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katsup 04-16-18 10:54 PM


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!

Thanks. The Stem I have is 100mm with a quill length of 150mm. The Dynamic II is 120mm with a quill length of 65mm. That seems rather short. Maybe they count to the max line while my current one does not. At the moment, I have been looking at the Nitto Technomic, but may wait till I find a used one since I have to wait for the desired bars anyway.

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.

hhk25 04-21-18 05:37 AM

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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.

katsup 04-21-18 02:13 PM


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.

Nice looking bike. I am guessing a 92 or 93 judging by the color and lugs.

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.

katsup 09-08-18 10:28 PM

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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