Recent content by johnv

Re: Doh! :facepalm: ... :-D

Re: nice one... here's my slightly earlier one from '90 viewtopic.php?t=293353 there's a scan posted on my thread of the same '91 model as yours - could be possible to work out the right group from that photo I guess

http://link.marktplaats.nl/m967479585

Re: Hi Ray damn.. meant to ask you if you had the brakes after I bought the derrailleurs off you ... (took too long dithering over putting some shimano brakes that I already had on the build). Oh well ... next in the queue if they become available please :-) John

http://link.marktplaats.nl/m961460020

Re: Bump

As fitted to an 86ish muddy fox courier. Seen a few tatty examples on ebay from the US. Any on this side of the pond? Thanks John

Re: keep coming back to this thread ... :-) working on a drop bar mtb/touring project at the moment. Currently looking around for suitable flared dirt drop options (trying to avoid many lost hours searching for stuff on e-bay). Obvious one is the on one midge ... currently only available in...

Re: Re: haha ... yes, of course, with that strong competition, no wonder they struggled :-)

Re: Re: thanks, shows for me a bit how odd the world is. Put a Muddy Fox badge on it in the UK, or a Koga Miyata badge in the NL and there would be quite some affection for it :-) +1 on the fugly graphics though - this bike is a fine example of that :D

Re: Bit puzzled by the odd mix of components. Original wheels and rear mech are long since gone. Brake levers are early bl-m700, mated with br-m730 front cantis. Shifters are suntour hidden band type, not sure of the exact model ... need to check the catalogs. I'm converging on a plan to make...

Re: Full bike Seat stay detail other views

Well, just about finished with the Haro, so thought it was about time to get a build thread started on this one. Started off a few months ago with poorly photographed ad on marktplaats. Geometry looked interesting, could see the chain stay mounted rear brake, but looked too slim to be a u-brake...

Yeah, know what you mean ... 8)

Re: nice!