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Originally Posted by mstateglfr
(Post 20288812)
Bens cycle sells Nitto Dynamic II quill stems that are 0degree and 120mm. That will get your bars out a bit further and a but higher when compared with an even stem insert height.
Only costs $27 or so. Its 26.0mm but you can shim. ...or get a 26.0 drop bar as there are more options. Nice build! Ironically, I wanted 25.4 bars as I already had a stem. However, that stem I ended up not using and purchased another. The only reason left for me to stay at 25.4 would be to easily move the bar to a 1 1/8" steerer bike in the future. I forgot about the idea of a shim to make 26 clamp bar work with 25.4 bars. That opens up more stem options. |
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Here's my 520 bought for $150 from a woman who said she rode it around the world. The brakes have also been swapped out for v-brakes but they seem to work just fine. If you get a line on more than one set of Deore cantis, I'd be interested in buying them so I can get the brakes back to original.
I love the bar end shifters. I almost prefer them to the STIs on my modern touring bike. |
Originally Posted by hhk25
(Post 20297695)
Here's my 520 bought for $150 from a woman who said she rode it around the world. The brakes have also been swapped out for v-brakes but they seem to work just fine. If you get a line on more than one set of Deore cantis, I'd be interested in buying them so I can get the brakes back to original.
I love the bar end shifters. I almost prefer them to the STIs on my modern touring bike. For my Deore brakes, I ended up winning a groupset that was not listed well on eBay. I used the brakes and am selling the rest separately. Make sure your levers can work with cantilever as you may have V-Brake specific levers. Earlier in this thread someone offered their brakes which I passed on. You can try asking them, they were BR-MT62. |
I figured I'd post once more to show everyone how this bike ended up.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d5467d44d0.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4400c3f796.jpg I went with brown cause that is what I had. The saddle will change, but the current setup has been working well. |
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