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Took the MTB into work yesterday for a change, first time out in the area on it, usually have the road bike in the boot.
View from Norbury Park
Then I thought I'd see how close I could get to my road bike times up Box Hill on it, 7:21 in Winter Jacket, baggies and 24psi Knobblies, quite happy with that
A minute off my best and about 40 seconds off recent efforts.
Bit of a recce loop and found quite a few spots worth a more concentrated look around for trails.
View from Norbury Park
Then I thought I'd see how close I could get to my road bike times up Box Hill on it, 7:21 in Winter Jacket, baggies and 24psi Knobblies, quite happy with that
A minute off my best and about 40 seconds off recent efforts.
Bit of a recce loop and found quite a few spots worth a more concentrated look around for trails.
Edited by Sk00p on Friday 3rd November 11:52
Sk00p said:
Took the MTB into work yesterday for a change, first time out in the area on it, usually have the road bike in the boot...
...Then I thought I'd see how close I could get to my road bike times up Box Hill on it, 7:21 in Winter Jacket, baggies and 24psi Knobblies, quite happy with that A minute off my best and about 40 seconds off recent efforts.
Wow! My best time on "Box Hill 2.2k" is 10:08, and that was almost certainly on a road bike, and wearing my 'best' aero Lycra. I'd better pull my finger out I reckon!...Then I thought I'd see how close I could get to my road bike times up Box Hill on it, 7:21 in Winter Jacket, baggies and 24psi Knobblies, quite happy with that
A minute off my best and about 40 seconds off recent efforts.
Went to Thetford yesterday with a mate and decided to take the retro steeds instead. Great fun once dialled in to them as they are so different to ride versus our modern 29ers. Like driving a classic car, they are hard work but feel so more nimble and responsive - nowhere near as comfy though as my backside is letting me know today.
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Went to Thetford yesterday with a mate and decided to take the retro steeds instead. Great fun once dialled in to them as they are so different to ride versus our modern 29ers. Like driving a classic car, they are hard work but feel so more nimble and responsive - nowhere near as comfy though as my backside is letting me know today.
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Love it! I wish I had my "retro" bike from the early 1990s. A weird 'triple triangle' (but not a GT) high clearance chainstay (silly gimmick) thing, but I can't even remember what brand it was. I bought it at the bike shop in Andover and mostly used it on Salisbury Plain around the Tidworth/Perham Down area.
It got badly bent when I hit a big hump in the dark and fractured two vertebrae too. Then it got nicked and immediately dumped (it was unrideable due to twisted cranks, stem, and stays anyway). When the police turned up (remember the days when you reported a theft and the police actually sent a car round?) they found it abandoned in a bush and returned it to me. The lock was still on it, as the scrote who nicked it sawed a fence post in half to get it!
Then it stood for ages (I took over 18 months to recover from that crash) and eventually I let it go to a "rag'n'bone" type bloke for £30.
I loved that bike. Navy blue with yellow "paint splatter" effect frame. I really want a retro MTB now, but decent ones are hard to find and seem to fetch big money, while cheap ones all seem to be low-end crap that I wouldn't have wanted "back in the day", leave alone would want to ride now...
ETA: Mine had a similar frame layout to this one...
...which was the closest image I could find on the internet. Photo lifted rom this old Retrobike thread > http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1...
Edited by yellowjack on Monday 6th November 11:22
yellowjack said:
Love it! I wish I had my "retro" bike from the early 1990s. A weird 'triple triangle' (but not a GT) high clearance chainstay (silly gimmick) thing, but I can't even remember what brand it was. I bought it at the bike shop in Andover and mostly used it on Salisbury Plain around the Tidworth/Perham Down area.
It got badly bent when I hit a big hump in the dark and fractured two vertebrae too. Then it got nicked and immediately dumped (it was unrideable due to twisted cranks, stem, and stays anyway). When the police turned up (remember the days when you reported a theft and the police actually sent a car round?) they found it abandoned in a bush and returned it to me. The lock was still on it, as the scrote who nicked it sawed a fence post in half to get it!
Then it stood for ages (I took over 18 months to recover from that crash) and eventually I let it go to a "rag'n'bone" type bloke for £30.
I loved that bike. Navy blue with yellow "paint splatter" effect frame. I really want a retro MTB now, but decent ones are hard to find and seem to fetch big money, while cheap ones all seem to be low-end crap that I wouldn't have wanted "back in the day", leave alone would want to ride now...
ETA: Mine had a similar frame layout to this one...
...which was the closest image I could find on the internet. Photo lifted rom this old Retrobike thread > http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1...
Edited by yellowjack on Monday 6th November 11:22
Don't be put off buying one, that Kona Lava Dome you see my mate riding is near mint. It's a 93 model built to period spec and he bought it last month for £140.
My Pace on the other hand was a little more expensive (don't tell the wife!)
I'm currently building up a 93 Saracen Kili Elite to full period XTR spec as well
IroningMan said:
Loving the notion of 'retro'. MTB fashion being what it is, my 100mm hardtail 26er is already retro and it's not even ten years old.
Same. Took my 26" triple chain ring, narrow bar On one out last weekend & it felt like a sports car compared to the 27.5 wide bar full sus Lapierre. Agile & flickable. I think I'll keep it forever. Too much fun to swap it for the £300 or so I'd get for it.Eddie Strohacker said:
Same. Took my 26" triple chain ring, narrow bar On one out last weekend & it felt like a sports car compared to the 27.5 wide bar full sus Lapierre. Agile & flickable. I think I'll keep it forever. Too much fun to swap it for the £300 or so I'd get for it.
Another plus 1 here! My Boardman must be over 10 years old, triple chainset, bar ends, the lot! It's actually a little small for me, so that helps even more with the weight. If I ever get a replacement, I'll probably try a Calibre Bossnut, just because a full susser for around a grand makes a lot of sense to me.Another day off where childcare and weather worked out so I could get out on my bike. This time from my parent's house in the Cotswolds:
Cotswold Ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Cotswold Ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Cotswold Ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Cotswold Ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Cotswold Ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Cotswold Ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Had a really good afternoon with mates along the Downs.
The hill at Bignor is an absolute killer and the photo really doesn’t do justice to quite how knackered I was feeling at that point!
An extremely slippery ride and we had one puncture and one pretty nasty crash coming down from Bignor to Amberley - the chalk is a killer at the moment
On the plus side my new carbon wheels felt pretty good and I’m sure were a help along the way (bloody hope they were!)
The hill at Bignor is an absolute killer and the photo really doesn’t do justice to quite how knackered I was feeling at that point!
An extremely slippery ride and we had one puncture and one pretty nasty crash coming down from Bignor to Amberley - the chalk is a killer at the moment
On the plus side my new carbon wheels felt pretty good and I’m sure were a help along the way (bloody hope they were!)
HoHoHo said:
Had a really good afternoon with mates along the Downs.
The hill at Bignor is an absolute killer and the photo really doesn’t do justice to quite how knackered I was feeling at that point!
An extremely slippery ride and we had one puncture and one pretty nasty crash coming down from Bignor to Amberley - the chalk is a killer at the moment
On the plus side my new carbon wheels felt pretty good and I’m sure were a help along the way (bloody hope they were!)
Haven't been there on the MTB for ages, dragged some mates up the road at the weekend. Which way did you go? And yes, the chalk is awful at the moment, I'm riding crazy lines to try to avoid it!The hill at Bignor is an absolute killer and the photo really doesn’t do justice to quite how knackered I was feeling at that point!
An extremely slippery ride and we had one puncture and one pretty nasty crash coming down from Bignor to Amberley - the chalk is a killer at the moment
On the plus side my new carbon wheels felt pretty good and I’m sure were a help along the way (bloody hope they were!)
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