Hi guys,
I've been looking for a steel frame to modify to turn into a singlespeed cyclo/monster/cross bike on a shoestring budget. I thought I'd hit the jackpot last night when I found this Ricardo Bushbike abandoned on the nature strip just down the street!
Anyway, I got very excited about it but was disappointed in the light of morning to find the cross and down tubes show signs of fatigue near the head tube where this old girl has obviously been beaten around the bush a bit. I've included a photo, the paint has flaked off on the top tube and shows fatigue cracking on the down tube. There's a buckle on the top tube - look for the rust.
So, I've decided this isn't the frame for me but stumbled across this forum and wondered if any of you (in Melbourne) might be interested in her?
It's a large frame (I can measure if you like), its 1021 tubing, and probably weighs somewhere in the 75 kg range

. From what I can gather from the catalogues posted on this forum I reckon it might be from 1986.
That's a real piece of Australian mountain bike history.


