[Closed] Friday RETRO!

There's a few Ti-Mega's over on retrobike. Lovely things for sure. 8)

Just how long, exactly, is that stem? 😯

That stem is well short used to run a 150 negative rise on my Orange Aluminum........

A few of my photos from various Retrobike meets.
There's a Flickr Retrobike group out there too

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Fuquay 😯

Paul Hinton's put some timber on.

Paul Hinton's put some timber on.

I was about to try "Caroline Alexander's let herself go"!

You have a fuquay! Nice.

Ps, how narrow are those bars previously!?

Dave Baker isn't it?

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I rode Paul Hintons bike when I asked him to give a talk at school. Loads of lads rode and raced and the turn out was pretty good. He was quite inspiring.
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Still got the signed poster! I know where one of the original team bikes lives, fairly envious.

That Raliegh is a genuine ex-team job.
The Fuquay belongs to my best mate. It's Tange Ultimate Ultrastong. That was fresh from having it's cracked seat tube replaced. The decals are actually paint. They were created from scans and masked off.
Mine is P20 8)

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[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/66452821@N00/3476554420/ ]Ritchey P20[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/66452821@N00/ ]ritcheyp20[/url], on Flickr

Retrobikers are a nice and very knowledgeable bunch, but my mrs has declined my suggestion to come on another ride. Late, faffing blokes, unreliable old kit, large group and some hills made it one of the coldest, slowest rides she'd ever done 🙂

Sent my Spooky Metalhead frame away yesterday so I am now officially retro-less. A Ti-Mega would make me return in a heart beat. That Fuquay is lovely.

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Officially how old is retro.?

The cut off on Retrobike has been placed at 1997. Which makes my P20 non retro, but when I tried to sell it, they moved it in to the pre 1997 section based on what it was.

I remember overtaking that wee Raleigh girl team pro at Kielder one year (how crap were courses those days!?)

She fell off on a gentle fire road climb 😀

neilsonwheels - Member
Officially how old is retro.?

It's personal - officially 5 years after you got into riding 😛

Keep meaning to rebuild my '92 Klein Fervour. It's wrapped in blankets under the spare bed ATM, jist need to find a decent 1" steerer stem in under 100000mm long.

Recognize Si on the Schwinn. All round good egg and that bike generates its own gravitational field it is so heavy.

My O2, had it from new.....

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neilsonwheels - Member
Officially how old is retro.?

Anything that's not a 'new' standard. – 26" wheels, straight steerers, and anything with a front mech thingy, or whatever that we're called 😆

thought you might like my old spesch m2 (with first gen xtr)

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Shirley this is what you're looking for.. 😀

Totally amazeballz

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95 Kona Kula

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I got a Gary Fisher Prometheus frame (Ti) earlier this year from Gumtree, was going to retro it from an old xtr equipped cheapo frame jobbie I had made up in 1991, then decided to put disc brakes and a 100 mm fork on it (from my sons old trek 4400) and am quite enjoying using it now, not quite retro but am still looking for a Kuwahara Shasta frame to put the old xtr gear on for a proper retrobike. (I have been offered dibbs on one from a guy 50 miles away so it may happen yet)

if I ever got a retrobike it would have to be a Klein like that one above.
wow.

Got to agree with the above comment!

I have a Fuquay too. Will be out tomorrow.

I still kick myself at the loss of these, but needs must at the time, so no regrets.

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That Klein looks way before its time ! lovely looking bike .

Glad you said that Bearnecessities as I have ummed and aahed over selling my RC300 that I have boxed in the garage. Looks like it's going to stay there for a bit longer!

My 97 klein attitude

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There's a 'new' attitude comp on ebay, 1999, for a grand. I'm more swayed by Konas and Marins (if anyone sees a Bear Valley SE around 1993 please let me know!).

My 1994 Lava dome.

Mainly gets used for commuting these days but now and again it's nice to leave the modern bikes in the shed and get it out on the Quantocks 8)

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Caroline Alexander lives about 500m down the road from me. I've seen her out riding on some absolute retro beauties over the years, the Klein Adept and the 2001 Spesh team bike being two of the highlights.

Got a gt sts as my retro ride. Sadly no pics though and I do not dare ride it anywhere majorly interesting as it's my second sts frame after the first one cracked.

glasgowdan - Member
There's a 'new' attitude comp on ebay, 1999, for a grand. I'm more swayed by Konas and Marins (if anyone sees a Bear Valley SE around 1993 please let me know!).

I have this sat in my garage

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Free to anybody that wants to collect it

Marin of that era really were lovely. I'm going to guess that's....20"?

Got a Trek 970 sitting in the garage on skinny tyres for road duties.
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19 or 20

Free if you collect it 🙂

Tiger I'll take that frame of your hand,s just sent you an email

I know a boring office guy who commutes to work on an old lugged carbon marin with a generous helping of fluro paint. That bike is wasted on him.

No email has landed

1985 Ritchey Ascent
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1988 GT Karakoram
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1993 Offroad ProFlex 753
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1996 Klein Pulse Comp
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1998 Mountain Cycle San Andreas
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1986 Ross Mt Hood (as purchased, needs new decals before being rebuilt)
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