FINALLY! After years and years searching, I was able to acquire a 22" Red Shred! The story goes, in 1990, I found on in a bike shop in Livermore, CA. I think it was priced around $800. About $300 more that I had in my savings. a few months past until I got the $800 to purchase the bike. When I went to the shop, it had be sold the past weekend. I was crushed. That feeling never left me.

About four years ago I was doing a Google search for Red Shreds and came across one in TX. I emailed the guy to see if he would sell it to me. Sadly, he declined. I pinged him once ever year to see if he had changed his mind. Happily, I received an email last week telling me he was ready to sell. So, hopefully by this time next week I should have my Red Shred!

Wow
Thats a big frame!! I love these, my pal in highschool had an Sm1000 which looked very similar but in 18" , it had the graffitti graphics on the downtube

Looking forward to you getting some of your pictures up,
These frames climb hills like Billy Goats!!

Enjoy

BITD, one of my mates had one of these, identical size frame too, I reckon. He was not an inch taller than 5'9 and it fitted him a treat.

Was really nice to ride, from memory.

I never understood the geometry of the thing, but it certainly 'worked'

Didn't you have one of these already EZ, or do you have another?

I have a 1992 M800, which is similar. I also have a 16" (it has 24" wheels, front and back) for when my son is old enough to ride a mountain bike.

Well done on realising your dream! You will love the way this rides

Nice score, Michael! Congrats! Where are you going to keep this one???

LOL! Not sure. This one will be a commuter bike though. Once I fix it up of course.

Didn't think I'd see another of these for a while That looks more like my size too !

Anyway here's mine.......picked this up last year and slowly returning it to original factory spec.

Love those original white handlebars !

Nice looking Shred!

Yeah, those white handlebars. I think I will keep them...in a box. I would have changed them back in the day and I am going to change them now.
Everything else will be spec.

I have a NOS set of Tioga Prestige II bars on mine...suit it very well

Can you tell me what the seatpost is on yours please?

Actually, have Prestige bars too. I got them from mfh126 a while back. I will see which look better.

I believe it is the spec seat post, Strong PM-30

Thanks for that....I am thinking there is zero chance of finding an original one of those.

Were your bars from Mikes Tomac Mongoose ?

I believe they were.

So this one is finished. I overhauled all of the bearings and shined the paint a bit. There are a number of scratches, but this one will be a lunch time rider and stored at work. Also, I had to change the white bars. I wanted to leave it original, but couldn't stand the sight of those white bars. I also changed the brake levers. The original were badly faded by the sun. I put on XT 733s. I will look on eBay for the correct levers. Oh, I also replaced the U-brake, same part number, but in silver. I had to go with a longer seatpost and Farmer John(cousin & nephew) tires.

One of the more iconic 'dale