Thanks to mamadirt, I now want to see other retro DH bikes (following mine being called that!!!), mine:
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Show me... your retro DH bike.
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call that retro?
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Aye, that's not retro expat, RTS with DX vees, that's good retro skills. Let down by modern tyres mind
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I think it was the seat and the Shivers that did it ex-pat
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More just old, then retro
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Ta, just like me then.
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I still wish I hadn't sold it.....
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that norcos only what 6/7 years old ? they still use damn near the same design anyway ....
they could never get their headangles right - were all ways he wrong side of sharp ... ridden slacker XC bikes. ...
so nearly bought a lobo in 98 - glad i didnt
3 bolt rockshox cable activated hydraulic disks - it liked to eat rear shocks and trunion chips ... can you tell my mate bought it instead - would drool over that in the local bike shop back in the day !
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Sick Lobo. Mine is borderline retro: this is 2000-2002 but I think the cutoff really has to be 1998. [img]http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31468868&l=df5ac54034&id=36805409
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hands up who wanted an atx 1 ?
who wanted a sintesi bazooka (mk1)
mk1 super 8 with coke can hole and bullet front end ?
a bullet
best i could do was a b17 ...... but at least it was priced at (extreme) paper round budgets .... no lunches and no spending for 6 months got me that bike !
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nope, rode all of those and never wanted any of them.
oh, and Norco's DH bikes look nothing like that anymore and have decent geometry
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trail_rat, I wanted all of those bikes, notwithstanding my complete lack of skill or funding.
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but still snap happy ....
i believe they actually issued a recall on the 08/09 dh frame ....
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a bendy down tube kona stab deelux was another bike i wanted - 2 mates had them - one snaped the chainstay and the others linkage had an annoying tendancy to clatter his seat tube near full travel !
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That list completes me.
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Shameless plug....
Refurbished and for sale : )
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^^^ Is that Mint Sauce?
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i really wanted one of these
never quite figured out why..
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Shame that it's not mine, wish it was, it's stunning
From: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=90883&highlight=pace
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That looks like it would snap XC, with a fatknacker like me on it!
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I still have the frame/shock and a few bits if anyone wants it ?Posted 1 year ago # -
Thanks all, nice pics.
And @ trail_rat, wasn't me who called it retro - but it is kinda old...
And totally agree that it's much the same as their current design - the '11 team DH is remarkably similar.
Don't have an issue with head angle, but it is steep compared to some stuff out there for sure.
Lucky for me that I'm just not that good... Desire for a Super 8 isn't diminished, and having tried a bullet, I'd never say no to one of those either.
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My wife's old DH bike, did it up with some modern bits (it had Manitou X verts and Hope C2s on which seized up) needs a chain device but it's up for sale if anyone wants if for £200.Posted 1 year ago # -
That Pace frame was sat in On Yer Bike on Tooley Street, London Bridge for years before that guy finally rescued it for a project.
The shop were still asking £1200 for it but no idea how much the guy paid in the end. He's done a fab job on it though!
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not that retro just a bit old
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Oooh purest orange
. Looks similar to the old Club Roost frames.
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Recently stripped down and making its way to the bike park in the sky!!
RIP bazookaIts all going spare so if theres anything you want of it give me a shout
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Dave Gti is winning IMO, just beats spacehopper's RTS through use of period tyres and mahoosive front ring. Zeds dead's lobo a close third - a plastic one would've won.
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aah is that a set of zzyzx forks? whatever happened to them..
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sintesi bazooka, i used to love that bike
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GT LTS DH About 1996 I think. Sold it now though.
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Isaac - always wanted one of those, you have mail
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ZZYZX forks and possibly an FSA Sidewinder crank? Nice!
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