Originally Posted by
Santuri32
I may have made a mistake on calling the A7A serial bike a Team Issue. I know there was Access Sport that year that came with full XT gear but I know it only from posted pics without a serial. Google this topic (Lugged Steel bike, New Into) and decide for yourself, hopefully you can also find some pictures o the bike on that post. The 1987 bikes had rear U-brake and had a plastic cable router in the BB. Maybe that feature carried until yours, does it block your serial? I would really like to see a BB picture.
You may be thinking of the 1988 Access Comp XT. It was basically an Access Comp with a $200 upgrade to Deore XT from Deore. The Access, Access Comp and Access XT were all built in Taiwan using Columbus tubing. They all used chain stay mounted U-brakes in 1988.