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Gompo said:
Louis Balfour said:
The sloping top tube. Yes, that is the point when MTBs became good looking and it has moved on to road bikes now as well.
I am assuming that it's at most a 17" frame, which will accentuate the sloping top tube - and maybe a longer fork than standard? I always associated Kona with that look. Not sure what it is with Kona these days, In the 90s they seemed quite well respected and had a bit of a USP with that frame geometry/design, and the P2 forks.DailyHack said:
Retro MTB are making a massive return to popularity, especially for the "gravel bike" conversions, people have realised rather than spending £1000's on a 'gravel bike' which is essentially a 80/90's rigid MTB, you can get a cool older geo bike
....but this has meant the bikes you use to see sticking out the skips in the street that no-one wanted, are now worth silly money!
Funny fashion isn't it
How do you do a gravel bike conversion?....but this has meant the bikes you use to see sticking out the skips in the street that no-one wanted, are now worth silly money!
Funny fashion isn't it
Sway said:
Louis Balfour said:
How do you do a gravel bike conversion?
Pretty much a case of swapping stem for a short one, fit drop bars and brifters, done.Lots of gravel bikes run 650b which is another way of saying 26".
V1nce Fox said:
Louis Balfour said:
I've got a Chas Roberts that was built for me in 1998/9. It has Pace suspension forks on it. If I am going to be on trend and have a gravel bike is that acceptable?
It’d be like bolting halfords tat on to a mk2 rs2000. Barchettaman said:
Louis Balfour said:
How do you do a gravel bike conversion?
Have a look here:https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/828426-...
But today I have prepared the Roberts White Spider for use again this summer. Compared to my teenage son's modern hardtail it looks like a delicate little thing.
Zigster said:
Sway said:
Louis Balfour said:
How do you do a gravel bike conversion?
Pretty much a case of swapping stem for a short one, fit drop bars and brifters, done.Lots of gravel bikes run 650b which is another way of saying 26".
By the time you’ve put a new groupset, bars, stem on a stty old 90s MTB you would have spent close to the price of a budget gravel bike. And you’d still have crap brakes.
If it’s a decent 90’s MTB, leave it as it is. If it’s a st 90’s MTB, chuck it in the skip where it belongs.
V1nce Fox said:
V1nce Fox said:
gtidriver said:
Ive got a black 1991 Kona cinder cone 14" frame with a girvinflex stem hanging in my garage, its been there for 8yrs, id say 7/10 on condition. ill drag to down and take some photos, it needs to be gone but I can't be bothered to sell it, it'll probably end up In landfill..
Someone on here needs to save that!Do I hear twenty? Twenty anyone? You madam with the handlebar moustache?
Japveesix said:
So said:
My first proper mountain bike was a Muirwood, buy it wasn't that cool as my friends all had rockhoppers, GT LTS-1s and ludicrously overpriced saracens.S11Steve said:
My MTB days are nearly 30 years behind me - real life, career, house moves but also a fragile back has meant I've got two sentimental wall ornaments in the garage.
1995 Custom sized.Amp Research B3 and F2 forks and XT 95 group. Originally had the Amp Research discs but I was made an offer I couldn't refuse to sell them.
Prior to this, I had a 93 Klein Pulse Comp with Mag 21 forks, and sunrise fade paint scheme. I still regret selling it to this day, but I replaced it with what was going to be a ratty hack bike but really wasn't.
1988 Orange Clockwork from the first production run. DX thumbies and Joe Murray forks - Orange hadn't made their own yet.
I had a Clockwork. The first great steel frame I had.1995 Custom sized.Amp Research B3 and F2 forks and XT 95 group. Originally had the Amp Research discs but I was made an offer I couldn't refuse to sell them.
Prior to this, I had a 93 Klein Pulse Comp with Mag 21 forks, and sunrise fade paint scheme. I still regret selling it to this day, but I replaced it with what was going to be a ratty hack bike but really wasn't.
1988 Orange Clockwork from the first production run. DX thumbies and Joe Murray forks - Orange hadn't made their own yet.
john7 said:
Interesting fact for you. Tim Gould used to be sponsored by Peugeot and was, obviously, seen one one at all times. Except, when he was racing he was actually on a Roberts White Spider painted up to look like a Peugeot.Fat hippo said:
The little red Specialized appears to be Jason McRoy's old bike. Or a copy of it. One of the iconic bikes of the 90s.Gassing Station | Pedal Powered | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff