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[Closed] Lush but hitherto unknown: Skyne bikes?

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Just been drooling over this modern take on an old school Columbus-tubed XC bike, featured in the [url= http://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hot-at-the-roc-indoor-show-highlights/ ]Roc d'Azur show coverage[/url]:

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I can't find anything about Skyne bikes on the web, nothing except these pictures. Anyone know anything about them?


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 11:13 am
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Remind me of a pair of shorts I used to own.

I have been of no help, sorry.


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 11:17 am
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'Skyde' will find them.


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 11:19 am
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Ah well done. Typo in the article sending be on a wild goose chase!

[url= http://www.skydecomp.fr/produits ]Skyde bikes[/url]

No mention of that steel beauty though...


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 11:38 am
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I like that.

Funny, the steel bike thing.
Perhaps if all the people who froth about them now had bought them at the time, we might have had a few more years of production before the manufacturers changed to cheaper to produce aluminium.


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 11:42 am
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Always loved steel and always owned a steel bike!


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 12:09 pm
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Each to their own...


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 12:13 pm
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Funny, the steel bike thing.
Perhaps if all the people who froth about them now had bought them at the time, we might have had a few more years of production before the manufacturers changed to cheaper to produce aluminium

isnt some of the retro/steel appeal about buying now what we desired but couldnt afford then? I upgraded from a 456 to a Dialled Alpine in part due to the "853" tubing/sticker, when I got into riding 853 was as aspirational as Ti is now so it has a lot of cache and wish fulfillment for me.

And any design/material that is in a minority and leads to a different look is going to be interesting- now that fat swoopy ally and carbon fibre is the norm, skinny and straight looks novel.

The Skyne looks like an old Rocky Mountain with a nasty rattle can spray job to me.


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 7:29 pm
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The Skyne looks like an old Rocky Mountain with a nasty rattle can spray job to me.

I think that's what I like about it! ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 7:35 pm
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Very Hot Tuna, Gotcha or Ocean Pacific of a certain vintage.


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 7:52 pm
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@CF - still a big part of my wardrobe & wearing well (the clothes, not me!).


 
Posted : 11/10/2014 7:55 pm