AaronJ1970
Retro Newbie
Hi gang.
New member here from Melb Aust.
Main background, have been into MTB since 1989, so love my retro and have played with a few over the years. Started on an 89 Schwinn when in Canada, 91 Stumpy Comp (Xt thumb shifters yay!), 93 Marin Team...... now mostly on a 17 Ibis Ripley LS. My wife is riding a restomod 02 Yeta ARC which gets her ;lots of attention on the trails (frame was too small for me)!
So... thought I'd start this threat as i just bought a 1998 FSR Pro (was one of my dream bikes back in the day) and starting to think about what to do with it.... restore close to orig (challenging and costly) or mod to more current specs/geom. Have seen you guys do both ways and I love them all!
Photo is from the for sale add, as I forgot to take my own in my excited rush to start stripping it!!!
New member here from Melb Aust.
Main background, have been into MTB since 1989, so love my retro and have played with a few over the years. Started on an 89 Schwinn when in Canada, 91 Stumpy Comp (Xt thumb shifters yay!), 93 Marin Team...... now mostly on a 17 Ibis Ripley LS. My wife is riding a restomod 02 Yeta ARC which gets her ;lots of attention on the trails (frame was too small for me)!
So... thought I'd start this threat as i just bought a 1998 FSR Pro (was one of my dream bikes back in the day) and starting to think about what to do with it.... restore close to orig (challenging and costly) or mod to more current specs/geom. Have seen you guys do both ways and I love them all!
Photo is from the for sale add, as I forgot to take my own in my excited rush to start stripping it!!!