Retro MTBs

[V1nce Fox]

So said:

d8mok said:

Did someone say retro bikes...

I’ll only post the ones I class as keepers. As it’d take too long for all the ones I’ve had recently.

Built this last year



To sit with my



And owned from new



And the mbuk Zaskar



Oh and my sts lobo which is now sold

I always wondered about the GTs. Was the top triangle solving a problem that did not exist?

Kind of, but as they've got older it gives them a real idiosyncratic style. You know one from a mile away. I bloody love mine...

[Bacon Is Proof]

feef said:

I may be due a parrot, but didn't the colours change year to year?

Hmm, possibly.
I know the Eldridge was solid yellow with red graphics before they started using zolotone grey (late 80s? The red from this period was the Palisades, my mate has one) the '92 with the coded rear triangle was red and then they changed to two tone grey on the frames with coloured components for '93 (another friend has one), still red.
A google search shows a lot of resprays and that very few people know what year their bike was!

The Palisades went green for the zolotone era and I remember this as that was the bike that we all lusted after as young teens as it seemed cheap enough to be in reach.

I may be missing the odd year, been a lot of beers between then and now!

[Brads67]

Someone left this in my garden for me the other week while I was out riding.

Will clean it up and move it on , probably.

[So]

Bacon Is Proof said:

feef said:

I may be due a parrot, but didn't the colours change year to year?

Hmm, possibly.
I know the Eldridge was solid yellow with red graphics before they started using zolotone grey (late 80s? The red from this period was the Palisades, my mate has one) the '92 with the coded rear triangle was red and then they changed to two tone grey on the frames with coloured components for '93 (another friend has one), still red.
A google search shows a lot of resprays and that very few people know what year their bike was!

The Palisades went green for the zolotone era and I remember this as that was the bike that we all lusted after as young teens as it seemed cheap enough to be in reach.

I may be missing the odd year, been a lot of beers between then and now!

They may have.

The 1990 or 91 was grey with orange stem and forks.

The 1992 was black with an orange rear triangle and stem (I think).

[seiben]

Brads67 said:

Someone left this in my garden for me the other week while I was out riding.

Left it for you?

Not a bad result

[Brads67]

seiben said:

Left it for you?

Not a bad result

Yeh, folk know I do up old bikes. I used to do a lot and give them to local kids with no bike. Now they just assume I want there old bike out the shed ! lol.

It's actually a pretty cool old thing, not sure about the battering dildos on the front mind.

[Bacon Is Proof]

So said:

They may have.

The 1990 or 91 was grey with orange stem and forks.

The 1992 was black with an orange rear triangle and stem (I think).

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.

[V1nce Fox]

Brads67 said:

Yeh, folk know I do up old bikes. I used to do a lot and give them to local kids with no bike. Now they just assume I want there old bike out the shed ! lol.

It's actually a pretty cool old thing, not sure about the battering dildos on the front mind.

Wish people left stuff like that for me.

I'm looking for an old racer frame of some sort atm, must be steel, 60s-70s-80s, 19-21", proper back of the garage barn find type st. Literally just need frame and forks. Want to make a road fixie, I've got everything except the frame.

Amount of stuff I've been offered in the past or seen thrown away, but can I find one cheap anywhere now? Can I fk.

[So]

V1nce Fox said:

Brads67 said:

Yeh, folk know I do up old bikes. I used to do a lot and give them to local kids with no bike. Now they just assume I want there old bike out the shed ! lol.

It's actually a pretty cool old thing, not sure about the battering dildos on the front mind.

Wish people left stuff like that for me.

I'm looking for an old racer frame of some sort atm, must be steel, 60s-70s-80s, 19-21", proper back of the garage barn find type st. Literally just need frame and forks. Want to make a road fixie, I've got everything except the frame.

Amount of stuff I've been offered in the past or seen thrown away, but can I find one cheap anywhere now? Can I fk.

Surely until you've got the frame you won't know if you've got everything else?

On a few occasions I thought I had all the parts and bought a frame. By the time I then bought the parts that weren't the right fit I could have bought a whole bike!

[bern]

Pooh said:

I have a Whyte JW4 like this and I love it, the suspension is fantastic and it feels great to ride. It is interesting how close the 4 link rear suspension design looks to the Marin above and I think that they where both designed by John Whyte.

Edited by Pooh on Wednesday 13th May 21:07

Yeah, the rear suspension is exactly the same. As you say John Whyte designed it for Marin and did his own front suspension design for his. Would have loved a Whyte 46 back in the day.

[V1nce Fox]

So said:

V1nce Fox said:

Brads67 said:

Yeh, folk know I do up old bikes. I used to do a lot and give them to local kids with no bike. Now they just assume I want there old bike out the shed ! lol.

It's actually a pretty cool old thing, not sure about the battering dildos on the front mind.

Wish people left stuff like that for me.

I'm looking for an old racer frame of some sort atm, must be steel, 60s-70s-80s, 19-21", proper back of the garage barn find type st. Literally just need frame and forks. Want to make a road fixie, I've got everything except the frame.

Amount of stuff I've been offered in the past or seen thrown away, but can I find one cheap anywhere now? Can I fk.

Surely until you've got the frame you won't know if you've got everything else?

On a few occasions I thought I had all the parts and bought a frame. By the time I then bought the parts that weren't the right fit I could have bought a whole bike!

I've got a LOT of parts.

I'm incapable of throwing anything away. Don't judge me.

[g7jhp]

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 here

Edited by g7jhp on Thursday 14th May 19:21

[Brads67]

Freebie now fettled a bit and thoroughly cleaned and reworked.

[Bacon Is Proof]

g7jhp said:

The Marin Catalogues are here

Edited by g7jhp on Thursday 14th May 19:21

Cheers!
fk me '91 was a mess!

[defblade]

Brads67 said:

Freebie now fettled a bit and thoroughly cleaned and reworked.

Battering dildos..... ATTACK!!!

V1nce Fox said:

I've got a LOT of parts.

I'm incapable of throwing anything away. Don't judge me.

Even if it's, like, good judgement?
(Says the bloke who yesterday found out his 22 year old heart rate monitor still works with a new battery in, and did shortly thereafter put his hands on the original instruction manual )

[Brads67]

defblade said:

Brads67 said:

Freebie now fettled a bit and thoroughly cleaned and reworked.

Battering dildos..... ATTACK!!!

Seriously, I cannot wait for a car to pull out in front of me, it won't stand a chance.

[neilski]

I bought this Raleigh Dyna-Tech Encounter new in 1991 and still have it 29 years later. It's more of a road touring bike than an a mountain bike these days though.

Vietnam


Laos

[So]

Brads67 said:

Freebie now fettled a bit and thoroughly cleaned and reworked.

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.

[So]

Well, enthused by all the talk about retro bikes, I am going to break the White Spider in an hour or so and go for a ride.

I am going to imagine I am as slim and fit as I was in the 90s.

[Chester draws]

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.