Recent content by Apparition_Cycles

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Hi! I'm having a Gatorblade steerer extended (it's at a framebuilder's shop right now). I’m wondering if it’s doable to remove the steerer instead of lengthening it, as Paul shows in his video (cutting it, inserting a sleeve, etc.). I also wonder if removing those screws without damaging...

thx all! I like the way it's built with mismatched parts but have eyes on this Litespeed too... only 2x the price...

Thanks, much appreciated. I see what you mean in the following examples.

Hi All, I just posted a help request regarding a Concorde then saw this thread. It also would help me knowing the value as much as the model... If anybody as info I'd be really interested! https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/need-help-identifying-this-concorde.496436/ thx!

Hi All, First post here about a road bike, I'm far from a specialist concerning those. This one is said to be a Concorde, the ad says : "Concorde Steel Bike from the 1980s Dutch brand made by Ciocc in Italy Repainted at Marinoni The chrome is perfect Converted to 1 X Parts bin assembly ...

I'm also wondering what's the story behind this apart from the reference to the song by Sheb Wooley "The Purple People Eater" (Official Video)... Old Shovel manages to reach 21 lbs with this frame. I usually don't dig his builds but this one is cool. Well, it's hard to go wrong when you start...

quite simple : 1- Québec is huge and has many rivers 2- government build dams to make hydroelectricity (sadly flooding many First Nations lands but that's another story) 3- aluminium companies got rebates over the electricity price (producing aluminium takes a lot of electrcity) 4- Alcan was...

Here are some mockups...

I'm in the process of building myself a grocery getter that I will actually like. I had this 1992 Kilauea lying around so I decided to prepare it so it can take a lot of rain and maybe a little bit of snow and salt here in the dirty streets of Montréal, QC. I wet sanded with 2000 paper and my...

Received all 3 ! Very nice fit ! Thanks again !

Hi @Fatboy1974, thanks for the 3 angled seat collars for my Altitude and Équipe. Very nice and light. Unbeatable at this price !

If you can match the original gold color that would be my choice. As I said, 2 collars for me 94 Altitude (original colors theme) and 95 Équipe (will be resprayed). Thx!

6061T6 or Ti or Beskar, this is the way

Here’s a comment by someone who seems to know very well many projects that went on at Rocky Mountain back in the days… For real, I often see Gwyneth MacKenzie being very generous of her time on the Vintage Canadian Mtb fb group page. I posted the link of this thread there and she saw it. I...