Scan of the 1989 Deore XT and Deore II groups

Who ever came up with the idea of chainstay mounted brakes anyway :? - why would anyone ever think that it was a good idea to fit a brake where it would be as inaccessible as possible and collect as much crap as possible too?

I suppose the thinking was along the lines that chainstays were more substantial than seatstays typically were BITD and therefore less prone to flexing.
I never had a bike with a chainstay mounted U brake and certainly never wanted one either !
 
Question guys;

I got a groupset at home which says; Mountain LX,..no Deore.
I guess this is pre Deore, but when did it became Deore ?

thanks!
 
Defiant":1saduzp1 said:
Question guys;

I got a groupset at home which says; Mountain LX,..no Deore.
I guess this is pre Deore, but when did it became Deore ?

thanks!

mountain LX was 1989, it went to deore LX in 90'.
 
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