Retro MTBs

[groomi]

I built this a couple of years ago. An old alloy Carrera frame (which creaks a bit), Rock Shox J2 (I think) with remote lock out, Flite titanium saddle and a bit of a mix of 21speed Shimano stuff. Would be nice to find a better frame for it at some point, although can't decide on size at the moment as it may be used by my wife once I finally get my Trek Y built up.

[aka_kerrly]

Here are a sample my bikes

The Haro Zippo, bought in 1999 for around £100


The hardtails


left to right..
1) Saracen X-Ess, pre release frame, I won it in a competition about 3 or 4 months before it went on general sale (yes it usually has a saddle!!)
2) 1999 GT Arrowhead - my first "proper" mountain bike I bought brand new , it's a triggers broom now an sports mostly LX and a few XT bits with Rockshox Judys
3) DDG Shooter, originally spec'd as a trials bike but has since been converted to a dual slalom/jump bike with Marazochis, mid size chainring/chain guide and Hopes front & Rear.

**** I still have some rigid forks with disc mount on them if anyone is interested in modernising a old rigid.

I also have a GT Pantera frame an fork - think it's a 14.5 inch which could be a nice retro build if anyone is interested.
looks like this

[d8mok]

Got a zaskar frame coming on friday. Going to build it up hopefully with XTr/XT mix and some Spin wheels if i can find some.

[PHmember]

My son's Zaskar:

[MDMA .]

Current Zaskar, in SS spec -

[PHmember]

MDMA . said:

Current Zaskar, in SS spec -

loving that.

[kinhill]

Some great bikes in here.

Here is one of mine, a Steve Potts 'Tamoflage' CCR.

Edited by kinhill on Saturday 28th January 13:16

[d8mok]

Finished. Couldn't get any spin wheels though.

[kinhill]

Another one of mine.

[d8mok]

Found some spins

[Zippee]

This is mine

[PHmember]

d8mok said:

Found some spins

Result. Looks great

[TheFungle]

I've just picked this up after winning it on eBay

£30 and it runs perfectly true with very little surface rust, just right for being my new town bike.



Aside from a set of gumwall City Jets, Rapidfire triggers and new grips there is nothing that needs doing.

[97BlackC5]

A selection of retro machines rebuilt / modified by me over the last few years. Even took the Parkpre Team 925 to Mountain Mayhem back in 2015 & she held together very nicely, although brake fade could have been a bit of a problem if the race had been any longer than 24 hours lol.

[markoc]

the Parkpre is lovely - always had a soft spot for those... [goes to browse ebay, retrobike etc]

[Watchman]

Zippee said:

This is mine

Is that the first one in this thread with disks? Nice..!!

I couldn't go back to cable rim brakes after hydraulic disks.