show us your Rocky Mountains!
- Thread starter RockiMtn
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Coquitlam Geoff
Retro Guru
vtwinvince
Senior Retro Guru
Nice one, and my favourite year for RM.
renowels
Retro Newbie
The RockShox fork is far too long and extended to around 550cm axel-crown. But, with the Wiggle-Wagon attached and my 7-year old grandson on the saddle, the handling is just slowed enough to where I am able to control the mess. The fork travel can be cranked down to closer to about 440cm which is still long for the OEM spec, but nowhere near slow enough for the excess mass and torque with the added tag-along. The only remnants of the OEM equipment are the frame and Synchros seat post. 9-speed rear with a triple carrying lower than OEM gearing.
I am sort of looking for a rigid fork to replace the Rockshox. I live about a block from the ocean and don't have any intent to ride terrain where big suspension is desired. But, that is a problem for future me, once the grandson moves onto a stand alone bicycle of his own.
Gorgeous! Any more photos?
Wow, awesome, thanks for sharing! My grail bike, a 90s Thunderbolt, I’ve been looking for one for a long time, hopefully one day.
Can you post more pictures? Also, how did you get/find the Thunderbolt?
mforrest
Devout Dirtbag
Is that an original paint job?
I’ll have to snap some more photos… maybe start a thread on it.
I got it Friday evening, late, and had to stuff it in storage the next day getting ready to host a bunch of family over the weekend for Thanksgiving.
I was given the bike by the original owner, he bought it at West Point in ‘89 on insurance from a stolen Tantalus. It had the downtube replaced W/ new paint and decals in 92/93 after snapping while touring Jamaica fully loaded… more recently the seattube cracked while his son was commuting on it, so it went back into his garage and on Wednesday while doing a garage clean out he needed to find a better option then the landfill.
I felt like I won the lottery and he said he felt the same receiving 12 tall cans of his favourite style beer.
Now to source assistance in the repair! But I’m very happy, and glad it still has the original stem & fork. Derek Bailey built, serial number is 733, my Bailey built Tantalus is 814.
