I was looking through my spares stash in the loft, the other day, when putting some parts away (that I don't have time to fit yet).
I've got some stuff from my first real MTB (92 Diamondback Apex) that I'm not sure why I've got - I think I've got the full set of Deore DX cantis from it, but I don't understand why, 'cos I can't remember buying any new cantis for it - must be the advancement of mad cow or something.
And I've also found the broken Deore DX rapidfire shifter that I stupidly broke - I stripped the thread on the bolt that bolts it to the brake lever mount. So I cycled to a LBS, with the shifter in my hand, with the intention of seeing if I could buy a new bolt. Along the way, I stupidly let the shifter fall out of my hand, it then hit the spokes, and was terminally damaged.
Now here's the second oddity - I've got the complete set of Deore XT rapidfire push-push shifters and brake lever STI set (totally brand new, never been used). I remember buying these (this would be '95, I know this, because this bike was stolen only a week or two later), because it was around the time I needed to get a new shifter for the one that broke, and these Deore XT STIs (non-servowave) were on sale in a LBS for either £30 or £35. They looked identical to the Deore DX STIs that I had, even down to the finish on them - they must have been a couple of years old, because my DX STIs were 92 vintage.
Thing is, I remember buying them thinking they were a good price and had the intention of putting them on my then Apex. I must have done something about the broken rear shifter, as I've still got it. Yet I can't remember what I did to sort it out - I would have thought that in 95 trying to get a single Deore DX rear shifter pod wouldn't have been the easiest, nor cheapest thing, yet I have no recollection of what I did about it.
I mean there's some parts I've got, I completely understand why, but others puzzle me.
So, what parts have you got stashed that you can't explain why (and I don't mean you can't explain to your wife / girlfriend / SO why ;-))?
I've got some stuff from my first real MTB (92 Diamondback Apex) that I'm not sure why I've got - I think I've got the full set of Deore DX cantis from it, but I don't understand why, 'cos I can't remember buying any new cantis for it - must be the advancement of mad cow or something.
And I've also found the broken Deore DX rapidfire shifter that I stupidly broke - I stripped the thread on the bolt that bolts it to the brake lever mount. So I cycled to a LBS, with the shifter in my hand, with the intention of seeing if I could buy a new bolt. Along the way, I stupidly let the shifter fall out of my hand, it then hit the spokes, and was terminally damaged.
Now here's the second oddity - I've got the complete set of Deore XT rapidfire push-push shifters and brake lever STI set (totally brand new, never been used). I remember buying these (this would be '95, I know this, because this bike was stolen only a week or two later), because it was around the time I needed to get a new shifter for the one that broke, and these Deore XT STIs (non-servowave) were on sale in a LBS for either £30 or £35. They looked identical to the Deore DX STIs that I had, even down to the finish on them - they must have been a couple of years old, because my DX STIs were 92 vintage.
Thing is, I remember buying them thinking they were a good price and had the intention of putting them on my then Apex. I must have done something about the broken rear shifter, as I've still got it. Yet I can't remember what I did to sort it out - I would have thought that in 95 trying to get a single Deore DX rear shifter pod wouldn't have been the easiest, nor cheapest thing, yet I have no recollection of what I did about it.
I mean there's some parts I've got, I completely understand why, but others puzzle me.
So, what parts have you got stashed that you can't explain why (and I don't mean you can't explain to your wife / girlfriend / SO why ;-))?