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@WimVDD
No need to explain why we called this period "the neon nineties", I guess...
For this build, I didn't have the ambition of going catalog spec. First I choose to build it with an 8 speed XT (a groupset I had from a 1991 Panasonic bike) but when completely unexpected a 1992 Cro Mega DX popped up, I decided to buy it and mount the parts on my 1991 frameset. For a better fit (and for aesthetical reasons) I mounted a Syncros stem in stead of the (rusty) one from Alpinestars.
Specs: ALpinestars Cro Mega DX frameset, DX groupset (seatpost and shifters = XT), Mavic 232 rims on DX hubs, DX pedals, Zoom 155 bars, Syncros Cattleprod stem, OnZa bar ends, Selle Bassano saddle. Apart from the re-issue Panaracer Smoke tyres, all parts from between 1991 and 1993.
And the ECS (Elevated Chain Stays) make this bike climb like a mountain goat and pretty nervous on the flat. One of my favourite rides.
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