Mtbr.com

[manitou916]

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[tintin40]

Also it wont let you choose a passward but gives me a long number (like back in the army) :evil:

You can change your password via the "Edit Email & Password" section in your Control Panel?

:shock: thanks i will

 

[tintin40]

One good thing i have got from mtbr is that their are some Americans who ride rigid forks. :shock: :shock:

 

[rumpfy]

One of the larger differences between Retrobike and MTBR...the MTBR VRC is just one forum amongst many different disciplines/forums.
Retrobike is dedicated to retro.

I'm only a moderator on MTBR. The site is owned by a parent company who know nothing about old mountain bikes an I'd say it's unlikely that they care about any of the forums there.


Fortunately MTBR's founder (before he sold it) and the Admin's are riding buddies of mine. They're good people and MTBR is an extremely valuable part of the (online) mtb community as a whole. They have always taken good care of me in doing what they can for our VRC.

Whats nice to see about Retrobike is its rate of growth. Growing member base, cool features like BoTM, and all the forums and pictures are pretty bias towards old mtb.

John is owner, admin, and active participant in all of this...which is pretty cool.

You guys even have your own jerseys, decals, and calendars. Thats pretty proactive stuff.


I will say that the Retrobike focus is pretty different than MTBR VRC. I'm sure a lot of that has to do with the bulk of the UK local.
To me it seems the bikes are generally newer and less focused on 'period correctness' and more focused on just owning and riding.
Leaves the door pretty open to anything.
Though I think that can be both a good thing and a bad thing, my personal feelings for bike builds is no secret.


That being said, I think both complement each other well.

You guys are alright.

 

[gump]

Rumpfy. Nail. Head

Good complement, though I tend to watch there more for some reason. Slight difference in bias is cool. Hey, we couldn't have two forums the same, that would just be wrong.

 

[jez-4-bikes-max]

Ive fallen out with a few people on MTBR. Dont frequent it much anymore. Which is a shame.

Not a full reflection of the forum but there are a few very over opinionated bad eggs on there. :? Guess its the way forums end up over time.

Unless you kick the bad eggs out when you can. :twisted:

 

[purplewicked]

One good thing i have got from mtbr is that their are some Americans who ride rigid forks. :shock: :shock:

besides, they own some pretty rare birds out there.

 

[Repack Rider]

I frequent both forums just like another dozen who are reading this thread. I enjoy both, for different reasons.

There are different pools of bikes to select from in the US and the UK, and different means of presenting them. I have never heard of some of your more popular makes. MTBR tends toward period correct bikes, while Retrobike seems like a custom hotrod site using 15-20 year old mountain bikes as a starting point

Living here at Ground Zero for mountain biking, I see bikes all the time that you guys would buy a ticket just to look at. People are on their third or fourth generation of MTBs, and there are stunning collectibles in garages gathering dust. One of the guys I play music with works at WTB, and Steve Potts, Tom Ritchey, Charlie Cunningham, Otis Guy, Joe Breeze, Ibis, Salsa, and Marin Bikes are all close by, which means that their bikes are well represented.

A recent trend at MTBR seems to be "klunker" builds on classic American frames, inspired no doubt by Bill Savage's film and heavily influenced by Alan Bonds' traditional builds. There is no UK tradition of that, and no supply of the right frames, so I don't think I'll see much of that here.

What I like about both forums is that people ride the bikes and appreciate a classic period in bicycle design.

 

[pete_mcc]

MTBR tends toward period correct bikes, while Retrobike seems like a custom hotrod site using 15-20 year old mountain bikes as a starting point

Nicely put, I've always taken this as the 'retro' in retrobike, as in something that looks back to the past and is influenced by it. MTBR, as you say has always been far more obsessive and (using this word in a positive way, if that's possible) anal about the builds. Unfortunately, as Jez has pointed out, this obsessiveness occasionally comes through in the attitude of some contributors on MTBR who can come across as aggressive in their self-belief and over-zealousness in arguing their points which can turn off any newb.
I think that these two factors combine to make this site far more inclusive and welcoming to the new-comer. This is also helped by the fact that (to Rumpfy's point) this site is a site and not just a single forum thread, this allows us to build up a greater knowledge of each other through our other interests and to create a stronger 'community'.

The great thing is that these two sites do compliment each other very nicely and I'll continue to 'lurk' over there and post over here!

Oh and the Brits may not have a great history of klunkers but we do have a cracking line in traditional 3-speeders and roadsters which are having a real rebirth on both sides of the pond (my big tip for 2008, ditch those euro SS track/fixie nonsense things), just look out for Pashley's Guvnor bike on the web for the nicest retro bike ever.

 

[tintin40]

Yep i had it commented on mtbr 'shame not a period' build :roll:

To me it is a period build. As i bought it as a frame only so leaving me a free agent what to fit. And if i had been lucky to have kept my frame then over the years i would have replaced parts with lighter/better so on So my first frame would quite possibley look not much different to my present bikes
It would be nice to visit across the the pond