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    i thought that she was kickass when she started in the xc ring…then she got even more BA when she decided to go the downhill speed route. i remember reading articles from her talking about it and some of her crashes going 50+ mph down the ski slopes. need to dredge up the old articles i had on her. used to have my old room plastered with pictures cut out of magazines on my walls.
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    welcome to the forums! that seatpost says you must be 7′ tall! just joking—nice to have new members on here!! nice ride by the way…welcome again!
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    ..not only the price came down, the entire post did o_O
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    he’s sending me the seatpost on monday. thanks for the find there! I never know what to search for on craigslist.
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    so just picked up parts 1 and 2 today…xtr front and rear derailleurs. fd-m901 front and rd-m910 for the rear. the front der. was missing a couple of screws, but after a trip to the lbs, the mech there gave me the screws needed. woot!
    as for the rear, got a good deal on it, because the bottom pulley is cracked all the way through. anyone know of any replacement parts for this? i tried googling xtr 910 pulleys, and came up with zip for shimano parts. the guy at the bike shop said bullseye ones, but they’re from the 80’s i think…i had a road bike that had titanium carmichaels on them, and they seemed to work good. any suggestions? top pulley is mint, bottom one just needs replacing.
    will post pics tomorrow when i get the front all cleaned up.
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    anyone know if this is just a generic stem or…
    only writing i could find on it is between the 2 holes 9501 on the left side, 23 on the right
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    the guy at the lbs measured the seat tube and was inbetween 26.7 and 26.8. the frame was heated a wee bit, temp’s 98 degrees outside, so messed with the size a little bit. the .8 fit snug, the .7 had some wiggle room in there. so if anyone has a old cuda or kooka seatpost that they don’t want….. XD
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    dang, i’d be over that one, but i think i need the 26.4 or whatever it is. why did they make so many different size seatposts???
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    …so I shouldn’t mention the one I picked up for 75 dollars?
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    here’s a few other pics of stuff that i’ve halfway restored to put on the bike. also has a aheadset that came with, but looks pretty beat up and still on the crap shocks. thinking of going just the xt set and eventually an xtr set, prices are just waaaaay too insane for nos xtr stuff, or even slightly used.
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    …and after close examination, i might just have to sandblast the frame to check for hidden cracks in the frame. i noticed that there was slight bulging about 3/4 of the way down the downtube, and lots of cracks in the paint, i just want to make sure that there’s NO cracks before i start dumping ludicrous ammounts of money into projekt easton. it will be in the same exact colors (or as close to original i can get), and then just reinstall the metal easton sticker and put the new decals on.

    boo.

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    I will be sure to keep everyone posted… I think it’ll just take some time to source all the parts…I’m thinking of going old school xtr setup with old ringle bits and either the mavic rims that came with it or anodized ones if I can find a good deal on some.
    I was looking at the joystix cranks but people were posting that theyre garbage and crack easily, so either the xtr or some cook bros. if all else fails I can just run my full deore lx set thats on my 93 stumpy. and need to get the easton top tube decal sourced and made. think there should be a tree amigos on there as well?
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    Here ya go for some pics. Like the paint, but looks really cheap (flaking off in LOTS of parts, as in if you bump it in the wrong spot), so i think a paintjob will have to be in order on this one unless i want an aluminum colored bike.
    Also, any of you photoshop gurus out there can make me a easton toptube decal pdf?
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    nice score there, old schwinn ftw! i used to want one of those race bikes way back in the day. as for early stumpy’s, not sure when they switched it, but i know the ’93 model was made out of aluminum/aluminum oxide (Metal Matrix Composite) or M2, they’re up to M4 now. still love my 93 stumpy, but the frame’s too small for me (16″), might just swap the parts out for my cuda-came with the deore lx set. anyhoot, nice score on that bike there!
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    mine is a velo. i can post a pic of it if you like.
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    my daughter is riding as well. i used to tear up the tracks, but now it’s pretty much tearing up the local bike paths with her. going to move her up to a hotrock this year, she FINALLY decided that she wanted to start riding earlier this year (she’s 8, i know that it’s late, but better late than never)!
    as for Missy “the missile” Giove and her pet pirhana (Gonzo)…she had the water too hot in her tank and boiled her fish. I used to have the biggest crush on her. (hope she’s doing well in prison) O_o
    nice catch on that bike by the way. i’ll get my daughter on one when she gets used to riding with pull brakes and speeds.
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