Straight steerers, 26" wheels… lets see your 'old fashioned' bikes then…

My new to me obsolete bike. Looking forward to riding it at Bike Park Wales this Saturday.

26 in wheels, straight steerer, 2×9 and tiny 710mm bars!

… but still great fun. 🙂

Klein Adept Race-2000 Shod with winter wheelset

in no hurry to change it

Just gathering the parts for a Scandal 29er build……. As my n+1

Old steel
Skinny tubes

Brand new.

Cove Hummer by South Downs MTB Skills[/url], on Flickr

Don’t ride it all that much these days, but it’s the “keeper” out of my bikes

26″ wheels, 2.1″ tyres, 1 1/8″ steerer, 25.4mm bars and stem, hex key seat post clamp, skinny Tange Prestige, flat but sweepy bars, QR hubs, but 1×9:

IMG_20140613_190006 by will jenkins[/url], on Flickr

Really nice bike Will.

Here is mine ……..

Tiny wheels, tiny bars, front mech, straight tubes and steerer, 9 speed
Total fail 😛

It’s got wide bars and a 1 x 10 drivetrain, but everything else is out of fashion, especially as it’s not made from Reynolds tubing or a Cotic!

456 evo 2. Running 1×10, but otherwise outdated! I love this bike.

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Please forgive the 15mm front axle (others seem to have overlooked this from the OP too)

P1010255 by ScotRoutes[/url], on Flickr

I decided to sit-out the wheel size debate last year – and gave my 2010 Mk2 Cotic Soul a makeover:

Re-sprayed in autumn 2013 from black to two-pack white by Argos.

Sporting a custom pewter head badge, with new decals from Cotic and Reynolds. I also gave the 2010 Fox F120 forks (bought heavily discounted but new in 2013) and DT rims new 2013/14 decals at the same time.

Now rolling on 2.4 Mountain Kings, but otherwise as per pic: XT/R, with Hope and Thomson where it matters.

I keep being attracted to 27/29/generally more “rad” options, but then realise that most of them are very small variations on what I already have or would be too much for my needs. 🙂

I really should have had a 1.5 head tube stuck on though…

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Ritchey P20[/url] by ritcheyp20[/url], on Flickr

And unfortunately this… Wor lasses Nicolai

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Nicolai Helius CC[/url] by ahsatb[/url], on Flickr

Garage full of out of date, boring bikes…but one is a 1.5″ steerer, does that count 😉

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2006 Specialized Hardrock Sport[/url] by matt_outandabout[/url], on Flickr

Unfashionable wheels, straight steerer, 3X9, tubed Panaracers, non-adjustable seatpost, QR rear and I still have loads of fun on it! 😀

I have a really old hardtail with a 1992 frame, but we’re presumably after modern bikes which have been obsoleted by changing standards, so here’s my ultimate bling bike. When I built this up in 2007 I thought it would last for many years as my ultimate bike.

No seat QR, but no dropper post either I’ve just always ridden full height. However it does have 26″ wheels, straight 1 1/8″ steerer (it is ZS, so in theory I have the option of tapered), QR wheels, 3×9, narrow flat bars (~560 in the pic, now 600), bar ends, 2.1 tyres.

Tiny little wheels, 2×9, piddly little 140 forks and a skinny seat tube.. My blue filing cabinet has clocked up over 500 miles this year, was my more than capable steed around Molini and I love it just as much as I did 4 years ago when I bought it.

My trusty commuter.

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@ devash. Love that Camber colour scheme (colorway as they prefer!) compared to my 26er Expert.

Started life as a Saracen Kili Racer circa 1993 with a poorly Headtube.

After a bit of surgery and removal of some unnecessary bits, fresh powdercoat and decals has been brought back to life.
I like to think of it as Nouveau Retro, old fashioned looks with new tech rolled in,such as 1×10 drivetrain, Carbon bars and other lightweight bits,Disc up front and Avid V brake at the rear.

Chumba HX1

My 2008 Kona Caldera, straight steerer, 26″ wheels, QR front and back. Rebuilt as an completely inappropriate commuter.

This bike turns eleven in November, still quite a few original components.

26″
straight steerer
27.2mm seatpost
3×9 gears*

New to me 4 months ago and it’ll be mine until either it breaks or, more likely, I do.

*although Father Christmas will hopefully make it 1×10, N/W + clutch mech.

Voodoo wanga yesterday at Cannock chase

Might have something that fits in this thread…

1991 Haro Extreme

Being ridden in N Yorks.

1992 GT Tequesta

Being ridden down back of Mam Tor

Dave Lloyd Beez Kneez

My pride and joy: 1994 Kona Kilauea

Tange Prestige Concept. You don’t need to know how much this decal cost me to buy during the bike resto.

2009 Pitch Pro. My newest bike. Probably best to skip this as it’s not 650b and those top 10 strava downhill results must be wrong.

Just rebuilt her, my pride and joy

Currently in the shed –

None of the above get used all that often now although until early this year the Cannondale and the Tinbred were my main bikes. I’ve added a couple “modern” bikes this year and I have to say really enjoying them so the older bikes aren’t getting used as much. I have a 27.5 geared carbon hardtail and a 29er rigid single speed. The wheel size does make some difference but the biggest change/benefit for me is the more modern geometry.

Some very nice bikes here, especially Unovolos’ Saracen!
Here’s my other-halfs’ Kona Kilauea; it’s been sat in the shed since May, so decided to give it a revamp.

I removed all the cable barrels and stops and silver-brazed on full outer barrels, plus some headtube rings to add a bit of strength there.

I know it doesn’t fit the thread exactly, but I’ve been riding it to work and I forgot just how nice it was!