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That R900 is a beauty. I never would have guessed that there was a shim in the Shimano bearings, but that's great to know in case I trip over a Coda road crank somewhere.

It looks like the only production road bike to use the Coda bottom bracket may have been the 1995 SR2000. The road version was designated 900R. There is a picture in the 1998 catalog of Ivan Gotti riding with a Coda crank in the 1997 Giro, but the 1998 Team Replica R4000 came with a DA crank...

Here is a pair that the seller says are for road cranks: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cannondale-Magic-Motorcycle-Bottom-Bracket-Cup-CODA-Left-Or-Right/163762446779?hash=item262100a1bb:g:8wwAAOSwBENbpYIY

This pair is listed for 73 mm shells. They would be narrower than 68 mm MTB shells, but perhaps there are three widths. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Magic-Motorcycle-CODA-Cannondale-Bottom-Bracket-Cups-73mm-Shell-Vintage-MTB/254424690039?hash=item3b3ce4ad77:g:pwgAAOSwljFd0ZHP

I might go the opposite direction and replace the rings now with black FSAs or whatever you can find for a good price. I may have a new outer ring in the spares box, but perhaps not the inner.

Bikewagon had a lot of Headshok parts on ebay but perhaps just the races and not the bearings. I wonder if you couldn't find the same needles in a round needle bearing. Might tax the patience of the counter guy at the bearing shop to find them... You should check with Mendoncyclesmith and see...

I don't have any mountain bikes of this vintage, but the road bikes in that era generally have the size in cm stamped in the BB shell. Guessing that the MD in your frame code is the size. If anyone has anexample of a SM, LG, etc. frame code on a mountain frame it would be nice to see.

Believe that's a medium. Measure the wheelbase with someone holding the fork straight. MD wheelbase was 41.1", LG was 42.1".

Sure is. I didn't look at all the pics and didn't notice that.

I wouldn't put any extra value on it for the transitional aspect, even though it's interesting. More to the point would be condition and parts build. The closest model in the 1999 catalog would be the F900, mostly because of the fork. It was LX/XT with a Coda crank and Hayes cable operated...

It would be interesting to find a disc bike built a month or two later and see if they addressed the guides for disc cables/hoses. They had changed the disc frame guide setup by the time the 2000 catalog was printed, running the hose through 3 guides on the underside of the top tube. What...

From what I can see, it does look like a 1999 frame but the 1999 frames in the catalog had both disc and canti mounts - as you mentioned. There were disc specific frames in 2000 but the forks were Fatty DL. My guess is that your frame is a transitional example that was sold as a 1999 model but...

I was wondering if the RaceFace parts were on it from new. Perhaps built from a frameset as Ravens normally had a Coda crank.

Hi Dave, Posts in one of the forum areas may or may not lead to what your interested in. Message Craig at mendoncyclesmith for all your Headshok questions.

I'm sure there are still good dealers that are willing to share information. If you don't have any luck with dealers in Ireland, contact Mendoncyclesmith.

Interesting Raven, looks to be a 1999 model. Did you buy it new or used?

Link didn't work for me. Are you saying that you need everything except the parts shown in the attached photos? Craig at Mendoncyclesmith is the guy you need to talk to. He may or may not respond here.

Finding NOS for a decent price will be hit and miss. I'd be constantly on the lookout for a reasonably priced crank and freewheel. When those kind of deals turn up they won't be around long, and it might be years before the next one pops up. Happy to help with ebay sellers who won't ship to...

I'll have to ask the tandem owner about the initials. I bought a Yokota Half Dome on ebay a few years ago thinking it might be one of the ones he built but it doesn't have the initials, so I always assumed Asian manufacture. Still trying to pin down what years Tom built the Half Dome. I'm...

Good to know that local history. Friend had one of Tom's road frames but he's hard on frames and eventually cracked it. I look around for them occasionally but seem to come across more track frames than anything I'd be likely to ride. Did TT build with aluminum? There's a Yokota tandem on...