shepp
Senior Retro Guru
My first ever ATB was a 1990 Muddy Fox street finder. Bright yellow, pink decals and the important paw graphics on the top tube. I absolutely loved it. Added a front handle bars bag (if anyone has one I’d be very interested in having it!).
I moved on to the first year of the rock and roll, which was an appalling bike which I return as it was A. Appalling and B; had a constant bottom bracket squeak and 2 bottom bracket failures. I then swapped this for a Alu Sport which was black with purple fleck which was the first bike I raced.
I found the trailblazer on eBay and after some zooming in decided it looked ruff but predicted the white flecks were household paint and it would clean up nice. Two days before collecting I realised the thumb shifters weren’t original spec and by again zooming in they may be XT. If that was the case the bike doubled in it value! Reviewed the size by finding a white version that was a 16 inch on google images and also a 20 inch. The results made this frame a rare 18 inch which is my perfect size.
So after a trip from Eastbourne to Shere Hill Climb I drove 8 minutes away to pick the bike up. It was an absolute fluke that it was so close as I’d booked the Hill climb before buying the bike.
This is it being collected. Quick look/wipe down and tyre removal outside and then in the garage for the strip down.
Plan it to clean, strip, touch up and keep standard The bikes to be ridden in the woods with my 4 year old twins and try riding to work on it occasionally (10 mins max).
Obviously project creep happened and a few bits are getting changed!
I moved on to the first year of the rock and roll, which was an appalling bike which I return as it was A. Appalling and B; had a constant bottom bracket squeak and 2 bottom bracket failures. I then swapped this for a Alu Sport which was black with purple fleck which was the first bike I raced.
I found the trailblazer on eBay and after some zooming in decided it looked ruff but predicted the white flecks were household paint and it would clean up nice. Two days before collecting I realised the thumb shifters weren’t original spec and by again zooming in they may be XT. If that was the case the bike doubled in it value! Reviewed the size by finding a white version that was a 16 inch on google images and also a 20 inch. The results made this frame a rare 18 inch which is my perfect size.
So after a trip from Eastbourne to Shere Hill Climb I drove 8 minutes away to pick the bike up. It was an absolute fluke that it was so close as I’d booked the Hill climb before buying the bike.
This is it being collected. Quick look/wipe down and tyre removal outside and then in the garage for the strip down.
Plan it to clean, strip, touch up and keep standard The bikes to be ridden in the woods with my 4 year old twins and try riding to work on it occasionally (10 mins max).
Obviously project creep happened and a few bits are getting changed!
