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Old 02-26-08 | 10:04 AM
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Bikes: 2006 Epic Disc, 197X Motobecane "Super Mirage"

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I'm still trying to decide what to do with it. I'm thinking about building up a nice set of wheels out of either 105 or Ultegra hubs with some Sun rims I found on harris cyclery's website. I'm also kicking around the idea of getting some of those brake levers with built in shifters. The spacing in the rear is 130mm, will a 9 or 10 speed cassette fit on the ultegra or the 105 hub? Lemme know what you guys think of the bike. Oh, modifications include a 105 derailleur, shimano bar end shifters, coda bar and stem, egg beater pedals and some different brake pads. Other than that I rebuild and replaced all bearings including BB, headset, front wheel bearings. I have to do the rear ones tomorrow.
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Old 02-26-08 | 10:34 AM
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Great bike. If the rear spacing is 130, you shouldn't have any problem fitting a modern rear hub. What kind of rear derailleur does it have now? I can't quite make it out in the photo.
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Old 02-26-08 | 10:42 AM
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Bikes: 2006 Epic Disc, 197X Motobecane "Super Mirage"

It's a shimano 105, not sure of the vintage, but it's probably 90's. I kept the stock suntour one just in case i wanted to return the bike to stock. The front is the original suntour.
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Old 02-26-08 | 10:49 AM
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The 8 speed Shimano freehubs accept the 9 and 10 speed cassettes. Personally, I would not sink the upgrades into a Super Mirage frame, but that is just my opinion.
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Old 02-26-08 | 11:04 AM
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Just out of curiosity, why not?
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Old 02-26-08 | 02:42 PM
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you can do nice things with a motobicane.
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