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So said:
Your decking is quite something isn't it Brads. We've discussed your roping before, but I didn't appreciate the sheer heft of the installation, replete with bhudist shrine and hot tub.
I genuinely cannot tell if you are being facetious or not.The kids tied the rope round the logstore, but the lot is getting binned soon to be replaced with somit else.
It's a pretty nice place to chill out, thanks for taking the time to comment on it.
Chester draws said:
1999 Kona Cindercone. Bought from new at £700 and recently sold for nearly £200 to a good home.
Miss the light weight and the responsiveness of it, but new bikes more comfortable so able to cover more ground for the same effort. Which helps me keep up with my boys.
Miss the light weight and the responsiveness of it, but new bikes more comfortable so able to cover more ground for the same effort. Which helps me keep up with my boys.
A slightly newer one, built up for my wife and for either of us a shopping/errand bike (Now with the seat angle set, a rack and mudguards)
TonyG2003 said:
To the OP. I’d put the Chas Roberts up on eBay and RetroBike and you may get some takers if it has plenty of original parts. Retro on the RetroBike forum is “pre-1997” (don’t ask me why that date!) and the O2 is probably old/not retro so you may not get as much for it.
Not a chance! I did think about doing that and buying something more modern, but have changed my mind.I’ve taken it out this morning for the first time in years. Some lube and air and it rode as well as it did when I built it in 1998.
It rides silently and smoothly over ever the nastiest ruts, which is a function of its handmade steel frame.
It was built for me my the great man himself, to my exact measurements. Having put on my Pace Raceware jacket this morning I find that I am exactly the same size as I was then.
It would be like selling a Savile Row suit to buy one from Next.
Edited by So on Friday 15th May 11:43
k.So said:
Not a chance! I did think about doing that and buying something more modern, but have changed my mind.
I’ve taken it out this morning for the first time in years. Some lube and air and it rode as well as it did when I built it in 1998.
It rides silently and smoothly over ever the nastiest ruts, which is a function of its handmade steel frame.
It was built for me my the great man himself, to my exact measurements. Having put on my Pace Raceware jacket this morning I find that I am exactly the same size as I was then.
It would be like selling a Savile Row suit to buy one from Next.
Very nice.I’ve taken it out this morning for the first time in years. Some lube and air and it rode as well as it did when I built it in 1998.
It rides silently and smoothly over ever the nastiest ruts, which is a function of its handmade steel frame.
It was built for me my the great man himself, to my exact measurements. Having put on my Pace Raceware jacket this morning I find that I am exactly the same size as I was then.
It would be like selling a Savile Row suit to buy one from Next.
I had a set of those forks, though. I wouldn't go back.
Rather than start a new thread, is there any way to get my aluminum frame looking a little better without too much work? The main triangle isn't bad but the seat and chainstays are as below:
I don't want to damage the frame or get in too deep with sanding etc, so may just give it all a really good clean and perhaps put some sort of clearcoat/lacquer on it. Any recommendations in that department too?
I don't want to damage the frame or get in too deep with sanding etc, so may just give it all a really good clean and perhaps put some sort of clearcoat/lacquer on it. Any recommendations in that department too?
Some stunning bikes in here...
I spent a fair chunk of the 90s as a Saturday lad at the local 'good' bike shop. Owner used to do some form of tax dodge which meant we could buy parts/bikes at cost price minus 20%... Which meant I very rarely actually got paid in cash!
However, being your typical Saturday lad, I used to chop and change costantly - and anything I did keep for longer ended up getting sold at the bottom of the depreciation curve...
Had most of the 'lust' hardtails though. Couple slipped through the net - square tubed, externally butted Pace for one, and a Dekerf Team SL was one I dreamed of.
Then got into road bikes, last one from work was a Trek 5500 OCLV with full dura ace and Fir Antara carbon rims on Hope Titanium hubs. Ordered that winter as it got announced - then that summer Armstrong won his first TdF... USPS colours with a stunning metal flake blue. Ah, those were the days.
Trick on the Klein - the tube walls are obscenely thin. Used to be pretty common they could get dinged. The balloons kids entertainers use to make balloon animals are great to stuff down and then inflate - pinging out the dent, and protecting that gorgeous paint.
I spent a fair chunk of the 90s as a Saturday lad at the local 'good' bike shop. Owner used to do some form of tax dodge which meant we could buy parts/bikes at cost price minus 20%... Which meant I very rarely actually got paid in cash!
However, being your typical Saturday lad, I used to chop and change costantly - and anything I did keep for longer ended up getting sold at the bottom of the depreciation curve...
Had most of the 'lust' hardtails though. Couple slipped through the net - square tubed, externally butted Pace for one, and a Dekerf Team SL was one I dreamed of.
Then got into road bikes, last one from work was a Trek 5500 OCLV with full dura ace and Fir Antara carbon rims on Hope Titanium hubs. Ordered that winter as it got announced - then that summer Armstrong won his first TdF... USPS colours with a stunning metal flake blue. Ah, those were the days.
Trick on the Klein - the tube walls are obscenely thin. Used to be pretty common they could get dinged. The balloons kids entertainers use to make balloon animals are great to stuff down and then inflate - pinging out the dent, and protecting that gorgeous paint.
wobert said:
I no longer have it, but I loved my ‘94 Orange Clockwork.
Ordered from MacLaines in Wolverhampton and collected the following week (I was away on business in the area at the time and called by the shop to ‘browse’ one lunchtime
)
They threw in a few upgrades, LX front and rear mechs and a set of Campag Atek rims on LX hubs (the rest was STX RC).
It was replaced with a HT P7 in 2007.
Nice!Ordered from MacLaines in Wolverhampton and collected the following week (I was away on business in the area at the time and called by the shop to ‘browse’ one lunchtime
)They threw in a few upgrades, LX front and rear mechs and a set of Campag Atek rims on LX hubs (the rest was STX RC).
It was replaced with a HT P7 in 2007.
I had one of those as well, sadly stolen around 1995. Mine had a Flite Titanium, XLite skewers and bar ends, Onza Chill Pills and a Daves Chain Device
So said:
The fluo yellow were Muirwoods, the orange ones were Eldridge Grade.
I had a 1990 Marin Bolinas that was fluo yellow. This one was stolen as well. Very common theme for me in the 1990s.
Here I am looking very happy to be riding to school
Added bonus of my Dads old Sunbeam Alpine in the backgroundEdited by itsnotarace on Sunday 17th May 09:51
I think its a 90s mtb Grisley mega 20 hoooge tubes and mega Aloooominum frame stx groupset and components.
Proudly stated CAD made in Merica by Peter Grisley.
The picture shows it in its later guise as commuter/rough hacking around bike from about 5 years ago.
Unfortunately it now sits in the garage stripped bare just frame and fork.....Doubt that I will ever build it back up as it was a bit small for me.
g7jhp said:
Bacon Is Proof said:
Pretty sure this is a '92: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6...
Looks red in the magazine pics, possibly faded a bit in the flesh and my OH has just reminded me that I am colourblind.
This is a '93 which is a darker red as components are typically anodized, not painted:
Friend's one was fitted with Manitous, lovely bike. Deore DX rapidfires that you could go up the block in one hit. Think they dropped the DX tag not long after, went straight from LX to XT.
The Marin Catalogues are hereLooks red in the magazine pics, possibly faded a bit in the flesh and my OH has just reminded me that I am colourblind.
This is a '93 which is a darker red as components are typically anodized, not painted:
Friend's one was fitted with Manitous, lovely bike. Deore DX rapidfires that you could go up the block in one hit. Think they dropped the DX tag not long after, went straight from LX to XT.
Edited by g7jhp on Thursday 14th May 19:21
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/v/Manufacturer...
Still a nice looking bike that I wish I still had
I bloody love this thread.
Currently building a single speed frankenbike out of an old Townsend mtb that was on it's way to the skip. I need help.
I did unlock a great bit of info doing it tho, you can split classic freewheels the same as you can split cassettes, so you can pick a cog and space it accordingly. Really useful and removes the need for dishing rear wheels to get a good chainline.
Currently building a single speed frankenbike out of an old Townsend mtb that was on it's way to the skip. I need help.
I did unlock a great bit of info doing it tho, you can split classic freewheels the same as you can split cassettes, so you can pick a cog and space it accordingly. Really useful and removes the need for dishing rear wheels to get a good chainline.
V1nce Fox said:
I bloody love this thread.
Currently building a single speed frankenbike out of an old Townsend mtb that was on it's way to the skip. I need help.
If it makes you feel any better, I recently 'rescued' an old Trek 800 from a similar fate. I've bunged some spare wheels I have on it, but I've now found the seatpost is stuck.... Currently building a single speed frankenbike out of an old Townsend mtb that was on it's way to the skip. I need help.
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