Retro mountain bikes...what lights yer candle?

[Agency_Scum]

Huntso started a fab thread that was right comical at times. I was thinking let's also have a positive one too. It don't matter if we all repeat ourselves. Let me start you off with...
Skinny steel tubing; mountain or road I don't think there's anything more elegant than a skinny bit of ironmongery.

 

[warpedboy2]

CNC machining eg- Middleburn RS3s, Pace rc35s X lite stems, pace frames....dribble.....

 

[MJN]

Some bikes just look 'right' no matter what they're made from,its a bonus if it looks right with you on board.

 

[MAXTHEROTTI]

mountain cycle san andreas (that dont have green tyres gibbs)lol

rob

 

[Huntso]

Well thanks for that ,maybe the weather and current gloomy news influenced me, so let our glasses be half full now.

My boat is floated by a nice bit of well machined alloy whether its a stem, brake lever or crank.

 

[orange71]

welding that looks like somebody cared about the frame

 

[retrobikeguy]

Carbon monocoque

 

[guybe]

steel frames, green Michelin tyres, colour x-lite bits

 

[Crayons]

The things that float my boat are those I couldn't afford BITD. All those years ridin' and racin' on a lo-rent GT when those around me were on US exotica. I made a mental list over those years of all the bikes I'd buy when I could afford it.

Slowly working my way through that list, though I had quite an imagination in my youth and I'm not sure I'll have the space for even a quarter of it

Doesn't stop me trying though. Particular taste for things with three triangles and anything old with a maple leaf

 

[heathy]

Ti, carbon, or anything light weight Bike wise, anything really
i love mountain bikes of all types, i belive in a tool for a job.

[ All that is except shiity apollos and other really cheap bikes ] :roll: