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out of all the bikes ive had, this is the one i regret selling the most, dont even know why i sold, must have needed the money at the time :-/ cant even remember who i sold it to to enquire if its still about.
originally a mustard coloured kilauea, took it to one of jezz's mates (james) up in scisset, denby dale, to get ss dropouts welded on and a baby pink respray. rigid silver orange (F8?) forks, magura hydraulic rim brakes, a glittery silver wtb saddle, twas as light as billy-o and went like stink. why oh why oh why did i sell it??
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i bet someone like Bikes & Buddies would buy it to use as shop display...?
Not worth polishing up if it's going to be a wet weather commuter - 2" road tyres and guards. Some trekking type bars might be a good idea - I really liked them on this, which was a small and low for me already.
Now this - this I like. Couple of Marathon Pluses, and I'm all set, with potential to add guards / rack / bars if I like the way it's working! What bars do you have on that one - by the looks of it a lot of moustache bars need road-sized levers (~ 23mm clamp) rather than MTB ones (~22mm clamp)?
Sam - The handlebars are the "NC-17 Trekking Handlebars Bicycle Handlebar" handlebars.
Got them after I did my shoulder in and needed less weight on the front. They do put your hands quite far back as well as up, so you might need a longer stem, hence the rather gopping number on mine above. Frame was always on the small side, though. bars are std mtb diameter - normal v brake levers on here.
sold out in a few places though. here are some, with a couple of other options on the "also viewed" scroll at the bottom.
humpbert do loads of different shapes too, they're worth a look.
I sold my first proper MTB, which was also a Fire Mountain. The geometry was great for the time - better than the more upmarket bike I replaced it with, but it was still a pretty low end bike.
And for me, modern bikes are simply miles better.
I nearly shed a tear when I cracked my cindercone a few years ago, it was a 99 I think possibly 2000. Black with white decals. I raced it dh, rode it all round the country and lapped (the outside) the Nurburgring on it. It was quite rapid with a set of Z1 bams and a short stem on it, even compared to my newer bikes.
Steep and short or long and slack, you get used to it pretty quickly it’s up to you but if it rode well back then, it probably still does