Originally Posted by
Korina
What condition is the bike in? Has it been tuned up in living memory? Does it fit you? Have you ridden it? What kind of riding are you planning on doing? If the third pic is the bike for sale, what are the other two?
Altus is fine, it depends on what condition the parts are in. My personal preference would be to dump that seat post for a normal one.
You can find the 1998 catalog
here.
thanks for the feedback. As indicated the first two pics are what I’m envisioning my intentions are for this bike. Fits well yes. I agree, seat post to shave some weight off and thumb shifters are first to go, then wheelset with Altus goes when I can find replacent ones. Maybe some different bars, then. Is this frame worth it? No idea what is the tubing construction is, catalogue for 1998 just indicates full chromoly. Unlike the other years where it was true temper or something more intentional. This year would have been one of their last run of the steel ones