DesertRyder
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Revolution E Stay (Ellison) MTB
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DesertRyder
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I picked up the bike for $75 and it rides nicely.
To get the bike to fit better I'm going to replace the straight seatpost with a micro-adjust one. I think I'll add a stem that is a bit longer.
Here's the parts list so far:
White leather Turbo Saddle
DiaCompe 986 Cantilever Brakes Front/Rear
DiaCompe SS5 Brake Levers
Fisher Mountain Bikes Headset
Fisher Stem
Sun Tour XC Pro Crank Set
Sun Tour XC Pro Rear Derailleur
Sun Tour XC Comp Front Derailleur
Sun Tour XC Comp Thumb Shifters
Mavic M231 Rims Front/Rear
Sun Tour Sprint Hubs Front/Rear
Mavic Front QR
Sun Tour Rear QR
GT All Terra Seatpost QR
Bontrager Revolt Tires 46/50 Rear 49/53 Front
To get the bike to fit better I'm going to replace the straight seatpost with a micro-adjust one. I think I'll add a stem that is a bit longer.
Here's the parts list so far:
White leather Turbo Saddle
DiaCompe 986 Cantilever Brakes Front/Rear
DiaCompe SS5 Brake Levers
Fisher Mountain Bikes Headset
Fisher Stem
Sun Tour XC Pro Crank Set
Sun Tour XC Pro Rear Derailleur
Sun Tour XC Comp Front Derailleur
Sun Tour XC Comp Thumb Shifters
Mavic M231 Rims Front/Rear
Sun Tour Sprint Hubs Front/Rear
Mavic Front QR
Sun Tour Rear QR
GT All Terra Seatpost QR
Bontrager Revolt Tires 46/50 Rear 49/53 Front
DesertRyder
GT Fan
Serial # looks like 90E029
joglo
Senior Retro Guru
Nice bike and intresting to see and read all those details.
(BTW: other stuff in your garage looks intresting too
)
With regards to the price, to me it will be hard to define a proper value, or even more to find a good potetial buyer, mainly because of the rare and almost completely unknown Revolution branding.
I think still the story behind that brand is missing.
Labeled as Ellison i would guess it would be easier.
Ellison may not reach that demand and higher, often 4 digit prices like Funk, but they are certainly better searched and more expensive as mass market bikes.
Therefore just a very rough first hint from me, it's worth a few to several hundred bucks.
So $75 was definitivly a nice bargain. But if you ask me what to do with it, i would say, don't mind about value.
Keep it, maybe do a bit of a small rework e.g. look for nice and same Skinwall tires for front and rear, keep on trying to find out more details about Revolution and the story behind this bike and have fun with it
(BTW: other stuff in your garage looks intresting too
)With regards to the price, to me it will be hard to define a proper value, or even more to find a good potetial buyer, mainly because of the rare and almost completely unknown Revolution branding.
I think still the story behind that brand is missing.
Labeled as Ellison i would guess it would be easier.
Ellison may not reach that demand and higher, often 4 digit prices like Funk, but they are certainly better searched and more expensive as mass market bikes.
Therefore just a very rough first hint from me, it's worth a few to several hundred bucks.
So $75 was definitivly a nice bargain. But if you ask me what to do with it, i would say, don't mind about value.
Keep it, maybe do a bit of a small rework e.g. look for nice and same Skinwall tires for front and rear, keep on trying to find out more details about Revolution and the story behind this bike and have fun with it
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DesertRyder
GT Fan
Nice bike and intresting to see and read all those details.
(BTW: other stuff in your garage looks intresting too
With regards to the price, to me it will be hard to define a proper value, or even more to find a good potetial buyer, mainly because of the rare and almost completely unknown Revolution branding.
I think still the story behind that brand is missing.
Labeled as Ellison i would guess it would be easier.
Ellison may not reach that demand and higher, often 4 digit prices like Funk, but they are certainly better searched and more expensive as mass market bikes.
Therefore just a very rough first hint from me, it's worth a few to several hundred bucks.
So $75 was definitivly a nice bargain. But if you ask me what to do with it, i would say, don't mind about value.
Keep it, maybe do a bit of a small rework e.g. look for nice and same Skinwall tires for front and rear, keep on trying to find out more details about Revolution and the story behind this bike and have fun with it
Thanks for the insight. I have no plans on selling it. This one goes into the collection with the 97 GT STS DH and 86 Fisher Montare.
Another clue is it was sold through a bike shop named "The Bike Beat" or "Bike Beat" in Southern CA. and manufactured by Ellison.
Supposedly, It was a pretty hip bike shop in the 80s/90s. I haven't found any info about the shop. Info is from memories from posters though, one says he had one through Bike Beat in 1991.
DesertRyder
GT Fan
Some info:
Made by Ellison for The Bike Beat bike shop.
Memories from another user on a different forum:
"The Revolution bikes were almost forgotten to me until you posted this. Thanks for sharing it. The Bike Beat was, at the time, the best mountain bike shop in the country, maybe the world. They had everything you could think of and stuff you couldn't even think of. They would have new products before anyone else. They were located in Orange County, near the 91 frwy and Klassel, right off the Santa Ana River Trail. I was really surprised when they closed their doors and I can't recall why they did."
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Made by Ellison for The Bike Beat bike shop.
Memories from another user on a different forum:
"The Revolution bikes were almost forgotten to me until you posted this. Thanks for sharing it. The Bike Beat was, at the time, the best mountain bike shop in the country, maybe the world. They had everything you could think of and stuff you couldn't even think of. They would have new products before anyone else. They were located in Orange County, near the 91 frwy and Klassel, right off the Santa Ana River Trail. I was really surprised when they closed their doors and I can't recall why they did."
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DesertRyder
GT Fan
I keep looking for info about the bike and where it came from, Bike Beat.
The shop is mentioned in this MBA article from 1991:
https://www.secondspincycles.com/19...ou-april-1991-mountain-bike-action-test-bike/
"Bike Beat in Orange County was one of the premier bike shops in the country and certainly the Los Angeles. There was a close relationship between MBA and Bike beat and according to Doug many bikes that were sent to MBA for test reviews came back adorned with Bike Beat decals."
"although Doug believes this bike was built only for the test and specifically made to fit Zap from MBA it may have been sent to Bike Beat for assembly and thus recorded that way in the ledger, but there is no way to confirm that. Bike #175 was also annotated with an (EASTON) comment and was logged under Cambria bike (another major bike shop in California."
Bike Beat is mentioned a few times in this thread, Defunct bike shops.
https://www.socaltrailriders.org/threads/defunct-bike-shops.54411/page-4
The Bike Beat bike shop decal
The shop is mentioned in this MBA article from 1991:
https://www.secondspincycles.com/19...ou-april-1991-mountain-bike-action-test-bike/
"Bike Beat in Orange County was one of the premier bike shops in the country and certainly the Los Angeles. There was a close relationship between MBA and Bike beat and according to Doug many bikes that were sent to MBA for test reviews came back adorned with Bike Beat decals."
"although Doug believes this bike was built only for the test and specifically made to fit Zap from MBA it may have been sent to Bike Beat for assembly and thus recorded that way in the ledger, but there is no way to confirm that. Bike #175 was also annotated with an (EASTON) comment and was logged under Cambria bike (another major bike shop in California."
Bike Beat is mentioned a few times in this thread, Defunct bike shops.
https://www.socaltrailriders.org/threads/defunct-bike-shops.54411/page-4
The Bike Beat bike shop decal
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