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1977 Jack Taylor Tandem Restoration- the Beginning.Upright Handlebars for Smaller Cyclists.Simplex Tour de France Rear Derailleur Adjustment.Bottin du Cycle 1951: The French Cycling Directory.A Ride to Leach Botanical Gardens via Portland’s Bikeways.With a simple hub overhaul and minor truing, this wheelset is as nice as any 26″ example out there. The Ritchey wheelset turned out to be a real bonus. The Nitto bar is not original to the bike, and is in as new condition. The Shimano Deore groupset dates to 1989, except for the shifters which have a 1987 date code. I had planned on selling or donating the MB3 frame, but now I am not so sure. I think my 1987 Panasonic MC-7500 is feeling a little threatened right now. The secret is out that lugged steel mountain bike frames make great Portland winter commuters. These features, combined with the two bottle cage mounts and rear seat stay rack mounts, make for a versatile frame. When the bike arrived, I was a little taken aback by the quality of this frameset: triple butted Ishiwata oversize tubes, and forged drop outs with eyelets.

I also noted that the bike’s wheelset looked pretty good – Deore hubs, laced with Wheelsmith spokes to a Ritchey Vantage rim. So, almost by accident, I purchased a 1989 Bridgestone MB3 in order to harvest the parts I wanted: Deore friction/SIS thumb shifters, Deore derailleurs, and a very unusual lavender anodized Nitto dirt drop style stem and Nitto bar (see below). 1989 Bridgestone MB3 – with non-garish 80’s color scheme

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