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I work at a local shop now that sells used bikes and I've seen a lot of Concords come through... I imagine like a lot of weird branded bikes they were just sold by a local sporting goods retailer or local chain of shops with their own brand as a sort of bikes-direct but with a storefront type...

Re: I'm going to comment here because this thread had a fair bit of action not too long ago... ...I'm trying to sort out if I need a neutral shaft to pair with a GEM damper I've got or if a DH rebound cart is what I need. My cart appears to move around 75mm and has a 222mm shaft length. I...

Re: Here's some pictures... it ain't pretty at the moment... but it was darn cheap.

Here's my 1991 Funk pro comp work in progress. I picked this one up the other night for about the price of some enchiladas and a margarita. This pick up included the frame, headset, seatpost binder, and a partial fork of some sort. The way it goes... the last owner says he got it while in...

That 50a durometer rod I got for the manitou-1 I rebuilt made the fork feel just like my RS quadra I had at the time... although leg corrosion and bad bushings relegated the fork to show duty only. There are some RS quadra elastomer kits available on the bay at the time of this posting... not...

Here's my 1985 Cannondale sm-500. This was the 2nd year for the sm-500. This one is pretty original minus the cheap tires and a few period-ish changes. Nice changes include... -Wheel axles swapped out with quick release axles (and specialized qr levers to mach the hubs) -Dia-compe caliper...

Re: this is the product i used for the stage-something bottom out bumpers. It's the 1" OD, 3/8th" ID, 6" length one that i used although you could go hog wild and get 3 feet of it if you wanted. The ID doesn't allow it to loosely fit over the compression rods BUT i just lubed everything up and...

Re: Trebz- they should work as that's the kit i used. I used two of the long elastos with a spring per leg and the compression stack is a little taller than stock but i'm okay with it. 3 long elastos per leg should be just like stock. You will still need to source the stage 2 and stage 3...

Re: we're not quite at that point yet eh :wink: I'm still imagining my schwinn s10 surpassing its former glory with a new pair of hydro disc brakes. I've appropriated this image showing the radii of the IS mount holes relative to the axle. Assuming i just drill the hole in the shark fin in...

We had a local bicycle swap meet today and as far as retro mountain bike stuff goes there wasn't a whole lot but i found one of these things: a 1999 specialized disc brake adapter. I don't have a 1999 specialized anything, but i've got a couple old alloy Schwinns and i wondered if anyone had...

Re: i rebuilt a magnum earlier this year- seals and bushings were in good condition so i only needed to replace the elastomers and bumpers. That thread is here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=361369 the elastomers were purchased from bikerecyclery which is also in the states- i'm not sure how the price...

Re: no responses necessary eh ;) mostly just something to look at, and if anyone has questions about rebuilding their old manitou i might be able to help. These were my best spare parts, and admittedly i did have to buy a couple new things... the stem was traded for, the grips are new (and the...

Re: progressed a bit in the last few weeks.... here's what i went with for the compression stack- 2 spyder/sx elastomers and a coil spring. For the top out bumper i used the top out bumpers from a couple salvaged judy forks. For the bottom out bumper i used sections of 60a polyurethane...

Re: most of the bikes i have are a little rough- paint chips, damaged components, and no chance of being worth what i put into them, so i call them all POS's eh? ;) This one has a couple paint chips, a pretty roughed up chainstay, and the derailleur hanger was stripped and cracked. For the...

I bought this POS klein Fervor frame and the two not-working manitou forks you see here from the local bike co-op at some point in time (wheels not included). Serial number identifies it as a 93 rascal so we're gona' build it up with some 1993 7-speed lx stuff. Naw i'm gona' use whatever spare...