Recent content by 24pouces

I agree Prodigal son about building. Each brand got its philosophy. Bontrager and Salsa works fine, Ritchey on Ritchey… In first years of my Retrobike interest, I tried to collect and finding all the most exotics parts. But building after building, I thought that the parts became sometimes more...

Chas Robert’s for Tim Gould… In the end of 80ies, some Peugeot riders have resprayed some Ferraroli in the pink Peugeot colors… with no Alain Ferraroli’s agreement… For Ritchey, I would have looked on Scott bikes, which was a Frischknecht’s a sponsor…

Nice build. Perhaps à Ritchey crank instead of the xtr and you’ll be better :). For your front brake : adjust the springs for centering them. The left is too strong ;)

And 25”…. This strange diameter was in the mind for some DH bike designer in the mid 90. But, I don’t know if Those wheels were really tested

Not a mtb but Sunn began with BMX Here’s my 1997 LeCoupé full catalog with DiaCompe, Mavic, Avid, Profile… and some Brute parts you could find on MTB

1987 Araya

You could find black rims since the middle of eighties with hard anodized (Mavic, wolber…) or painted (Araya…). Specialized got either black or dark grey in the catalog. But seems that the black went away on braking surface wall. So, brands prefer silver rims in beginning of 90. Mavic made the...

1999 Merlin Fat Ti, last Somerville production…

1987 Shimano upgrade with DX Thumbshifters, XT M730 levers and short cage Shimano 600 rear derailleur. 14-34th freewheel for climbing trees ! Very smooth original Suntour Bb and hubs bearings. Original Araya rims Original brakes And Hite-Rite of course ! https://flic.kr/p/2rnUUoL

This Cannondale is special for me… The first owner was one of the Pace founder who is living in France. He bought this bike for his girlfriend. This bike is 1987, the more funny color catalog with this iconic pink. The same bike as my friend Brian, founder of VintageCannondale.com This bike is...

Anther C’dale in my fleet… 1995 F1000 with DeltaV frame Upgraded with Ti bar and seatpost, Proshift dérailleur and so nice Coda Magic crankset ( Thanks to RetroRider IT)

1990 Sunn Mountain with quite all French parts

Seems to be an old Merlin…😎

Gary H… Gary Helfrich ? I don’t remember he worked for Litespeed… You see his name in history of Fat Chance, Merlin Metalworks ( creator of the brand with M. Augspurger and G. Jones), Arctos and Ibis https://www.ibiscycles.com/our-story/history/9-gary-helfrich perhaps David Linskey ;) On...

Litespeed TuffNeck stem and crown of the fork