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    Do you remember the 90's, GT Zaskar LE Content.

    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?
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    BoTM Bike of The Month May 2025: Bar-end Special. Now taking entries

    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...
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    Bike you've let go, but wish you'd kept?....

    ‘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...
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    For Sale Marin Pine Mountain

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

    It’s a ‘95
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    Syncros 27.0 turquoise

    Priced as a genuine, one-off original, naturally.
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    Nice Marin Team Titanium 15.5, Onza cranks etc in the UK

    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 😂
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    so USE are rebadging . . .

    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 😂
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    96 Judy xc service

    Good stuff. Thanks
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    96 Judy xc service

    Quick one - stripping a set of these down for a service. What oil are people using for the damper? 5w?
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    “Like New” M900 Chainset Crankset

    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..
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    “Like New” M900 Chainset Crankset

    I think he is referring to the stick-on decals, which are, most definitely, like new.
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    1991 Marin Team Marin - Not quite.

    Hey. It’s “really fast”, okay? Either that or the “professional bike company” renovated it really fast. Hard to tell with that command of grammar. Most probably the latter.
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    Retrobike resolutions 2025?

    This more or less annual thread always makes me smile. To summarise, each year, almost everyone wants to a) ride more, b) complete more builds and c) reduce bikes / parts inventory… … and yet somehow, when the annual 2025 reckoning takes place, almost each and every one of us will have a) rode...
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    Steve Potts CCR

    Cheap as chips.. unfortunately for a US-based buyer only. Postage quote to UK was USD 350.. and that’s before all the inevitable customs shenanigans..
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