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Originally Posted by jwasbury
Dang, I thought I was iconoclastic by avoiding Shimano entirely when building the Breezer up in '93. That was right around the time that Suntour went belly up and Shimano pretty much gained a monopoly on the OE component market. Would not have been easy or cheap to collect parts to do a nice build like yours in 2009.
Both Ringle hubs that were originally on the Breezer have failed, so it now has Shimano parts on it. Now the bike is iconoclastic because of it's vintage...
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Actually, it was neither hard nor expensive! I get most of my parts off of people on a mailing list I've been on for about 20 years. I could probably assemble an entire XC Pro drivetrain for you in about a week.
Also, I think your Breezer is super cool! I've always had a particular thing for those NORBA-era Breezers. My MTB is a '93 MB-4 and I also have a '92 MB-3 because the 4 is in pieces, but I virtually never go MTBing any more. I'll rebuild it into some kind of other bike eventually, but for MTBing I prefer modern bikes.