Love it or hate it just have a look

[madjh]

Hate it.
A advertisment with wheels, a very bad bicycle.

My first MTB was close to this, 5x2 speeds, steel rims, steel cranks, seat post etc it was a celta and yours at least has cantilevers mine steel U brakes. No sincronized shifters etc etc. For a commuter in short distances perhaps, for riding it it is a quite bad choose.

 

[dyna-ti]

People use to laugh at a back wheel with a big pawprint on it

 

[MR OX]

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It's of it's time & lets be honest, most of us are doing this for nostalgia aren't we?

 

[Graham_hkr]

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It's of it's time & lets be honest, most of us are doing this for nostalgia aren't we?

Yeah... why not! ^^

 

[LikeClockwork]

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All joking apart, who made these, and their ilk, does anyone know....?? Universal, or some such...??! Fairly basic, 'what I call' tooth paste welds, etc...

They had their place, who am I to knock them.

 

[bjellys]

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All joking apart, who made these, and their ilk, does anyone know....?? Universal, or some such...??! Fairly basic, 'what I call' tooth paste welds, etc...

They had their place, who am I to knock them.

I would also like to know who made it as well ,and I think you were being polite about welds they were called something far worse when I was working in engineering.
Having only paid £20 for the bike and the condition of it I can forgive the welder .
I did take it for a ride in Haldon Forest (near Exeter ) yesterday and a fellow Retrobike member who I had never met stopped and chatted and took a couple of photos.
I think the whole retro bike thing is great, and for me it's not how well they ride it's about the look and the engineering good or bad .I have 2 modern mtbs 1 hard tail 1 full suss which I ride if I want speed .
I find the biggest difference between retro and modern is the handlebars on my Marin Nail Trail they are 780mm which is very wide but manoeuvrable.

 

[longun]

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Love but mate, you need to dress up as fido dido??? And go for a raz around town......I definitely would.

 

[madjh]

With this in the rear wheel it could has some sense to me this bicycle

When I post something I always think in going fast or riding in some paths, not only for display and this is for relax, no doubt.

 

[RickTheUncivil]

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It's a great bit of retro bike stuff, it looks in good order too. I would gladly have one! Nice find.

 

[dyna-ti]

You'll have to find one of these now.