I have a 90s MTB that was given to me. Think it’s a Torus or similar. The welding in places is awful and the finishing is crap. Remember routing a dynamo cable in through into downtube to BB, then up seat tube to seatpost and the BB shell was an absolute mess on the inside.
Was light, road...
OMG!!! I might have to report this thread due to explicit content! 🤣 It’s like a disturbing orgy of tubes that has made me physically sick just looking at it! 🤢🤮
I can’t believe a design team signed this bike off for production…
Looking great! Love the roadie headset, this is going to look amazing when finished.
Also, enjoying your sideboard/cabinet! What era is this from? It reminds me of mid century furniture, but with a nod to the past... very cool.
Looks like someone has already found you some toeclips! I think you could get away with yellow toeclips and black straps or vice-versa. I think yellow straps and toe clips could be a bit much. The gun metal Suntour vs. the fluro/neon yellow looks amazing. Also love the patinated parts vs. the...
Saves Jo a job Bob! That does look to be in remarkable condition.
What's the build plan for it?
Flat or drop bars? Or will this be your hipster machine and you'll adorn it with some Moustache-esq handlebars certified by the Hackney-Nitto massive?
Whatever you do, it'll be brill.👌🤣😎 Haven't...
That never stopped us buying bikes BITD with most of a 450mm seatpost on show!
That's a shame. All these old bikes look too small when parked up near modern machines! Just like old cars I guess!
Very jealous of that Fisher MTB Bob! Lovely looking machine. Decent amount of patina and looks largely original. Look forward to seeing you tidy this one up! 😍 😎 💪