Batavus Comanche mid-90s

Hi Guys,

I see that the group still exists, so I'm putting it here as well. In connection with the theft of my Snel Savanne I just quickly scored a cheap old bike for everyday and keep going through marketplace. Now this is a bike with what looks like equipment from the mid-90s, a mix of STX and Exage as far as it's labeled, and of that stuff the cantilevers bother me the most. Actually, I'd like to replace them with V-brakes. Only then you get to a fair amount of cash (compared to the purchase price)(45 euros or so for two M-610 Deore V-brakes plus levers one level down), and I wonder if I might not spend just a bit more and update the whole group to Alivio.

Especially if the chainrings and/or cassette is a bit worn (I have not looked in detail yet, frankly) that might be handy. I would then get an "8 or 9" situation, and if I end up replacing the wheels at a later time (generator hubs are very nice after all) I can then go to the full 9er.

Does anyone have any idea how a twenty year old and fairly used STX / Exage combination relates to a modern Alivio group? Quality/longevity/etc wise mostly?

One point of concern is the front fork. It looks a bit as if someone banged the bike about a bit at some point - the fork goes a little 'backward' relative to the head tube. Is that normal with Batavus steel frames from that time by any chance?

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s361/...-5ff7a4ee6d5a/

Jasper


PS: Snel Savanne Deore, Humpert AHS-Basic Comfort bars, hub dynamo, B + M LED lights front and rear, Brooks B190 saddle, removed Monday the 23rd in Utrecht. No-questions-asked reward for return, and the theft has been reported to the police. If you know anything or saw something ... I'd like to hear it.

as Ghandi said, 'there's a lot of **** on the road"

On Monday, June 30, 2014 1:47:37 AM UTC+2, wrote:
as Ghandi said, 'there's a lot of **** on the road"

Thank you for your valuable insights.

Jasper

a tomato picker and Co. stole my mom's repainted Raleigh from front of a grocery store. Crowd thought this was amusing.

Tomato town was rundown by frosts and major hurricanes.

LBS mechanics tell me if you have a high end bike here in South Florida, riding on street , you may be followed. No puede entrar.