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THanks for the great reply. I will have to have another look. I dont think they are the dia-compes. They are short like that but i could not find a marking on them. I was looking at the rears and i do remember seeing the small DC logo so perhaps they were the 981s. I had the same thought as the flickr page. I will dig into it a bit more after reading that.
I didnt pull them off so i didnt really get to see if they had any up and down movement (to fit 700c). I will be going with the KoolStops for sure. The pads are orginal....and hard as a rock im sure.
I havent decided on if i am going to switch to 700c yet or get some 27in panaracers. It needs alot of clean up and doing up before i get to that point.
Its got some shabby looking Suntour Mountech mechs on it. Not sure if they are even functional at this point. It will need cables, housings, etc before i can sort out that stuff. If they work, i may keep those or might switch them out.
It is a really nice bike. I cant wait to get started on it.
The 610 is a really nice bike- depending on what you do for brakes, you can choose what you want to do for wheels- (or decide on the wheels- and choose brakes to match your wheel choice). I have 3 1984/85 tourers, I've been using 27" wheels on those bikes for years- I just switched my 720 over to 700c (and 10 speed), the Panaracer Pasela and Sand Canyon tires give you a really nice selection of tires, but nothing compared to what 700c tires are available to you. (FWIW- I don't have any other plans of changing my bikes to 700c any time soon).
Again, FWIW- I did my 720 with 700c and used some early 90s Suntour XC Pro cantis- they had enough adjustment to work with 700c.
As far as the Mountech stuff goes- IMO the Mountech front derailleur is one of the best ever made- if that's not in bad shape- use that. As far as the rear derailleur- if the upper pulley is in a "housing," those have proven to be problematic over the years. If the upper pulley is free- with a great big lower pulley- those are pretty decent units. I prefer other Suntour derailleurs to even the good Mountech.
