Got a chance to do some wrenching on it, and ditched the hideous super riser stem. It had one of those welded steel stems with about an 80+ degree rise, that was way taller than needed. Sugino Impel crank, 9 speed XT with brifters eventually. Need an FD and some gravel grinder tires. CrMo frame and fork, with the frame sticker stating made in the US from US and Foreign made components. It doesn't state what parts were made in the US, however. Maybe the frame, since all of the components were Japanese? Using some Deore LX canti's for the moment, but they're the dreaded plastic spring casing, so who knows when they will give up. I have a 31.8 Bontrager drop bar, so I may get one of the affordable Nitto steel stems. The plan is to do some light offroading with it. Lets hope Knobby 700's are easier to find now, than 3-5 years ago. Back then the only CX style tires I could find were tubulars, or heavy as hell Origin 8's.,,,,BD