Recent content by Woodsie

Some great bikes, cheers to all the entrants and thanks to all who voted for the 1985 Avalanche. I’d been hoping to finally get it entered in its 40th year.

Wow. That's a stunner.

Afternoon spin…

Woodsie’s 1985 Rocky Mountain Avalanche A bit of history and build choices here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1985-rocky-mountain-%E2%80%9Cavalanche%E2%80%9D.496412/

Took the Avalanche out for a bit of a spin today. Photo op!

Last year (pre completed build but still rideable) I took the old Rocky to Crankworks Whistler to hang with its grand kids.

And here it is as of today. I love the 80s relaxed geometry (69 degree head angle) and the Bullmoose bars. It’s a lovely ride and gets a lot of attention when I ride through town.

I’ve collected some more period correct parts over the past year or two and it’s pretty much complete I think. I looked at the specs on Rocky models from the 1986 catalogue (couldn’t find a 1985) to get an overall build spec appropriation. Tires are original IRC X1 Peak and the pedals I used are...

The bike had led a pretty relaxed life in Palm Springs having made a 1986 journey South from Vancouver with a couple of retirees. Apparently the frame had hung unsold for a good few months during 1985 and the bike was eventually built up in 1986 which accounts for the mix of Deer Head and XT...

Roy confirmed the frame to be a Brodie built frame with the serial number 041. After a bit of consultation with Paul he very kindly gave me a copy of the build specs for the bike and although he didn’t have a specific build date it is thought to be early 1985. He commented on the brodie brake...

A couple of years ago (yes it’s been a while in the making) I was alerted to an early filet brazed Rocky Mountain frame that was available. This is the original photo provided by the seller to @rsmtb and he scooped up the bike together with its stable mate, another early filet brazed Rocky...

I’m used to seeing this very early Rocky decal on the Sherpa/Super Scooter models from 1984. Those were lugged frames made in Japan and were the earliest frames Rocky imported under their own name. I had also seen this photo below of what appeared to be a filet brazed frame sporting the same...

Congratulations @Alla! I've seen a few "two horse race" months before, but never a "two Toad race". First time for everything :)

Great build @Canuckbiker. I feel the need, the need for speed!

Love handles ❤️