Recent content by benjabbi

  1. benjabbi

    If this bike could talk, would it be shouting out "Esmerelda" ?

    I...... Err..... It..... No words.....
  2. benjabbi

    (Not) Hope MTB

    Not massively surprising considering they had the same owners for a good while. But yes I agree. 😁
  3. benjabbi

    (Not) Hope MTB

    Yeah I have one. 👍 😁 It's the earlier 1995 model with the slight differences as outlined by Kalle @Frankenorange It was in the for sale pile until the other day but I decided to give it another bash. Rides nicely but indistinguishable from a nice steel frame to me. Weighs in at a touch under...
  4. benjabbi

    1996 Gary Fisher Procaliber

    Seriously though, it was set up for comfort. If that offends you then you'd have a fit if you saw the stem I actually ended up using. (90mm x 25°, yes it looked funky) 😁 It's all moot anyhow, the bike's been stripped ready to move on. Perfectly good. Just a bit big and doesn't have the wow...
  5. benjabbi

    1996 Gary Fisher Procaliber

    This comment looks horrible, all capitals like that. Lower case those letters.
  6. benjabbi

    Can steerer tube be made longer?

    @danson67 has swapped a few press fit steerers for me in Judys and Mag 21s in the past. I've also done it myself to a Z2 with a headset press, a bit of tube and a vice. I wouldn't recommend that. It took effort, lots of it, more than a bit of swearing and a couple of bust blood vessels. I've...
  7. benjabbi

    How do you build your vintage frames?

    I just like trying stuff that was well beyond reach back in the day. My bikes don't really stay the same unless I have decided on a theme like full M900 for example. Basically the way I see it, the right way to build a bike is how you want to. It's your bike, if someone else thinks it has the...
  8. benjabbi

    The (un)official RetroBike trail of Fame.......

    Rob Warner. Simply because he must have more stories than Jackanory, would be great to hear just a fraction of them. Seems like a nice bloke too. 👍 😁
  9. benjabbi

    DeKerf Frame or Bontrager Race Lite?

    As a confirmed Bontrager fan, I'd go Dekerf here too.
  10. benjabbi

    How do you guys feel about patina?

    Very much depends just how far gone it is, whether or not it was me that caused it and have the stories to go with it. :)
  11. benjabbi

    91/92 Bontrager OR Race Lite - immaculate again

    That's pretty cool! I had an immaculate set of silver Joystix that I dearly regret selling. I still think they're my favourite looking cranks. :)
Back
Top