with the Magura hs33?
I recently bought a Specialized with those brakes (in bright yellow), and they are apparently so powerful that they wore the braking surface down on the Mavic x221 rims unlike anything I've ever seen

 

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I've used Maguras on several of my retrobikes and haven't noticed any quicker wear in comparison to cantilever brakes.

What blocks are on the Spec, the regular black ones? There used to be several types of Magura brake blocks for various types of rims.

But, I don't ride my retrobikes hard, or under hard conditions, TBH, so that probably also limits the rim wear..