Recent content by BlackCat

I’m 5’10 and I have an M Buckshaver and an ML Yo. Either feels fine. S/M would be too small for me, I think… but individual proportions and all that.

If it’s just paint and decals, then £300 is a fair price on the basis I’d happily paid £650 for a mint one in that size, and I can refinish for considerably less than the difference. If it’s not structurally sound or that bb is a permanent addition, then things are different.. but all moot...

It’s worth a punt at maybe £300.. and it would still be a tense-as-hell unboxing, even at that price. Those are thin wall tubes and that bike has seen a lot of action.

Yes. You need two. Remember the formula which governs our lives. N+1, where n= the number of Roberts you currently have.

Well. No one can accuse you of scrimping on that build. Parts, stickers, anodising, chainring teeth. You leant in. Sometimes more is more. Just one thing.. against the rest of that spec.. Are they home made inner tube fork boots?

Blackcat’s ‘91 GT Karakoram Bit of context with this build.. my little brother had one of these from new, Christmas ‘91, I guess. The bike shop that Santa bought the bike from was a roadie-focused place.. and my then 10 year old brother spotted black and red Cinelli cork tape that matched the...

‘97 Kona AA. Delivered by the fat man himself that Christmas. Broke it down and sold it to part fund a ‘98 LTS 1000. Still have the LTS. Been an amazing bike.. but deeply regret the AA. Hangs head. I’ve managed to rebuild two of my from-new bikes (a ‘91 Kara and a ‘95 Pine Mountain)… but in...

Had one from new. Lovely bike.. regretted trading it in bitd so much that I had to have another go..

It’s a ‘95

Priced as a genuine, one-off original, naturally.

I nearly had a heart attack there. I thought that thing had a set of Onza HO cranks attached! I’ve never clicked a link so fast 😂

I actually find USE is the most painful of all retro brands to hunt on eBay. Type it into the search and you get “used womans underwear” in the drop down. Or at least, I seem to 😂

Good stuff. Thanks

Quick one - stripping a set of these down for a service. What oil are people using for the damper? 5w?

Yes, the XTR text is printed onto the cranks.. unless it has been rubbed off through extensive use, at which point you can pick up a brand new, repro sticker on EBay..