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daneil
05-10-04, 08:03 AM
I just bought a 2001 anodized TCR Team frame with an EC90 full carbon fork and I'm going to build it up with my sturdy old Ultegra 8 speed group. However, my old bike used a 31.8 ft derailleur and the TCR uses a braze on. Does anyone know where i can find NOS shimano 8 speed stuff? Either D/A or Ultegra is great. Thanks.

steveknight
05-10-04, 09:40 AM
ebay is great for older parts.
fogrider
05-10-04, 02:00 PM
ebay is great, or try loosescrews.com

Michel Gagnon
05-10-04, 09:44 PM
Or try new... Except for the first year of Dura Ace 8-speed (1997, I think), all Shimano derailleurs are compatible with each other. IOW, a derailleur is a derailleur is a derailleur.

The difference is in the shifters. Use your new derailleur with a set of 8-speed shifters and it will work with an 8-speed cassette and chain (or a 9-speed chain, for that matter). Conversely, buy a new 9-speed shifter and your new derailleur -- or the one you have in your 8-speed kit -- would work wiht a 9-speed cassette and chain.
K6-III
05-10-04, 10:29 PM
For 8 speed, Modolo Morphus shifters would be perfect...
Hunter
05-10-04, 11:21 PM
Your LBS should be able to get or may even have what you are looking for.
daneil
05-11-04, 08:16 AM
Thanks alot guys. I was a bit wary about using 9 speed derailleurs with an 8 speed chain. Actually it's a moot point as I went home and took a close look at my derailleur and it looks like it's a braze on mounted onto a clamp adaptor. I thought it might be, 31.8 is a big tube.

Thanks anyway for all of your help.

-Daniel