'96 Yo

[pkbinder]

Here are some photos of my Saratoga Yo Eddy. Purple powder coat and a comfy seat. Photos of my other 3 Fats and my '90 Bonty OR to come soon.

[Bucky]

Originally Posted by pkbinder

Here are some photos of my Saratoga Yo Eddy. Purple powder coat and a comfy seat. Photos of my other 3 Fats and my '90 Bonty OR to come soon.

the frame is really nice, but the parts... lx derailleur and xtr shifter, xt crank set, all of different years... and zoom stuff. i mean, its not mine, so its up to you. in my opinion time-correctness respectively a constant use of xt or xtr or so would suit the frame better - after all the yo was the high end frame of chris chance.

anyway, the color ist definitely great and to be the owner of even 4 fats is really awesome.

[jcons]

Originally Posted by Bucky

the frame is really nice, but the parts... lx derailleur and xtr shifter, xt crank set, all of different years... and zoom stuff. i mean, its not mine, so its up to you. in my opinion time-correctness respectively a constant use of xt or xtr or so would suit the frame better - after all the yo was the high end frame of chris chance.

anyway, the color ist definitely great and to be the owner of even 4 fats is really awesome.

Personally, I think it's great if you have the cash, the time, or are lucky enough to own vintage and time appropriate parts for your vintage ride (let alone top-of-the-line vintage parts), but that seems to me like a fairly unimportant and secondary consideration. If that's the kind of thing you like to do with your bike, great. Time-correctness is nice, but what's cooler is how well preserved this beautiful frame is. Wish I had a Yo of this vintage in this repair...

[Bucky]

Originally Posted by jcons

Personally, I think it's great if you have the cash, the time, or are lucky enough to own vintage and time appropriate parts for your vintage ride (let alone top-of-the-line vintage parts), but that seems to me like a fairly unimportant and secondary consideration. If that's the kind of thing you like to do with your bike, great. Time-correctness is nice, but what's cooler is how well preserved this beautiful frame is. Wish I had a Yo of this vintage in this repair...

No question - the frame is awesome and I congratulate pkbinder to be the owner of it. Condition and color are amazing.

And I know how expensiv and exhausting it is to make it time-correct, because I try to make this with most of my bikes. But - and this is only my opinion, which of course can be different from other opinions - if I use modern parts for a bike I would use stuff of a complete group of one age-group, because, in my eyes, it's more beautiful... I don't like the mix of lx-xt-xtr. That looks like I take everything that is lying around.

That's no scathing criticism, just my 2 cents. Of course everyone can do with his bike whatever he wants. And of course I prefer to see a Yo Eddy like this on the streets than to see no Yo Eddy.