Back in the mid 2000's I bought a bunch of NOS circa 1987 Deore components dirt cheap... XT cranks for $25 and so on. I prefer steel cage long arm RDs for hard starts so I've used LX's instead of XT's.
I built this frame for off road trekking back in 1992. I used mostly 1987 vintage Deore components. They still work perfect.
I picked up this 1987 Colnago Master Ibex MTB back in 2006. It had been rode hard and put away wet but the full Deore XT gruppo still worked great! Too bad the bike handled like a wheelbarrow. Seat and bars were jacked up because I used it as a "loaner".
I got this Colnago Technos frame in 2006. It was so over the top that I set it up with components to make any Campy/Colnago purist go apoplectic! HaHaHa
XT Biopace triple cranks, XT hubs, XT FD with a later version LX RD. Had the wheels built up with Mavic Open Pro rims. Climbs like a mountain goat!
Being an old retro grouch, this was my first indexing venture with a road bike. The frame and XT rear hub were 126mm wide. The hub had a 6 speed free hub. 6 speed cassettes were rare in 2006 so I put together a custom 13-28T 7 speed using 3mm wide 8 speed spacers with a screw on Uniglide small sprocket. Per Sheldon Brown's advice (RIP) I used Suntour 7 speed indexing levers for 7 on 6 rather than Shimano. Worked perfectly!
7 on 6...
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