Retro MTB Tribe
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby singlespeedscott » Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:30 pm
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby silentbutdeadly » Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:32 am
Ooooo...I like that. Despite the hyper extended rear stays. That'd be a keeper.
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby find_bruce » Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:10 am
Did you make the brackets with nothing but the hand tools shown ? Very impressive. Don't think the wheel spacers in the back left will be used on a bikejbchybridrider wrote:
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby jbchybridrider » Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:03 pm
Started with two 100x100x10 plates traced the drops on them cut the excess off with a band saw and planed them down to 8mm, the rest done with what's on the bench. Quite happy I pull it off without mistakes. Car wheel spacers are crap!!
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby koshari » Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:50 pm
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby singlespeedscott » Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:33 pm
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby singlespeedscott » Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:35 pm
I think this my be an early Haro mtb.akq wrote:Not sure if this is allowed but will post and see if I get shot,3 kerbside finds,not sure what the top bike is but would assume its a decent brand as was found in same pile
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby simon.young » Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:37 pm
Nice work! Looking forward to see the build.jbchybridrider wrote:That Mongoose is to cool despite the loose rear!
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby akq » Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:21 pm
Thankssinglespeedscott wrote:I think this my be an early Haro mtb.akq wrote:Not sure if this is allowed but will post and see if I get shot,3 kerbside finds,not sure what the top bike is but would assume its a decent brand as was found in same pile
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby cycles gitane » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:32 pm
2014-07-26 11.32.25 on Flickr
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby Slow6 » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:52 pm
Holy hell.. awesome.cycles gitane wrote:Here is the picture of the Nishiki Alien road bar conversion (post on previous page).
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby alrsv1 » Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:31 pm
1992 Cannondale M2000, 201Pivot Mach5.5.
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby alrsv1 » Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:53 pm
This one's in a pretty sorry state so it's getting striped back to the bone and restored. Haven't decided exactly what to do with it yet.
Decisions decisions....
After photos will follow... in a few weeks.
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby jbchybridrider » Wed Sep 03, 2014 7:30 pm
I see potential with this bike. What are you going to do about the fork, saggy elastomers or springs ? I've seen Manitou elastomers but not for Rockshox.
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby find_bruce » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:41 am
Prairie Breaker in Moorabin for a fair bit more coin. Looks to be the same modelSlow6 wrote:Prairie Breaker in Brunswick for a song.
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/brunswic ... 1052589305
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby alrsv1 » Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:18 am
jbchybridrider wrote:I see potential with this bike. What are you going to do about the fork, saggy elastomers or springs ? I've seen Manitou elastomers but not for Rockshox.
Got a set of rigid chromoly forks for it. It's going to be a street bike so wont need suspension. I know that will drop the front end a bit but it wont upset the geometry enough to be a problem. Looking forward to building this.
Speaking of upsetting geometry, have you seen the length of that stem? I can't believe we used to ride with these, yikes.
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby Marmoset » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:03 pm
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby Marmoset » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:11 pm
Wow, I had one of those as a warranty replacement for an Avalanche frame that cracked and after Karakoram of the same era that got stolen. Same forks, bar ends etc. great paint jobs on those early GT's. I still have a GT LS jersey in the blue and yellow splash scheme.
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
Postby cray- » Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:12 pm
When I peeled off all the crappy No Fear and Rock Shox stickers I found the paint underneath had faded at a different rate to the exposed sections, so I now have ghost stickers on it.
Also, you can't tell in the photo but about 60-70% of the frame was covered in some kind of very thick, clear stickers. I assume it was to protect the paint from chips and scratches, but the application is bodgy at best, different shapes cut out and applied all over the shop.
So now I have a conundrum, I'd like to have it repainted and get original decals onto it but can't afford to do so. I could strip it DIY style and then polish the ally (the Zaskers look nice shined to almost chrome), but that's lots of hard work, I'd still need decals and I honestly prefer the gunmetal paint. Or I leave it in it's ratty state, put the bike back together and ride it. Maybe I'll do it properly one day.
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
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Re: Retro MTB Tribe
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