Recent content by NigelFinnighan

Thank you, your RM ti would have cheaper to ship to me… shoulda called me first lol. Yeah the Merlin licenced it from moots from my understanding- I seem to remember someone else also using this rear end… dekerf?

Oh my, what a beautiful build! wow! also I agree, needs to be silver seat collar.

if it has "Zokes" on it, they're likely seized. and probably not worth repairing in my opinion. I'm going to assume you're located in North America, and are American? There are some Americans and Canadians here that likely have something they can ship to you, along with other parts you want to...

Thank you for all the birthday wishes. it was a fun day playing with bikes. Also, thank you for the accolades on the bikes. They've all mostly been super fun to work on, this site and those I've done business with have contributed so much to all of these. It's also super interesting to...

on to the next category The Non 92 Rocky Mountain- sub title but still a mountain bike, and also at this location 1995 Thin Air- I think this one is done. unless I stumble on more purple or gold Ringle bits. * Edit- do I put a silver Syncros stem on? Next category- The Canadians who...

Apologies in advance this is going to be picture heavy, Imma try to limit the pictures, Also I'm probably going to update my threads on each of these, so you'll be seeing lots of post by Nigel Finnighan. (which by the way for those who don't know, is my Dog's name, my name is Joel.) With the...

I was in a similar situation with a beauty 91 univega team, brand new when I bought it for $40cad- full XT and Ritchey. I felt so bad stripping it, may have even shed a tear or two. Once the frame was out of site I stopped caring.

have a look in the archive section under Kona- I'd start to look 97+ . not trying to be mean- this site is a great resource with it's archives and catalogs. there's also tones of knowledge so if you don't find your answer in catalogs or search function, someone probably knows, so ask away.

I went a different but similar build with my 96 vertex—. I like yours better lol.

From what I understand Vitus had arrangements with many bike manufacturers Peugeot, Motobacane, Mercier, French-Loire, Gitane, Bertin, Cilo, Bertoni, and a bunch of others. Here's a decent resource if you're interested...

I love it, I really like the colour. The one I had a line on was all black, which wasn't my preference, but I'd have rather had one in all black versus not having one at all. My search continues. I just bought a Bianchi and might switch this build up a bit- I'll update this thread as this...

You could be right, crazier things have happened. As a manufacturer and wholesaler myself, if a retailer put my brand on someone else's product and sold it as mine, I'd sue them six ways to Sunday and win all day everyday. I'd have to guess Rocky Mountain would have felt the same. Where...

This is great information, especially regarding the decals, Thank you! - Pictures of your Turbo? I had one on the line but it slipped through my fingers a few months ago.

Tange should be much, much cheaper than a track two (if you can even find a track two). If you're looking for a budget segmented rigid fork, I'd suggest looking for the Yakota fork with the hearts, they'd be the least expensive. Followed by Tange, then Syncros, then Bontrager, Brodie, Track...

Yes, yes they are- lol thank you for that! I wasn't aware but that makes perfect sense looking at them. you probably just saved me a bunch of headache.