Originally Posted by
reluctantsuburb
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Oliver. I'm leaning that direction.
I've never built a bike up from the frame and don't really have a parts bin to speak of...anywhere you'd direct me for a component list or inspiration?
If you haven't found them, already, here is a link to the vintage Schwinn catalogs (for the Cimarron, the High Sierra):
Schwinn Catalogs, 1981-1990 .
And here's another useful link, from the 1985 year:
Components List for MTB's, 1985.
Here is the components list for the 1987 Univega Alpina line of MTB's:
click.
Here is the components list for the 1987 Ritchey line of MTB's:
click.
Lots of good "period" ideas from those lists.