Originally Posted by
gaucho777
Since this is going to be a working/riding bike, I don't see the point in spending tons of money on NOS parts. What's the rear spacing? 130mm? That may limit the option to use modern MTB groups since Ti should not be respaced/cold-set. Also, I don't believe these frames came with braze-ons for disc brakes.
I vote seeking out a lightly used Deore XT group (ideally from a a donor bike, since it's a buyer's market for used MTBs).
Frame OLD is 135mm per the magazine article. Frame design predated widespread adoption of disk brakes by about a decade so definitly no disk mount though if fork were switched, disk could be added to front. If the bike still has an original titanium ridgid fork, that alone is likely somewhat valuable/collectable.