Recent content by Retro_Roy

if you were wondering if there was going to be one. i can now confirm there will be a swap meet this september. it was touch and go for the longest time due to `administrative difficulties. ' these have now been overcome. pack up your treasures and fill your pockets with money and head on down...

another vote for the de kerf. i 2nd the brodie as an option. i'd take a brodie over a de kerf any day. not saying anything wrong with a de kerf, just a huge brodie fan.

watching. bummer about the condition. just do a hobo resto on it and bring it out on a ride.

what a copy catter. :) https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/brodie-mantis-replica.497007/

paul spent 11.5 hours on the frame. no comments on what to do about brakes and cranks? deerhead cantis vs mafac. deerhead cranks vs T.A. keep it all deerhead or mix it up a bit.

cool. i rode my summit the other day as well. great riding bike.

cool. clean it up and ride it. and i agree, enter in BOTM. but i would get rid of the reflectors.

thanks for the picture add. always enjoy seeing another mantis.

paul certainly has a great personality. similar to the `i would have made this a lot better myself' on the fork paul used some artistic license to improve on the design of the rear cable bridge. i was going more for form over function, but i can live with this modification. :)

hi what do you do if you search for years for something with no luck, or find one and the price tag is way more than you want to pay. you come up with the idea to make a replica. ya i know, it's not the real thing and i am probably wasting my money (so everyone tells me) but if i can be happy...

do you know anything about the grove wannabe stem? i have had several over the years in both 1" and 1 1/8". i couldn't find anything about them. sorry for the hijack.

well it's about time. :) it is a rare beauty. paul told me these early ones were out there. they show up every now and then. here is the stable mate you spoke of. #019 https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1984-rocky-mountain-avalanche.453197/

does this month need a brodie or a toad? :)

wasn't this called future shock first. another company complained (can't recall who) and kona changed the name to z-link. cool fork. what are your plans for it?

coolness x10 looking forward to lots more pictures of the finished results. please don't make us wait too long.