I've been holding on to this for years now but frankly am unlikely to use it again.
The frame is one of the original Dusters, Tange Prestige, 18" (med) suitable for riders around 5'10. It is VERY well used, and while it still cleans up OK, there is all the cable rub/scuffing and general grubbiness you'd expect of a white frame that had three years use in the highlands, including:
Chainsuck damage
Heel rub/Knee rub/Cable rub
Small patch of paintwork I sanded off at the headtube to inspect a hairline crack in the paint (skin deep thankfully).
Two small cracks either side of the seat tube slot cut out.
The last one might sound a bit alarming but it never bothered me, running lots of seat post insert would alleviate any stress on this area.
Cranks: XTR Octalink, lots of heel rub, BB doesn't feel fantastic to the fingers but the cranks still spin smoothly and there's no wobble. Middleburn spider allows use of shimano rings. Small wobble in spider which never caused any problems when running a triple set up, or singlespeed (with a tensioner).
Forks are Charge steel rigid forks, lots of steerer left, with a 90mm, 31.8mm NEW Truvatuv Stylo stem.
Headset is an FSA Orbit X, complete with spares for everything except the bottom cup (basically an entire spare headset minus bottom cup).
As I imagine anyone looking at this might be considering it as a winter hack, I'd include the old chain/cog and tensioner combo I used to run it singlespeed. The cog is a 16tooth Surly (with the fat base), the chain is an SRAM PC-1 and the 'tensioner' is an old medium cage LX mech. This combo was faultless when I used it last winter (its all had about 6 months use in total).
Anyone interested?
