whos got a retro mtb ?

A lavender-hued 1989 Saracen Eiger Competition. All original, I had one back in the day til it went AWOL one night. I picked up this one on ebay this year for next to nothing. I might even ride it one day!

Mattig, the Marin you seek is the Palisades, I think. You can usually find them on ebay.

1998 GT LTS1000. £2000 back then! 😐

My 1999 Klein Attitude…

Might build this up again as well…

1997 scwinn homegrown usa. Still has its original grease guard headset and v brakes plus 1996 flite ti railed saddle bike bought new for less than half price in 1999. Now singlespeed and used at least fortnightly for a proper ride. Light, lively and razor sharp on fast flowy singletrack. Lovely bike although the brakes suck big time!!!!!

’92 Ascent EX

Not used a lot – all original except for the brake blocks.

1992 Trek 950 owned from new here – now just used as pub bike.

woody – ygm

1990 Kona Explosif with Pace RC30 forks owned from new

My First ever Mountain Bike after always having BMX’s

Used to ride it all the time till i was about 16, then started messing with cars, passed Driving Test at 17, then it stayed in Nans Kitchen till last year when we had to give the house up when Nan went into a Care Home.

Its all mostly original apart from the seat which I split when I was younger and, since this photo, Ive replaced the wheels with simular items as the originals had split.

Use it only when Dry because, its only a Raleigh, but it means a lot to me.

Here’s my ’89 Custom Alves. IRD Ti forks, IRD Swtichback brakes, WTB greaseguard hubs. Suntour thumbies, mechs with antlers on them. Jacquie Phelan was the last person to ride it.

Waits for RepackRider to post up Breezer#2

My mid 90’s SS Kona Hahanna makes a great muddy commuter.

1995 Kona Hahanna for when it`s bad.

’98 Kula

I’m currently trying to “restore” this baby, a 1991 Cannondale M400.
Its been stripped and has a few non-original parts, but I got it for nowt! I might use it as a workout bike as its very light, but its more than likely going to be sold on eventually.

At what age does a bike become considered retro?

One of the older bikes in the shed. A clunker racer for 9 of the 11 clunker classics. Suspected to be largely a 1930s pashley. Cranks snapped at first clunker. The rod brakes broke after a few clunkers (damned fast brakes those rods) so now has sturmey drums, on halo DH rims. The bars are renthal motorcycle bars. Stem cap is a champaign cork. Rear light bracket has been oxy acetylene’d into a handy beer bottle opener, might open other bottles, but never tried.

Handling is…. Eeeer, it goes real well in a straight line. Slicks help keep the speed up and corners boot out drifty.

And the cowbell lets folk know I coming on hard and fast, jamming crazy like ghengis khan with an ale’y anus

So take your 1990s modern as MC Hammer bikes, and…. Dance around your flexstem in your big silly pants.

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Anyone remember when Marin launched a range of bikes with ‘mud resistant paint’? Always made me laugh that one!

Woody – cheers, will have to get me one of those. Let me know if you split the bike and would be interested in selling it?!

I still have my, owned from new, Fisher Celerity that has lived through various set up’s since 1990. Now in singlespeed form. Although it is currently waiting a headset rebuild as the bearings have finally given up.

In my garage loft is the majority of my first mtb, an ’85 Raleigh Maverick complete with 5 friction shift gears and sidepull brakes. Those brakes and steel rims made for some ‘interesting braking moments’ back then!

Apologies for lack of pictures.

Someone I work with has a GT STS, probably the only unbroken one left (because he never rides it) 😛

Mid 90’s Salsa Ala Carte.

kiwijohn,

thats awesome. I’ve always had a thing for the ala carte.

My own retro, no pics, but a 96 Bontrager Privateer.

I have one Yo Eddy Team Fat Chance in Grello, One Yo Eddy in Aqua marine fade, a 1989 Fat chance ( for sale)

these are my main retro bikes , the Grello gets ridden most

mrs aa has a completely original 96 (or 97) kona hahanna, even down to the scratch and sniff tyres and brake pads! 😆

got a couple of zaskars I use with the kids LOCT seats, but my main racing/ playing bike is a 96/7 Kona Hei Hei…

and in 2012 racing mode…

djaustin – i seen your boy at the Are You Tough Enough event and commented on how cool his Marin was – he was going well!

I’ve got a 1993 Dyna Tech Torus – the welded variety

Great frame, but pretty tired now, with a worn out drop out, meaning i have to wrap bits of coke can around the axle to keep the wheel in place!

Its got XT from the period with grip shifts and the original red DX V-brakes (96 i think)

I’ve fitted Pace rigid forks and a recent disc, headset and bars

I ride it a few times a year – mostly road work though

You made his afternoon. Needs lighter tyres (and better wheels) for racing (but the 2.4’s are “cool” – his words), but I still marvel at how light it is when I put it on the roof.

Still has original full XT groupset, and I’ve only upgraded the front brake to a disk.

I notice that there aren’t many FS bikes in the above list. Any reason? I assume that advances in FS have been significant, but a HT is a HT? Or did they all break ? 😐

Cheers aa. The old girl is just a rolling retro collection now, but still a sublime ride.

Today I took some pics of my old mt bike.. Should make a few smile and bring back some good memeries for some.. Sorry if too many pics.

DJ

97 GT Zaskar & ’93 Ridgeback 706RS, neither of which I really ride, but can’t bring myself to sell them.
Although did stupidly sell a ’92 Kona Explosif 🙁

I haven’t read the whole thread but this is one of mine – ’92 Delta V, full M735 XT, M231s, Pace bars, Logic Ti saddle, the usual really… 😀

This is my pub bike

bargain

I had some Pace RC 130 bars back in the day. Mine snapped while I was compressing my Mag 21’s in the shed 😕

Marin Muirwoods 1997. 17″ Tange Triple butted cromoly Frame. Should be double butted Tange for the year so not sure if it is triple butted or the wromg sticker is on it! The frame serial number is for an Eldridge Grade of same year that was tipple butted, so mibbe it’s that frame with Muirwoods colours. Frame Weighs 5.3 ibs. Manitou Spyder 99 fork. Shiman m590 Hollowtch 2 triple chainset, Mavic 317 wheels on xt hubs,alivio rear mech, Deore DX front mech. Hg50 7 speed Cassette. Original Marin alloy seatpost and FSA Orbit XL2 Headset. Stem and Bars are alloy Halfords and nowt to right home about but light enough and no problems so far. Seat, tyres,pedals,V Brakes and 7 speed Gripshift MRX Shifters are from Rockrider 5.0 that I broke when started Marin build and all work ok. Total weight is just under 28ibs. Great all round bike unless trails get really rough. Would like a better fork cos no damping on Spyder but apart from that it’s all good and works fine. If i use original cromoly forks it weighs just 26 ibs

1993 Specialized S-Works

M900 XTR – mint condition
Early Race Face Atlas crankset with original rings
Futureshock forks that are surprisngly good
Original Selle Flite titanium
Longest stem in the world

Dave Lloyd CATS WISKAS I built up a few years ago. It was more fun finding the parts and building the bike than it was riding and breaking them. Sold to fund a more sturdy machine… which I also broke 🙄

95 Kilauea still being used

01(ish) Klein Mantra – part time SS frame which it’s quite well suited to

What year is the cut off to be considered retro ?.

1997 is considered retro on the Retrobike forum