01-04-2015, 01:48 PM
Painkiller,
If you look back to the first sentence of my first post, you will see that I clearly stated what I had
"Fairly high end"? I believe in its day, it was top of the line. Because you asked, I took a picture of the bike for you, the first one I have taken in 20 years. The lighting isn't the best, but you get the idea.
In the early 90's, I bought an aluminum/ceramic Stumpjumper with full XTR (I thought it was full XTR, apparently the front derailleur was XT) off of a bike rep, who was switching companies and therefore had to switch his ride, for $850. That was a whole lot of money to me.
I rode that until mid 96, when I picked up a 92 Merlin MTB frame and new Mag21 RockShox for $600.
I switched the components over, sold off the Stumpjumper frame and shock, and have been riding the Merlin ever since.
I had about $1,300 into a bike that would have cost over $3,500 new, in the 90's.
I had way more money in the 90's than I do now, and even then, I was trying to buy things at 20-30% of retail.
Yes it is an XTR cluster. I have a receipt for one I bought in 1996 for $69.99. I will give you that much for the one you are holding right now. That's twice what you paid for it
I don't believe I need an XTR crankset. I already have one. I just need chain rings. And that cluster you are holding.
Seriously, right now I just need to fix my bike so I can ride it without having to kick the front derailleur over with my heel to drop down chain rings. This is my only working bike and I need to ride it, I was riding it Saturday, kicking on the derailleur. I will ride it again today.
I will probably try to pick up a used XT derailleur to get the bike functioning.
Beyond that, I don't have to have vintage XTR, I just need to be able to ride the bike.
I also don't need a cluster or chain rings right now, but I will eventually.
If you want to send me a phone number, I will call you and maybe we can do some business.
If you look back to the first sentence of my first post, you will see that I clearly stated what I had
"Fairly high end"? I believe in its day, it was top of the line. Because you asked, I took a picture of the bike for you, the first one I have taken in 20 years. The lighting isn't the best, but you get the idea.
In the early 90's, I bought an aluminum/ceramic Stumpjumper with full XTR (I thought it was full XTR, apparently the front derailleur was XT) off of a bike rep, who was switching companies and therefore had to switch his ride, for $850. That was a whole lot of money to me.
I rode that until mid 96, when I picked up a 92 Merlin MTB frame and new Mag21 RockShox for $600.
I switched the components over, sold off the Stumpjumper frame and shock, and have been riding the Merlin ever since.
I had about $1,300 into a bike that would have cost over $3,500 new, in the 90's.
I had way more money in the 90's than I do now, and even then, I was trying to buy things at 20-30% of retail.
Yes it is an XTR cluster. I have a receipt for one I bought in 1996 for $69.99. I will give you that much for the one you are holding right now. That's twice what you paid for it
I don't believe I need an XTR crankset. I already have one. I just need chain rings. And that cluster you are holding.
Seriously, right now I just need to fix my bike so I can ride it without having to kick the front derailleur over with my heel to drop down chain rings. This is my only working bike and I need to ride it, I was riding it Saturday, kicking on the derailleur. I will ride it again today.
I will probably try to pick up a used XT derailleur to get the bike functioning.
Beyond that, I don't have to have vintage XTR, I just need to be able to ride the bike.
I also don't need a cluster or chain rings right now, but I will eventually.
If you want to send me a phone number, I will call you and maybe we can do some business.
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