Recent content by Black_puma

If I was to visit I may not want to leave! Alas, I have my own little collection to admire and treasure., only 7 complete GT bikes and another waiting to be rebuild (when I get round to it).

Which paint stripper did you end up ordering? Any recommendations would be appreciated, thank you!

This looks like the Bravado (frame, forks and stem) I ended up buying from @henrysthreeironbands last year. checked against the markings on the decals.😉 Such a nice bike to own now I have rebuilt it.

This brings back some memories, I owned the same model as my first MTB (ATB in Dutch)... https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsen-mountainbikes-en-atb/m2271595828-mountainbike-met-18-versnellingen-framehoogte-56-cm

I agree, but I'll still keep using them. I find it especially noticeable in the highest two gears, it's too easy to shift more than one at the time. Anything beyond the highest two gears seem better indexed for some reason

My last 'traditional' bike I had before buying my first mtb was a Raleigh ladies bike in the Netherlands. It was a very solid bike with Sturmey Archer gears and drum brakes. Top quality and I sold it to my mum to enable me to buy my Dawes Tracker ATB. this was also a very British bike as I was a...

I believe I have a set of these on my 2001 GT Zaskar Race and I'm pretty sure I can shift multiple gears quite easily, especially in the higher gears as I always have to remind myself not to do so. I know this applies to the right shifter(rear). I haven't tried it with the front shifter though...

GT Outpost and Talera had seat stays welded to the end of the top tube, not seat tube. The frame in the OP's photos are that of an early 90's Saracen, I remember. The stem was similar to that of an early 90's GT stem too, though not a FlipFlop model. More like what you'd find on the...

This thread will be a continuation of this post here and this one here.

I feel sorry for that Zaskar LE frame, to be adorned with whatever parts are currently fitted, not to mention the colours and the paint job! But the price...dream on!

https://ebay.us/m/C2jTWI

As I have just received the wheels from our fellow RetroBike member @jimmy-s3 I thought I'd put the tyres on that I bought some time ago and fit them to my 1991 GT Zaskar frame. So creating a bit of a rolling chassis to spur myself on to get started with this project. (read: giving myself a...

A few months ago I bought myself a modern GT Zaskar LT Expert, lovely bike to ride but there were some issues (as you might expect buying used) with the freehub body and the bearings, which have since both been fixed and replaced by my colleague at work. Now, admittedly I was not expecting it to...