What was your dream bike thread?
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lukeyman said:
Cool! How close to the magic £250?
I had my dream bike. GT Zaskar. Got stolen within weeks of starting Uni in 1996. Vector forks, FIR DH rims, Middleburns... Sniff. Insurance money got me a San Andreas though!
£250 would of been nice but there was little chance of that but its defietly cheaper than some that have sold on ebay/retrobike. I had my dream bike. GT Zaskar. Got stolen within weeks of starting Uni in 1996. Vector forks, FIR DH rims, Middleburns... Sniff. Insurance money got me a San Andreas though!
Ive already got the mbuk 20th anniversary zaskar so thats my zaskar itch scratched.
Id like a LTS next i think as im a 90's GT fanboy.
I owned my dream bike when I started my 2nd year of Uni (bought or 600 2nd hand), then sold it for £100 to buy a car as a student!
Also had a hanckering for a set of Pace carbon suspension forks, which I now own too, but no bike to put them on since swapping them out for Rockshox, so might sell them
Also had a hanckering for a set of Pace carbon suspension forks, which I now own too, but no bike to put them on since swapping them out for Rockshox, so might sell them
I always wanted one of these:
My mate bought one when I worked in Halfords back in the 90's (I think I even got him staff discount on it!), I remember building it up for him.
Think they were around £400 then, which I couldn't afford - my Ford Fiesta only cost me £300!!
Other one I wanted was the Orange Clockwork.
My mate still has the Saracen - I keep trying to buy it off him lol.
My mate bought one when I worked in Halfords back in the 90's (I think I even got him staff discount on it!), I remember building it up for him.
Think they were around £400 then, which I couldn't afford - my Ford Fiesta only cost me £300!!
Other one I wanted was the Orange Clockwork.
My mate still has the Saracen - I keep trying to buy it off him lol.
Woody said:
I always wanted one of these:
My mate bought one when I worked in Halfords back in the 90's (I think I even got him staff discount on it!), I remember building it up for him.
Think they were around £400 then, which I couldn't afford - my Ford Fiesta only cost me £300!!
Other one I wanted was the Orange Clockwork.
My mate still has the Saracen - I keep trying to buy it off him lol.
This was my Clockwork.... Really I wanted a Vit T but alas no funds.....My mate bought one when I worked in Halfords back in the 90's (I think I even got him staff discount on it!), I remember building it up for him.
Think they were around £400 then, which I couldn't afford - my Ford Fiesta only cost me £300!!
Other one I wanted was the Orange Clockwork.
My mate still has the Saracen - I keep trying to buy it off him lol.
Glad to see my old thread resurrected!
Even better, someone who posted actually getting the bike of their dreams. I had a chance of getting the Giant ATX 1 on two occasions now. One had a different frame configuration to the DH bikes and the other the guy was taking the pi55 with what he wanted to sell it for!
Even better, someone who posted actually getting the bike of their dreams. I had a chance of getting the Giant ATX 1 on two occasions now. One had a different frame configuration to the DH bikes and the other the guy was taking the pi55 with what he wanted to sell it for!
For me in MTB terms it was merlin titaniums, pre Trek Kleins and GT RTSs.
Of the latter I now own two (although one is for sale). This is the posher one that I've recently built up from a frame with period swanky bits (it's a 1993 main frame with a slightly later alloy rear end, 95 Judy SLs, XTR 950 etc etc.
I also coveted my friends Saracen Kili Ultra which was their early 90s Titanium offering. I had (still do) the steel version and recently managed to acquire one of the Titanium frames from the same year (94) as my bike - proper barn find example. That one is awaiting a build to catalogue spec which was Pace RC35s, XTR M900 and mostly Ritchey finishing kit. Got about 80% of what I need to build it.
As far as road bikes go, even though I rode as much on as off road during the early to mid 90's period which is where all my retro wants seem to be there isn't much I covet as while lovely stuff did exist and I do have a custom Raleigh 853 road frame from '97 road bike design was pretty stagnant around that time except for of course the obvious..............
Of the latter I now own two (although one is for sale). This is the posher one that I've recently built up from a frame with period swanky bits (it's a 1993 main frame with a slightly later alloy rear end, 95 Judy SLs, XTR 950 etc etc.
I also coveted my friends Saracen Kili Ultra which was their early 90s Titanium offering. I had (still do) the steel version and recently managed to acquire one of the Titanium frames from the same year (94) as my bike - proper barn find example. That one is awaiting a build to catalogue spec which was Pace RC35s, XTR M900 and mostly Ritchey finishing kit. Got about 80% of what I need to build it.
As far as road bikes go, even though I rode as much on as off road during the early to mid 90's period which is where all my retro wants seem to be there isn't much I covet as while lovely stuff did exist and I do have a custom Raleigh 853 road frame from '97 road bike design was pretty stagnant around that time except for of course the obvious..............
Benmac said:
For me in MTB terms it was merlin titaniums, pre Trek Kleins and GT RTSs.
Of the latter I now own two (although one is for sale). This is the posher one that I've recently built up from a frame with period swanky bits (it's a 1993 main frame with a slightly later alloy rear end, 95 Judy SLs, XTR 950 etc etc.
I can't work out where the rear triangle hinge is on this, nor what the spring is attached to.Of the latter I now own two (although one is for sale). This is the posher one that I've recently built up from a frame with period swanky bits (it's a 1993 main frame with a slightly later alloy rear end, 95 Judy SLs, XTR 950 etc etc.
Got any closer-up pics, preferably from the non-chain side?
Watchman said:
Benmac said:
For me in MTB terms it was merlin titaniums, pre Trek Kleins and GT RTSs.
Of the latter I now own two (although one is for sale). This is the posher one that I've recently built up from a frame with period swanky bits (it's a 1993 main frame with a slightly later alloy rear end, 95 Judy SLs, XTR 950 etc etc.
I can't work out where the rear triangle hinge is on this, nor what the spring is attached to.Of the latter I now own two (although one is for sale). This is the posher one that I've recently built up from a frame with period swanky bits (it's a 1993 main frame with a slightly later alloy rear end, 95 Judy SLs, XTR 950 etc etc.
Got any closer-up pics, preferably from the non-chain side?
Edit to add...
...and...
Edited by yellowjack on Monday 20th June 15:06
Oh wow, look at that..!! I never expected it to pass through the seat-tube. 
I'm trying to work out what sort of movement you would get. The movement appears to need the chain to "grow", so I presume it's actually limited to only small movements.
But it also seems to move in the right direction to pass over rocks/roots - backwards and up. Some designs I've seen offer no backwards movement, so the wheel crashes over obstacles. The original "gearbox" Zerode DH frame mounted the hinge further up the seat tube like this GT, with reviewers claiming it levelled out rough ground better than other designs.
I'm trying to work out what sort of movement you would get. The movement appears to need the chain to "grow", so I presume it's actually limited to only small movements.
But it also seems to move in the right direction to pass over rocks/roots - backwards and up. Some designs I've seen offer no backwards movement, so the wheel crashes over obstacles. The original "gearbox" Zerode DH frame mounted the hinge further up the seat tube like this GT, with reviewers claiming it levelled out rough ground better than other designs.
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