bobble-
Thanks, I like it a lot too. The frame came with a clear plastic sticker sort of chain stay protector, and its still going strong.
It has plenty of braking power and also good modulation in dry weather. The reason I've considered moving to disc brakes is the performance in wet weather, which I'm not completely satisfied with. I commute year round in any kind of weather, so it's just been bugging me lately. And on top of that, I have this maybe farfetched feeling that disc brakes doesnt leave the same amount of black dusty dirt on the bike as rim brakes does.
That said, I have no other experience with disc brakes than my hydraulic deores on my mtb (not the GT from this thread, I've since replaced it with a Specialized Chisel), which I havent ridden in wet weather, so I'm basing this desire for disc brakes on opinions from strangers on the internet, of which LFGSS is a great source.
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topkek
The green frameset I got was actually the current version of the 520 at that time, so nothing NOS about it. It's just that the black disc brake version was the only one advertised in Europe i think, so I only knew the green canti version existed from some US forum.
I've considered replacing the frameset+brakes+wheels for a similar setup but with disc brakes, but even if I managed to sell it, the total would still be an expense my bike budget wont allow at the moment.
But yeah now that you ask, I'm tempted again, haha...