Originally Posted by
bikemig
The Sierra is fine; vintage MTB prices tend to be high in the Dallas area.
The spacing is no big deal. You either have 130 or 135 in the back and the frame can be spread if need be.
A told a friendly guy on the local CL about what I'm trying to do after his donor bike didn't quite seem to be a match, and he was kind enough to direct me towards a Mid-90s Yokota, specs pasted below, at a price of $75. Seems like that may be a real winner:
So now for my very ignorant question...if I want to take a bike like the Yokota but switch up the front chainring and put on a new cassette/freewheel, how feasible is that? Thinking of something like a 11-34 in the rear