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I love this thread. Honest steel bike *frame* weights are hard to come by. With paint my large cielo road racer disc is 1795g. One of the stiffest bikes I've ever ridden. Columbus Life.

I almost feel like I should go research and choose based on who hasn’t won before. But I didn’t, I still voted with my heart. My choice surprised me but it is what it is. What a month!

This is starting to sound to me like you guys don't have any idea what you're talking about. Have you ridden modern hydraulic road discs? Around here our mtb trails are wet roots and mud, there's no traction and yet we must brake to keep the speed down. There is way more grip on the road on a...

I accept that rim brakes need more skill day to day but fundamentally they require too much hand force to stop in the steeps when its wet. Its not about how its that the hand force needed is too high. With discs its finger force always. Disc brake maintenance? Literally no maintenance on my...

So here i am mouthing off in a grease thread. Guys moly is for sliding friction. In wheel bearings it can make the balls slide and flatspot. Its for suspension bushings, ball joints, etc. So many great greases made for ball bearings, use any of them. The ancient Phil grease works fine but so...

Does this stuff just completely suck?? How many bikes we have had where rear derailleur and shifters last for decades. Ive cool friends with electronic shifting on mtb and it seems like its been durable. I wont accept the prices but the stuff does work well for them. Why again would someone...

I just dont understand. Ive used so many ‘good’ cantis: mafac, 986, 987, 737, m900, suntour, judder is when pads are setup wrong. Are your rims clean and smooth? Pads are not melty? Are your canti posts undersized? Maybe take them somewhere and have a shop do the setup. The whole situation is...

So i just dont understand some of your experiences wrt rim brakes. It might be because im unique in riding in the gritty wet, but what some of you rim advocates are sharing seems ‘fantastic.’ On my winter mtb the shimano metal pads last me more than 100k feet of descending. The organic pads...

Yes I totally agree that folks are often 'overbiked'. I saw the same thing in Moab where there were entire families of novice mtb riders, on green trails, were on new 5k+ carbon santa cruz hightowers. Moms in tennis shoes following their kids. Why didn't they get the megatower? Simplest...

Well... I've got a contrary opinion based on having ridden one. These did not ride well they were terrible soft spongey things. But it looks weird and is ti so... as a ride around to the store cruiser its a pretty nifty bike!

Doesn’t it seem reasonable that folks that enjoy rim brakes should keep using them? For thems the obsolescence must be frustrating. I commuted so many years in my hilly rainy city and braking was always fraught. For me it’s a genuine relief that I only need to manage the tire traction now, and...

If you just want it stable until it finds a new owner: 1) store it in warm dry place 2) spray/wipe it down with wd40 or fluidfilm or kroil, some light oil. The oil barrier isnt durable but will impede rusting. Inside the frame too!

Right, I see the majority of the project's time will go to doing the paint. The rust would be gone in an hour with a media cabinet - no time at all compared to masking, sourcing paint, practicing, vacuuming, etc. It just doesn't make sense to paint without getting the rust out. Nice or not I...

The naive part is thinking the converter or miracle chemical is going to make the problem go away. The rust is still there and is still hungry, and now you can't see the surface so the problem is hidden. The only case where a rust converter has 'worked' for me was using POR15 on rusty 3/16"...

Yeee… rust converters are for the naive. In my experience they never quite work. They dont work even a little bit. Frustrating as it sounds youve got to get the rust out 100%. A bike frame will fit in a blasting cabinet, mask all the good areas and then go at it with glass bead and take all...

wow. 1986. I remember mtb in 1986 and they nothing looked like this. It’s like an alien arrived to show us what mtb will look like. I am having trouble imagining the sort of vision i would need to buy something like this new. I’d love to know the history of this bike and see some photos...

Amazing. Indeed they were amazingly supple when new but im surprised you kept yours running. Multiple of those headshocks were very unreliable for my family. Im pissed at cannondale for leaving their customers in the lurch without parts. They were my first ‘never buy from again’ promise.

If I keep an old bike it’s because of its charm. Lightning has oodles because of the stupid ‘triple triangle technology.’ Just looks alone it’s weird, it’s also light and comfy and they’re beautifully made. The other 3? Meh. Especially the Raleigh. I remember them being awful to ride when new...

Not bad at all for a stiff bike with a steel fork.

Yeah I guess that is the thing for me. These athletes are idiot male young adults and they have about as much self control as a trained fighting dog. I was immortal at that age. No free will I was in thrall to testosterone. I understand the joy of competition but these kids need actual...