Thias
Klein Fan
Hey guys!
I have been on here for quite some time now, but never did a proper build thread on here.
So I thought I might share my biketech Hikari, I have been rebuilding over the last few months.
As usually, I was searching the local ads for nice retro bikes. I usually look for those cheap bikes with very bad pics, so no none ever klicks on them, but I do. As was this ad where you could hardly see anything but a shape of a yellow mtb with monostay. The top tube-to-monostay-situation reminded me of some Rocky blizzard so I took a closer look. I discovered Maguras, still wasn't sure about the frame. I found that biketech had a very similar geometry on their Hikari and toyo frames. And as the asking price was 50 Euros, I gave it a go. Sneaked past my woman :roll: mumbling "I'll have a look at a bike-ad" into my beard and earning a warningly raised eyebrow. Why doesn't she like buying shoes. That would make my argumentation so much easier...
And this is what I found:
Ritchey dropouts
The monostay (I like!)
Head-badge of an early biketech
DT-Hügi / Mavic 517SUPs- wheel (front and back) in very good condition (oh yea!)
(click for bigger pictures)
What a nice bike for those few bucks. Of course I had to take it with me.
But to find out exactly, what type of frame this is took me some time.
to be continued...
I have been on here for quite some time now, but never did a proper build thread on here.
So I thought I might share my biketech Hikari, I have been rebuilding over the last few months.
As usually, I was searching the local ads for nice retro bikes. I usually look for those cheap bikes with very bad pics, so no none ever klicks on them, but I do. As was this ad where you could hardly see anything but a shape of a yellow mtb with monostay. The top tube-to-monostay-situation reminded me of some Rocky blizzard so I took a closer look. I discovered Maguras, still wasn't sure about the frame. I found that biketech had a very similar geometry on their Hikari and toyo frames. And as the asking price was 50 Euros, I gave it a go. Sneaked past my woman :roll: mumbling "I'll have a look at a bike-ad" into my beard and earning a warningly raised eyebrow. Why doesn't she like buying shoes. That would make my argumentation so much easier...
And this is what I found:
Ritchey dropouts
The monostay (I like!)
Head-badge of an early biketech
DT-Hügi / Mavic 517SUPs- wheel (front and back) in very good condition (oh yea!)
(click for bigger pictures)
What a nice bike for those few bucks. Of course I had to take it with me.
But to find out exactly, what type of frame this is took me some time.
to be continued...