Originally Posted by
Cruisaire
I'd say I'm after functioning more crisply as my goal. Disassembling, cleaning, and reassembling aged component parts only to have them crumble or slip out of adjustment has been an issue on similar bikes.
I previously mentioned that Shimano has several mountain bike component groups. They slice the performance differences pretty thinly. My rule of thumb is that, if I move up or down one component group I can't tell any difference. If I move up or down two groups, however, I can sense a little difference. Good luck.