Hope Superlight ti hub
(better pic)
Like what I still have one of in the garage 🙂
Shark's fin.
Those yellow (mine was Specialized) frame bag - Spiders Web?
For me Syncros stems:
and Ringlé Moby seatposts:
I vote for Flexstem, although toeclips would be my second vote (for MTBs, I know touring types who still like them).
I've got that exact same P7 sat in my garage.
1996 P7 in Nickel, xt Groupset including some of the first sets of XT V Brakes and a Rock Shox Judy XC fork.
Rusting away, unused. Just cant bring myself to chuck it away.
Lots of good ones above.
How about some of the more experimental/hacky ones:
U-Brake under the seatstay
Bontrager cut down Mavic MA-40 rims
I might have a Synchros stem kicking about somewhere. But I probably binned it as the wedge didn't actually work very well.
I guess it depends how retro and what branch of MTB. That STS is pretty of-its-time. Hope C2s? The Ringle purple ano QRs too. And the Z1 was for a time the fork to have on anything hardcore with a single crown. Paul's rear mech was something I lusted after too even though it probably wouldn't have worked any better and I'd have spent my wages on replacement parts for it.
I'm going to propose (though I'm useless with images) a GT LTS with z1's and V brakes.
So much good stuff here so I will just add Hot Pies!
For me it's this...
And Mavic Sunset rims...
I've got one of those later Syncros stems with the hinged bar clamps still in everyday use on my commuter.
I reckon Onza ski-bends is the right answer.
and before those, the Syncros Steerhorns
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sorry, but a stem is not iconic.
yes you stare at it a lot and it needs to look good but it's just a piece of connecting pipe.
for me it's the Flite Ti saddle even though I never had one because I couldn't afford one and knew I wouldn't get on with the shape. I have the modern version now which still looks great, though not nearly as great as the original, but is more comfortable.
Power Grips. I used them for years on Odyssey Triple Traps & AXO Ponies, on my elevated chainstayed rasta couloured Pacific bike along with a pair of white Rock Shox Mag21's in 1.25" ahead, Club Roost stem, Onza bar ends, XT thumbies and really wide 23" Control Tech bars...... #yesteryear
What about riser bars with braces, Club Roost did one, and X-Lite used to do a mad wide h'bar back in the day.
sorry, but a stem is not iconic.
Sorry but I beg to differ.
The stem that launched a million clones. For about a decade after the Shorty came out, almost every stem was either a Shorty or a rip off of one. Unless you were an XC mincer.
I think I've probably still got a lot of the stuff above in my spares box in the garage.
No-one mentioned the CK Rasta headset yet?
Got to be the recent Sick stem that looked like a vajazzled door stop.
That shark's fin is both iconic and unbelievably was still available until very recently.
I think a stem can be iconic
Got to be the recent Sick stem that looked like a vajazzled door stop
*Applause*
Ahh, the azonic stem - that#s the one.
Girvin flexstem is right up there with the Onza bar ends for me.
No mention of RS7's yet?
For me. Certainly this ...
http://www.bikepro.com/products/stems/girvin.html
(And if I could get hold of a pair of Axo Pony boots in green/purple (size 7) I would be a happy man)
Bontrager Switchblades for me:
Or the yeti accutrax in yellow.
In my loft. Coloured the pink bits black.
And they are size 7.
Got to be early front suspension for me. RS Judys were the first forks we all put onto our rigid hardtails. My old XCs are still sat in the shed, as are the Kona P2s I took off 🙂
Mmm.. gotta be magura hydro rim brakes or no definitely project 2 forks they work well and look cool too
Pace RC 35’s
For me the Smoke and Darts probably above all. Used off road and for commuting. Never entered my mind to change tyres avoiding to use. I just got on and rode. Things were so simple back then.
That said,I had a serious love affair with my Manitou 2's. I absolutely loved how those forks looked.
Magura HS33 for those without disc brake mounts.
What about the DCD?
What about the DCD?
Second post in the thread
What about the DCD?
Second post 😉
Not sure who did the originals, but I bet there aren’t many MTBers of a certain age that haven’t had their shins torn apart by bear trap style pedals.
*Looks at shins and weeps
22/32/44 & 11/28
Honest question, why is the Flite Ti iconic for mtb? It was the late ‘80s replacement for the Selle Italia Turbo for road bikes. I have three originals on road bikes, but can’t see why it is iconic off road.
why is the Flite Ti iconic for mtb?
Because it was the saddle to have. Light, comfy, titanium. I still have an original too but mine is more Araldite than Sella Italia
Fair enough, but nothing says mtb like a pair of vintage thumbies. And probably a Thomson seatpost. Things I think of as being mtb-specific.
Curiously, my Flite Ti saddles have almost the identical profile and fit of my Brooke’s B17 narrow.
Agree with the Smoke/Dart and most definitely the short cage Xt rear mech. The rest are all good but are innovations/improvements of some great kit. The tyres and mech (for me) are definite icons and not just changed the ride...people did aspire to those rest was all good but we're more bragging rights than out and out improvements (all my own opinion and no doubt disagreeable to many).
