Are you sure it's an '86? From what I remember Up to '87 the paint schemes of Specialized's whole line up was conservative. (Solid colors, or two tone [a little like a Rivendell]) At '88 both the road and Mountain line went "loud and proud" consistent with the paint scheme of your bike and my '88 Sirrus.

Well I hardly know anything for sure, and it's been a while since I looked it up. But my recollection is, based on the research I did when I found the bike last fall, that the '86 and '87 both had this paint scheme but the rear brake position, and the fact that it was 6 spd sis, plugged this one as an '86.

[edit] OK, this is why I shouldn't trust my recollection. What I said above is accurate, except that the two years should be '88 and '89 instead of '86/'87. So my bike is a 1988. Thanks for the correction. For the record, specs are here.

Upper bike is mine, lower bike is the lady's.



'06(?) Kona Fire Mountain with Surly rigid fork and 29 inch front wheel. Nashbar moustache bar, Nashbar adjustable stem, Planet Bike Cascadia fenders, Topeak rear rack, Ortlieb panniers (not pictured). Studded Nokians currently mounted, rolls on semi-slicks in the summer. I'd like to roll straight up slicks since my riding is 90% pavement, but the city generally fails to clean up the winter gravel before the end of July (it just gets swept onto the shoulder, sidewalk, and any MUP that's close enough to the road). Plus it's fun to go rattle around on the dirt sometimes.

The lady rides my old MTB, given to her because the top tube was a little too short for me and I was looking to upgrade to disc brakes. So she used her REI pro-deal to buy me a new Novara Bonanza (since stolen ) in trade for the old Trek. Not hybridized yet, but the next bike purchase will most likely be trekking bars for her. She loves the shocks, so they'll stay. The rack and panniers from the Kona will go to her when I get an Xtracycle kit sometime this summer.

Quite new to BikeForums, but I saw this thread and thought I'd post my current effort. It's a '91 Paramount Series 20 "Mountain OverSize" that really didn't get ridden that much when it was stock, partly because the original straight bars and long-reach stem were somewhere between awkward and just plain painful. I bought the 700c x 13mm (slight mistake for street use ...) wheels on eBay a few years back and had them on a '80s Raleigh Record I'd gotten for $15 from a thrift store that really didn't get ridden that much either, in part because the first cassette I bought for the wheels was a 12-23 that I really couldn't get going easily. I rode a new Gary Fisher Simple City while my wife was bike shopping recently, was momentarily shocked at how easily it pedaled. Then I remembered that I did own a nicer-quality frame that just sitting in the attic.

This pic was snapped as I was initially fiddling with it, thus the dangling rear derailleur; so far, it's got a "SatoriUP" adjustable stem from a LBS, old seatpost I got off eBay to upgrade the Raleigh (need to dig up the Paramount's original PDG post), the Raleigh's original drop bars, and a Sora 39/53 with HG30 12-32 8 speed cassette and Sora derailleur hooked to a barend friction shifter. I stuck an old sidepull brake on the fork crown so I could take it for test rides, but I just learned about the Mavic "Caliper Adjuster" that may let me use my cantilever brakes with the bigger wheels. I'd had a pair of 700x28 Schwinn tires from eBay on these wheels (I know, too wide for the rims), but the front blew out while parked (?) so I swapped on one of the 700x23 Michelins that came with the wheels so I could still ride it while shopping for a pair of 25mm tires.