Show us your OFF-ROAD TOAD

[Retro_Roy]

hi all
this thread was a casualty of the hacking awhile back. we lost a great bunch of reference material.

some of which we might never get back. lots of the pictures i had posted were on an old computer
which has since died with all the pictures gone.

time we started one again. post what ya got. i can start with a couple.

 

[Retro_Roy]

couple more. the plaque refers to the yellow horny toad when it was on display
in vancouver many years ago.

 

[raidan73]

Done @Retro_Roy

 

[JCS]

These bikes are so cool.

I am a big fan of the sloping top tube style. What is it about Canada that so many of the Canadian builders embraced this style (Toad, Brodie, Kona, etc.)? Is it related to the riding conditions, or that the builders were a close-knit group who all embraced the same idea?

 

[PanoIgano]

These bikes are so cool.

I am a big fan of the sloping top tube style. What is it about Canada that so many of the Canadian builders embraced this style (Toad, Brodie, Kona, etc.)? Is it related to the riding conditions, or that the builders were a close-knit group who all embraced the same idea?

I will rather let members of this forum expand on the details of this one.

To my limitied knowdge and after reading Paul's book it rather seems to be the 2nd point you raise. They were a close group that were influencing each other with some ideas coming from California itself.

Slopping top tubes, steep seat tubes and longer head tubes were a game changer in how these machines rode.

 

[27motorhead]

I am a big fan of the sloping top tube style. What is it about Canada that so many of the Canadian builders embraced this style (Toad, Brodie, Kona, etc.)?

Call is hearsay, but i heard it was because Canadian frame builders didn't like to use spirit levels and Canadian riders have big balls so any additional clearance was always welcome!

Thanks for resurrecting @Retro_Roy , look forward to this thread growing!

 

[sovereign]

Paint is a kind of grellow, hard to picture

 

[Warhorse]

Random photos I’ve saved

 

[Warhorse]

A few more…

 

[Retro_Roy]

found a few more. some of the same bikes in different settings.