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I was thinking about this the other day - what items are interesting/cool enough to be instant or future classics?
The main problem is that MTBing is a lot more mainstream than it was 15/20 years ago, so most bikes and accessories are mass produced and pretty standardized. You need to look to small volume producers who are doing there own thing - though many of these have been going for years and their products are already retro-cool, i.e. Pauls Components, Chris King, USE, X-Lite, Hope, etc.
My own addition would be some USE SUB forks I recently purchased. Sadly no longer made, but beautifully machined, and as a 4/5 year old fork they work as good as or better than any current forks I've used - as well as looking damn cool
The main problem is that MTBing is a lot more mainstream than it was 15/20 years ago, so most bikes and accessories are mass produced and pretty standardized. You need to look to small volume producers who are doing there own thing - though many of these have been going for years and their products are already retro-cool, i.e. Pauls Components, Chris King, USE, X-Lite, Hope, etc.
My own addition would be some USE SUB forks I recently purchased. Sadly no longer made, but beautifully machined, and as a 4/5 year old fork they work as good as or better than any current forks I've used - as well as looking damn cool
suburbanreuben
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Very few. The giant steps and dead end ideas, succesful innovations andepic fails are gone. Manufacturers are scared to move too far from the mainstream, and ground breaking bikes are non existent.
the great roberto
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Hate to say it, but most US bikes float my boat, so Yeti 575 ,Turner 5 spot..Perhaps even Orange 5........maybe not.
A while back I asked when a Y2K bike would be considered 'retro' . . the general concensus was. . . never...
But retro is subjective, different things to different people... reckon every time the question is asked there'll be a new (and differing) set of opinions (and a fair few old ones
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But retro is subjective, different things to different people... reckon every time the question is asked there'll be a new (and differing) set of opinions (and a fair few old ones
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suburbanreuben
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Over on STW, there always seem to be a handful of 575s for sale at any one time. Overrated?the great roberto":15qjciop said:
suburbanreuben
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Ibis Mojo maybe? It's pretty. Pretty is good!
the great roberto
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suburbanreuben":31uj6guq said:
over on where..........whats that website address again.
Hold on aren't there a load of zaskars and stumpies for sale on RB. Don't make um bad.Just ........collectable
