Bought a 2010 Novara Safari 6000 series brand new back in 2010 and used it as a commuter until 2105 when we moved too far away. Recently got back into cycling Ina a major way (road cycling 20 – 40 mailes a day on a new Trek roadbike) and am training to solo the North Bend to Elensburg leg (out and back) of the Palouse to Cascades trail which is all gravel. In preparation I have tore down the bike to the frame in preparation for a rebuild. The frame is great overall just some paint chiping and I may send it in to be refinished in a purple powder coat. The headset and bottom bracket are OK but I will replace them for thouroughness as well as basic tune up including cable and chain replacement. It came with a 9 speed Shimano SLX rear derailleur and cassette, 3x Shimano Deore front Deraileur, and SRAM Attack grip Shift shifters (Just replaced the grips), and Shimano M416 mechanical disc brakes with Deore brake levers that are all in great shape just need a clean up. I am considering moving to hydraulic brakes for smoother operation and better performance under load. What other reccomendations would everyone have such as changing the grip shifts (still plan on keeping the butterfly handlebars) or fork options (had an incident after pulling it out of retirement where the front wheel was not secured properly and came off resulting in the forks being driven into the ground and spread out. They are chronology steel for reference and should be OK to be bent back to shape).
by whitecatwandering