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Hello! Last spring I found a cheap 1998 Intense M1 frame here in Finland, and got it without yet knowing what kind of project I should turn it into. Then after some time I had a flashback to one of the most iconic bikes to me which I remember first seeing in Chainsmoke movie ridden by Palmer -...

Again nostalgic backgrounds with this restoration also 😄 I saw it first time in the cover of our Finnish bike magazine in 1998 and thought that it's the nicest looking bike I've ever seen. And still do! Fast forward to last Spring when I saw one frame for sale in Portugal, only thing was...

Hello again! Got a first mockup done with another long time project of mine so I thought I shared the story behind it at the same time. A little over two years ago my friend here in Finland offered me a beaten M1 with no shock for a very cheap price, and naturally when I saw it I knew I had to...

Hi again! So during my summer vacation I visited a GT collector here in Finland, and came back with a bunch of parts and frames he was letting go from his stash. One of them was a 1997 GT STS DH frame that had a small starting crack under the BB. At first I had no idea what to do with it, but...

Hi! Would be looking for a XTR M95X 36h rear hub and a black Azonic riser handlebar with the two Azonic logo texts stamped on both sides of the stem location. Thanks! -Turkka

One longtime project has moved forward a bit. Found this well used Foes Weasel -96 from our local classifieds here about 1.5 years ago and it's been slowly brewing in my mind. It had a history of all use no maintenance so had the basic struggles with the stuck seatpost etc., but the biggest...

Some years ago I was thinking to myself what would be the ultimate project bike for me, the project to end all projects, something I could finish and be happy with the bikes I have in my garage, and I ended my conclusion to Tunturi Progression 3.0. (actually I was lying to myself with being...

Re: Dami's 1991 Marin Bear Valley brought back to life from a neglected frameset. Short build thread here: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... p;t=403477

Hi, Again time to continue one of the projects I've held waiting in the garage. It's a 1997 Schwinn Straight 6 with the bassboat blue paint theme. Most of these that I've seen have the red/gold theme so I don't know if they made fewer of these blue ones, or if the blue ones have just cracked...

Hello, This time I got to work on a project that was my friend's old DH competition frame from the late 90's. I always loved the early Santa Cruz frames back then, but just couldn't afford them at all. This project also gave me some responsibility as my friend had a huge nostalgic connection to...

Hi! As everyone here knows, back in the days we all had our realistic dream bikes, and then there were the bikes we had in our posters. Cannondale Super V 4000 DH was The Poster Bike for me when I first saw it in Mountain Bike Guide magazine 1996. Had my hopes high for it, but when the -97...

Hi! I guess I'm not the only one who has always liked those 1991 Marins with the neon fade paintworks. I already have a -91 Palisades Trail restored and when I saw this neglected Bear Valley frameset on sale I just knew I had to try and save it. I understand that stickers were a big deal in...

Hi! Has anyone ran into a similar case? I acquired a bear valley frameset and while cleaning and refreshening the paint surface I ran into this. There was a tape under the paint surface on the serial number. When I took the tape off, there was the serial number (M40IA0576) which is equivalent...

Hi! Most of my projects include finding some cheap and crappy individuals with some potential and bringing them back to life as well as I can. This though is something totally different! I ran into this beat up Lightning frame here in Finland and got it with a good price. Due to the marks and...

Hello! This individual I found from it's original owner who had it for 27 years before parting with it for about 50£. It had been a regular driver, but during the summer I went through pretty much everything, polished all the bits and replaced the basic wear-and-tear parts. The paint itself was...

Hi! I remember reading an article about the Fly in a local bike magazine back in 2003, and I thought to myself that this is one sick looking machine! I also remember the price tag for the test bike then which was about 7000€ so that kind of killed the dreams for a while.. :lol: Couple of...

Hi, A single and non-smoking IRC Kujo DH 2.35” tire with great sense of humour and blushing red sidewalls is looking for a lifelong companion on a similar good conditioned Kujo. Thanks! -Turkka

Hi! My friend acquired this old Minerva bike equipped with some quality components like XTR M900 etc. Would someone have any information on this frame? It looks very interesting with the details and weights about 1700g with the bb and headset. Don’t even know the material except that it’s...

Hi! I’m looking for Coda Magic M900 cranks with the MTB spider and the whole BB entity. Thanks!

Hi! Yesterday I visited a bike shop in a city close by because I needed some small parts quickly for a small resto done to my friend's bike. So I started chatting with the guys there and told I'm into restoring 90's MTB's and I would need a basic SIS cable set among others. They were out of...