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As title curious if anyone else into downhill bikes or just MTB Used to love the trials when younger and my lad spotted one of my old frames and asked to build it up Quite enjoyed helping him build it back up as reminded me how much I used to love downhill at his age Can't beat a good retro bike mucho coolness So what you all got wanna see those retro MTB My lads scott high octane one Almost built up  |
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Davey
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Love an older scott!
Still lusting after an older giant glory or santa cruz v10 and can't beat a orange patriot.
I like this thread!
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact
Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300
EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus - Mercedes W212 E250
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I actually have a few bikes davey All hoarded from my younger days Have a scott high octane one pictured And also a nitrous 30 which can just about be spotted in pic above Pretty cool bikes at the time and the high octane was pretty dear when new think was around 2.5k lol Both Scott's are 2005 bikes so pretty retro now Also have a specialised big hit and funnily enough have a v2 frame and shock here but never really got on with the Santa Cruz tho  |
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Davey
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If you feel the need to sell anything feel free to pm me!
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact
Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300
EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus - Mercedes W212 E250
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Mine is fairly retro, currently waiting for new swing arm bearings before heading to the Alps in the summer. Rocky Mountain RM7 complete with Shivers  |
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Shivers look well on that  Nice bike too |
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Yes me. I moved to France in my 20s to ride/race more. None of mine would be considered retro even today. Sadly my last DH bike, a Devinci Wilson suffered a horrible death and cracked in a few places.   My current bike is a brand new (only 4 rides old) Santa Cruz 5010 V2C, oh and I ride a road bike too, Wilier GTR SL, but you probably don't want to know about that either. |
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Nice bikes ^^^ at least you know you ride em properly when they crack the frames eh haha !!
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I love old school bikes. I have a Klein Mantra which is hella 90s. But I can't figure out for the life of me how to get a photo on here from my phone.
It's a cool bike anyway. Total death trap of an early downhill bike
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Death trap = fun tho surely hahaha
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Feb 10, 2017 14:26:22 GMT
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sure, its fun but this thing actually tries to kill you! here it is  |
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Feb 10, 2017 19:15:02 GMT
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I remember when those Scotts were new. I used to ride at PORC most weekends and that headtube gusset fascinated me massively.
The most retro thing I had was a Intense M1, I also had the obligatory Kona Stinkys amung other things.
Ride a boring Norco Fluid now.
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Feb 10, 2017 20:09:03 GMT
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I remember when those Scotts were new. I used to ride at PORC most weekends and that headtube gusset fascinated me massively. The most retro thing I had was a Intense M1, I also had the obligatory Kona Stinkys amung other things. Ride a boring Norco Fluid now. Hahha yes the head tube is a pretty cool feature and would say out there even for today Both removable and adjustable too |
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Feb 10, 2017 22:59:39 GMT
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Such a bizarre shape frame that Klein
That's why I love the older type frames when they were all still experimenting with frame geometry and pivot points lol
I'm after a lefty setup just because they still look epic today haha
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Yeah I remember seeing a lefty fork being ridden and being blown away by it. Even now on the rare occasions I see one, it still has the same effect. That Klein frame is pretty bonkers, they did some awesome bikes though. Here's an interesting read on the Mantra for anyone interested m.pinkbike.com/news/1996-klein-mantra-pro-now-that-was-a-bike.html |
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I've always liked Orange but I wouldnt consider the UFO to be one of their greatest  But I'm building this one up for the giggles only. Released in 1998 I think...  |
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Feb 11, 2017 15:09:42 GMT
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Was it orange that built the Mr O? I had an orange 5 a few years ago which I loved, my youth was spent lusting after the Patriot!
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Feb 12, 2017 20:38:15 GMT
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Was it orange that built the Mr O? I had an orange 5 a few years ago which I loved, my youth was spent lusting after the Patriot! Yeah orange built the Mr O, I too also wanted a patriot, black with red boxxers on it, also wanted a kona stinky in the green/yellow/red colour from the late 90's. Sadly I could never afford one and had to stick with hardtails. I currently have an '07 commencal meta but she don't count as retro enough in my eyes. One of the best looking bikes I thought was the sintesi bazooka, the space framed one, with shivers on it  Picture stolen from google. And there was also the brooklyn machine works bike which was so bad ass, ah man this was my childhood, before mobile phones and wasteofspacebook when kids would venture outside and ride their bikes around local shops, colleges and city centres getting chased by security...ah fond memories |
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Feb 12, 2017 20:48:36 GMT
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This is my current fleet My commencal meta  My pashley 26mhz, shes a very early one  And my kona lava dome  |
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rustydanYes! The Brooklyn Machine Works was a thing dreams were made of! I'd still very much like one now. Doubt I could afford one even now, probably ten plus years after first seeing them. I also liked the Santa Cruz V10, the first of the fluid frame type, seemed like such a leap ahead at the time from the old bean tin swing arm version.
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