First, I looked at some suuuper sweet Euclid parts. Then I saw the price and dismissed it. I don’t want to go shimano. A) it’s too easy. One of the reasons I respect shimano is that it often times the best logical solution. B) it’s just not unique and wouldn’t fit the spirit of this bike. It wasn’t long before I found the Suntour three pulley rear derailleur. The bike had XC thumbies and power levers to begin with… It seemed right. it was decided. The McAuley is to be a Suntour build! Well I better get to cleaning parts. Especially if I want to wax the chain. Because this thing was FILTHY






The cockpit I wanted to use had a lot of oxidation under the old benotto tape. Because I like my smile and have no dental insurance, I decided not to risk it. These superbe levers are likely my longest hoarded parts. They are rashed real bad but they cleaned up nicely. Same with the other parts.





24-34-44. Certainly did come from Sugino like this.