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I love bikes from the late nineties because that's when I started riding. I'd love to track down an old Spooky Metalhead frame.
I'm on Retrobike too but spend most of my time on the modern section because I'm not that fussed about the really old stuff, but do appreciate that there are some amazing restorations on there.
I have an old 93/4 Cannondale Beast of the East that I inherited from an uncle who passed away (he was partly responsible for me getting into cycling). I have (very) slowly been in the process of converting into a singlespeed with bits from the era that I started cycling - XTR V's, AC Lo Pro cranks etc. I've hung onto all of the original bits just in case - Pace RC 35's, USE bars and posts. This thread has reminded me to get off my bum an finish it!
God no.
I had a Trek Y5 once. It was shite, but hey you carry on Son 😆 Retro it most certainly wasn't, just a heap of wobbly junk.
I have had thoughts of getting hold of a Klein Attitude again, I once had one for 2 years before I sold it. However nice I have memories of it, and a work of Art it certainly was, I feel if I did own one and got it dirty I'd probably cry.
So, looking at nice pics of retro bikes is a good thing, owning them all over again might not be.
But it'll not stop me from looking out for one.
I'm retro by default inasmuch as I'm forty-something, was raised onskinny-steel and still prefer skinny steel more than budget allows. Modern bikes appear in stable more by accident than design, but mostly because disc brakes. Often wish had retrofitted my old Cinder Cone with discs.
Pic below from 1997 M-Trax 150 with retro-fitted earlier XT drivetrain w/thumbies. Couldn't resist polishing the cranks which is a chore as my 2011 MTB needs nothing other than a hose-spray and oily rag. The newest bike before that was a 2001 F500 which is arguably retro nowadays.
Back to the M-Trax - it works and rides lovely tho, slikety-snik.
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I have a '92 Breezer Storm. The brakes barely work (not at all in the wet), and if you fart it changes direction. Love it!
Still got it, ride it a few times a year. Mind-bogglingly awful compared to modern stuff but back then it was the dog's
I had one (Proflex xp-x) when they were new. I thought it was crap even then.
I had a (very) brief dalliance with an early 90's Marin Bobcat Trail, like this:
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It was very smooth to ride, felt a lot lighter than it was, but having impulse purchased it, I soon flogged it on as it just wasn't going to get ridden. Nice idea, but I'd rather actually ride modern bikes.
If i had a big enough house with room to display a retro bike I'd definitely search out one of those Specialized's like they have in the lobby at Coed Y Brenin!
Been doing up an alpinestars al-mega xt for way too long. Black and white one not the yellow.
For me the Facebook page is all about the people, places, rides, races and parties.
I do like an old mtb but have no interest in owning one, bikes are just tools its the people, scenery and riding that make it worthwhile.
Unovolo - living the Saracen!
I've always been retro 😀
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I'll never sell my mid 90's Marin and late 90's GT, but I'm unlikely to ride them again either, going to hang them on the garage wall instead.
My only contribution to retro biking on the trails is raiding the Hope catalogue of purple parts.
A workmate gave me his knackered Orange Clockwork, wrecked rear wheel, derailleur hanger bent at 90 degrees, I stripped it down and rebuilt with more modern components (the old crap sold well on retro bike and eBay, almost enough to pay for the rebuild), I wasn't aiming for a authentic early '90's just wanted to give it a new lease as our shop bike, cheap powedercoat in homage to the orange-white-orange fade. Does the job but I wouldn't want to ride it off road. At 14.5kg it's good for keeping fit, a kilo heavier than my full-sus!
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If anyone wants to buy a Trek 8000 frame 1996, I've been trying to sell my original MTB for a while, only have the frame left now
My daily saddle is retro. Kept it with me but changed bikes a few times under it.
'92 or '93 Flite Ti
Though I have replaced the leather on it after it disintegrated.
I dip into retro stuff now and then but am quickly reminded new stuff suits me much better. Built up a carbon copy of my mk1 Chameleon which was nicked back in 1998 or something. At the time it was the best thing ever - the "new" one I built was rubbish.
Orange Vitamin T, probably could buy a new Alpine 160 now for what it would have cost 22 years ago
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That Vit T is a lovely bike mate.
Even a purple computer on that? Noice!
I had one of these
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Didn't have Pace forks though. It had a really nice pair of uber light straight bladed forks that came as spec. I took it into my then LBS for a new drive train. They took the forks off and sold them to some guy (USAF - going home, saw my forks, shop sold them to him) and plugged in a pair of crap bouncers. When I picked it up they said 'we put your new forks in.....' Long story, didn't get my forks back....
Anyway, I built the bike up for my Dad a few years ago. He has it in his garage but is too old to ride it any more. I guess it will wend its way back home in the end.
I still have the stem - crazy long and the bars were secured by one bolt! The thing is, the bars were so narrow there was no leverage on them!
Did it ride like a Ti bike? No. Ti gas pipe I reckon, heavy, stiff as hell and handled like a dog. Other than that.....