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I always wanted one of these Klein's. That color.

Stumpjumper! Specialized had some great bikes during this period. I vaguely remember an advertisment Specialized did that showed a roof that caved in on a Specialized frame and the frame stayed intact. I believe they had some kind of guarantee on their frames at that time.

My first mountain bike. I couldn't afford the rockhopper or the stumpjumper or a car but I sure loved this bike and put a lot of miles on it.


My daily rider is similar to this except mine is all bay-bay blue. Somewhere in the late 90's Bontrager sold to Trek. I'm pretty sure my frame is from the pre-trek era.


Ice cold ride here:


Gary Fisher:


Cannondale:


GIANT!




There are some really pretty vintage mountain bike single speed conversions out there:

This is what I ride almost daily, but with a leather saddle and some climbing bars. Had this since 1991 or so.

Mine has hybrid tires on it and a bottle cage in the same position. I do need to go get some new tires and a tune up though. The stock components are showing their age.

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Mine has hybrid tires on it and a bottle cage in the same position. I do need to go get some new tires and a tune up though. The stock components are showing their age.

Nice! Hybrid tires is a great touch. I have thought of doing the same especially for some longer rides/trips I am planning but I'm nervous I would pop them too easily. I really like those old Giants. A friend had one when they first came out and I remember it being a pretty nimble beast.


How 'bout those old Treks?


Jamis with mustache bars and a nice seat:


Bridgestone put out some nice bikes:

Heres' one outfitted for touring:

Bedlam 0-0-0 wrote:

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Mine has hybrid tires on it and a bottle cage in the same position. I do need to go get some new tires and a tune up though. The stock components are showing their age.

Nice! Hybrid tires is a great touch. I have thought of doing the same especially for some longer rides/trips I am planning but I'm nervous I would pop them too easily. I really like those old Giants. A friend had one when they first came out and I remember it being a pretty nimble beast.


How 'bout those old Treks?


Jamis with mustache bars and a nice seat:


Bridgestone put out some nice bikes:

Heres' one outfitted for touring:

Love those mud flaps, gonna add that to mine.

NO ONE CARES ABOUT THESE RELICS!

Mickey O'neil wrote:NO ONE CARES ABOUT THESE RELICS!

INSOLENCE!!!!

I'm digging that chopper.

When I was a kid, we used to cut the forks off one bike and jam the forks onto the forks of another bike to make choppers.

I had one of these. Looking back on it...WTF was it good for? Cool, though.

I had a Miyata Countryrunner that I rode the living shit out of.



Over a span of years I replaced and upgraded the brakes, drivetrain, shifters as I wore out the stock parts.

nafod wrote:When I was a kid, we used to cut the forks off one bike and jam the forks onto the forks of another bike to make choppers.

I had one of these. Looking back on it...WTF was it good for? Cool, though.

Heck yes those are cool! My neighbor had one when I was growing up. SOB never let me ride it. Those shifters are so flash. I found a stingray in a dumpster when I lived in Denver. Some tweakers stole it out of my backyard. That banana seat style is sought after now.

Klein, the Bontrager and MB-0...such iconic bikes from that era and totally different handling.

If y'all dig the old school style you would probably like Chromag bikes. Old school flavor with a front shock.

http://www.chromagbikes.com/frames

I worked in shop that sold Bridgestones in the early 90s. I lusted after the elusive MB-1.

I weigh 270 on average, I will hop curbs, though I haven't gone down stairs in a while, and I've ran over large sticks and the remains of a deer before and I haven't popped them.

Was a pretty decent buy for the tire.

I've got an old bridgestone hybrid (I think an XO-3, was relatively cheap back in the day). It had their funky moustache bars that I couldn't get into (was a roadie back then) so it's got flat bars on there. Also got a GT with the old triple triangle frame. I'm too lazy to go out to the shed to take pics right now. ;) My brother had an RB-1, which was awesome. I should have bought it from him and put the campy chorus stuff I had on it.

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:I weigh 270 on average, I will hop curbs, though I haven't gone down stairs in a while, and I've ran over large sticks and the remains of a deer before and I haven't popped them.

Was a pretty decent buy for the tire.

What the?!! How did that happen? Did it start out something like this:

You guys are right in my wheel house of shit I like. Those old steel bike will be riding long after the current crop of carbon wunderbikes are cracked to hell and back. Throw some Paul Neo-Retro canti brakes on them and you'll never miss the lack of disks. You actually have to know what you're doing to make time on the trail with those bikes.

I'm a huge Grant Petersen fan, so the mere mention of old Bridgestone bikes gives me a semi. The X0-1 is near legend status among the real in-the-know hipsters.

If you jones for the owd skewl, you can always grab a Transition Klunker and learn how to handle a bike.

http://vimeo.com/channels/301304/51119615

Alfred_E._Neuman wrote:You guys are right in my wheel house of shit I like. Those old steel bike will be riding long after the current crop of carbon wunderbikes are cracked to hell and back. Throw some Paul Neo-Retro canti brakes on them and you'll never miss the lack of disks. You actually have to know what you're doing to make time on the trail with those bikes.

I'm a huge Grant Petersen fan, so the mere mention of old Bridgestone bikes gives me a semi. The X0-1 is near legend status among the real in-the-know hipsters.

Cool man, I will check out those Paul Neo Retro canti brakes. I recently picked up a bob ibex trailer for some longer trips. The guy I bought it from said I would need disc brakes but I don't have the $$'s for a new bike. I need some new pads but I will look into those brakes. Thanks!

bridgestone xo1

You can still get basically that same bike as a Rivendell Atlantis.

Um.

Isn't this site still for adults? Next thing you know there will be threads about comic books and related films, teenybopper poon, snus and clove cigarettes, and similar childish claptrap.

Nut up, boys. At least develop some shame.

Garm wrote:Um.

Isn't this site still for adults? Next thing you know there will be threads about comic books and related films, teenybopper poon, snus and clove cigarettes, and similar childish claptrap.

Nut up, boys. At least develop some shame.

We could all pretend to be force recon.

;)

I have no shame. I love comic books.