Recent content by oligali

´The verdict is that I´m old :LOL: , so the bar needs to go higher, maybe 2cm, not more. I just took it out of a barn after many years, so obviously the cables and outers need a change, and the fork has no lock-out, so it´s a bit bouncy... But otherwise it´s much fun to ride. It eats up gravel...

Just tried out this setup on the new/old Avalanche...

So I changed the bars and tires, cleaned&greased it a bit and tomorrow I´ll try it on some gravel. Then I´ll see further.

That was quick, thanks a lot. I do not have any paperworks along with the bike, but it does look mostly complete and original to me. It´s certainly not ridden. A 1999 GT catalogue is so far impossible to find online... That leaves one question open: what do I do with it :)

So I found this beauty in the local ads and brought it home for not a lot of money... Now I wonder what to do with it, it was a classic impulse buy :), just couldn´t resist. Fisrt I´d like to identify the year, in the catalogues I found online, I couldn´t find this colour-scheme, there is a...

GT Avalanche (LE ?), 1998/99 (?), size 18" Marzocchi Bomber Z2, open bath Shimano LX crankset, STI, V-brakes, FD Shimano XT RD GT front hub, Shimano LX rear hub, Mavic X221 rims, Michelin tires Azonic ORC stem, Titec bar Looks good, needs cleaning of course, what could it be worth?

https://www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und-verkaufen/d/sakea-litage-mtb-rahmen-885571193

Well played, sir. I´ll just leave this and get my coat.

Admiring your musical taste, but still have to raise you this version:

looking good :wink: . what kind of fork is that?

Another epic mud-fest instead of Gravel today... 108 km and 680m alt in 5 hrs 30 min and pouring rain that started 3 days ago, so everything was sogged already 😃 🤦‍♂️ . Enjoyed it nevertheless ☺️. Will clean bike and clothes tomorrow, today I´m too tired.

You sure it´s small? Says med/lrg in the ad description that I can see... That should make it even more attractive, I believe.

Nope. They fixed the tarmac a couple of years ago, both ways, up and down as the road is actually a one-way-loop to the mountain and back into the city 😃

I even tried to adjust them to 700c wheels, and they worked 😃

I found them on Aliexpress...