Retro mountain bikes...what lights yer candle?

[Agency_Scum]

You lot are making me feel REALLY GOOD about swapping my Hollowtech II XT chainset for an RS 3 Middleburn last week!

 

[warpedboy2]

Ya gotta love em!!!

Was'nt there a pair of RS3s in the New York Museum of Art? I'm sure I read that somewhere?

 

[Crell]

Primarily things I drooled over as a poor student, usually in the dirty porn section of MBA (AKA the small ads), but in addition.

Mostly things from 88 to 93
Sloping top tubes.
Attention to detail and intelligent design
Nice welds and fillets
Craftsmanship
A story to go along with the part or frame
Something a little non-mainstream.

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

The Ibis Bow Ti

never owned one...probably never will own one

 

[orange71]

A story to go along with the part or frame

I'd go with that, too.

 

[gibbleking]

wots wrong with green...its pretty i tell ya !!!!!!!!as for boat floating it would have to be everything from a joe breeze original right thru to dh rigs with waaay too many anodised bits.....i just like the lot....

 

[dbmtb]

Fillet brazing or nice lugs
1" headsets
Skinny tubes
I've ridden it in anger.

Goes for both road bikes and MTBs....

 

[gibbleking]

oh i forgot to mention campagnolo front and rear mechs....lovely..

 

[MAXTHEROTTI]

welding that looks like somebody cared about the frame

defo gets my interest up

rob

 

[James]

Black components (goes well on any bike.)

kona hawaiian decals

cannondales

singlespeed

fixie

853

sus corrected rigids

skinny skinny tubes.

fat tyres

balanced look.