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Sept 17, 2017 19:05:08 GMT
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Girlfriend's dad gave me this before, apparently cost a bit in the nineties but hasn't used it since turn of the century, asked if I wanted it before he tipped it. Anyone know anything about them? Love the chrome frame, not seen a MTB in chrome before. Show us your retro MTBs
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Sept 17, 2017 20:01:34 GMT
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MiataMark
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 2,954
Club RR Member Number: 29
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Retro Mountain Bikes...MiataMark
@garra
Club Retro Rides Member 29
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Sept 18, 2017 9:18:23 GMT
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1990 Mazda MX-52012 BMW 118i (170bhp) - white appliance 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 2003 Land Rover Discovery II TD52007 Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon JTDm
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ianw
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Sept 18, 2017 11:20:27 GMT
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My 1993 (frame) GT Zaskar. My 1995 Claud Butler Vantage - I've had this since new, got it when I was 13, makes a great bike for road riding now. Both get used weekly and give me no issues, long live retro
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Sept 18, 2017 11:26:22 GMT
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they're awesome I was just going to stick this on eBay but it feels made to measure, it's so nice to ride for a 20 year old bike. So much to the Mrs disapproval, it will be staying who needs suspension, or carbon, or disc brakes, or....
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ianw
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Sept 18, 2017 11:34:27 GMT
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they're awesome I was just going to stick this on eBay but it feels made to measure, it's so nice to ride for a 20 year old bike. So much to the Mrs disapproval, it will be staying who needs suspension, or carbon, or disc brakes, or.... Very few people I find
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samta22
Club Retro Rides Member
Stuck in once more...
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Club RR Member Number: 32
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Retro Mountain Bikes...samta22
@samta22
Club Retro Rides Member 32
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Sept 18, 2017 13:41:52 GMT
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Girlfriend's dad gave me this before, apparently cost a bit in the nineties but hasn't used it since turn of the century, asked if I wanted it before he tipped it. Anyone know anything about them? Love the chrome frame, not seen a MTB in chrome before. Show us your retro MTBs I had once of these as my station bike before someone decided they wanted it for xmas last year. Now replaced by a similar looking GT to the one above. Still miss the Saracen though, light enough and with better gearing for my uses than the GT.
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'37 Austin 7 '56 Austin A35 '58 Austin A35 '65 Triumph Herald 12/50 '69 MGB GT '74 MGB GT V8'73 TA22 Toyota Celica restoration'95 Mercedes SL320 '04 MGTF 135 'Cool Blue' (Mrs' Baby) '05 Land Rover Discovery 3 V8 '67 Abarth 595 (Mrs' runabout) '18 Disco V
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Sept 18, 2017 15:45:23 GMT
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The Diamond Back.
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m30rmf
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Aug 25, 2018 16:39:32 GMT
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Just picked up a Raleigh Max Aero mtb, currently getting tweaked and made good...can anybody throw any light on these for me, worthwhile upgrades etc etc...
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Aug 25, 2018 20:10:25 GMT
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I raced on a bike like that in the 90s ! (good wheels though)
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Aug 25, 2018 20:39:34 GMT
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I started racing in 2010. Think I was spoilt. Retro road bikes, yeah but retro mountain bikes, unless a clunker don’t do it for me.
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antni
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I'm currently tarting up a 97 kona cinder cone. Love mountain bikes from that era
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Sept 4, 2018 10:55:33 GMT
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some might say the daddy of mountain bikes, which is just a chronological observation and obviously should not be confused with being a good mountain bike, because it isnt. but the bike was marketed for young adults, as a direct response to growing trend of said bikes in the USA, 1981 raleigh bomber
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Last Edit: Sept 4, 2018 10:57:37 GMT by darrenh
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Sept 4, 2018 18:13:59 GMT
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I can confirm after doing a downhill run on a Bomber for laugh and hitting a tree so hard I stunted it's growth, that a good mountain bike they aren't. Cracking for a cruise along the beach though.
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Sept 4, 2018 22:17:43 GMT
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The Diamond Back. Yes I have a Diamond Back Topanga, had it from new, not ridden it for probably 20 plus yrs, sat in the back of my shed
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jpr1977
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Club RR Member Number: 18
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Retro Mountain Bikes...jpr1977
@jpr1977
Club Retro Rides Member 18
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Sept 4, 2018 22:55:59 GMT
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I'm currently tarting up a 97 kona cinder cone. Love mountain bikes from that era One of the most comfortable bikes i have ever ridden was a 96 Cider cone (the gold one with grey forks) Unfortunately some scrote felt they wanted it more and it disappeared from our student digs... Would love to get another one but they seem to have a bit of a cult following these days...
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Sept 4, 2018 23:22:19 GMT
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The Diamond Back. Yes I have a Diamond Back Topanga, had it from new, not ridden it for probably 20 plus yrs, sat in the back of my shed It's had a few changes since then... Still a constant battle with the thing every time I want to change something! Still havn't given up with it yet!
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Sept 4, 2018 23:27:36 GMT
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Been giving this a go lately... It was a little rough when I got it, but it's ok now.
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antni
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Sept 4, 2018 23:46:58 GMT
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I'm currently tarting up a 97 kona cinder cone. Love mountain bikes from that era One of the most comfortable bikes i have ever ridden was a 96 Cider cone (the gold one with grey forks) Unfortunately some scrote felt they wanted it more and it disappeared from our student digs... Would love to get another one but they seem to have a bit of a cult following these days... Mines the blue/purple satin finish with white indys will put some pictures up when it's done. Got a trek that someone spent a fortune on in about 99/2000 thats being used for bits
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lightyearman
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GYJDM - Grimsby based Japanese car club - Find us on Facebook
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Can anyone remember the blue and orange Daewoo bikes everyone at school seemed to have circa 1998?
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'89 Honda CRX siR Glassroof Flint black fully restored track beasty '90 Nissan S13 Pignose - pass the mig wire '86 Mini - matt orange, 13" Wellers, Project 2018 '97 LDV Convoy home built camper/tramper van '04 Saab 9-5 Aero HOT. Anyone want it? '91 Honda VFR400 NC30 17,000 km from new '87 Honda XR80 4 stroke baby crosser '03 Mini Cooper S - honestly, they are fun... '15 VW T5.1 LWB daily brick
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