What Retrobike "feature" do you avoid when looking for bikes?

[bikeworkshop]

I like the connection to the ground you get fully rigid, but if the ground is too lumpy, front suspension makes it a lot easier.

Tarmac - a decent tyre, saddle and frame tubing gives you all the suspension you need.

Gravel suits a fatter tyre for comfort and control.

You can always carry your bike over the rough stuff off course, but a decent front fork is pretty reliable.

 

[raidan73]

I like the connection to the ground you get fully rigid, but if the ground is too lumpy, front suspension makes it a lot easier.

Tarmac - a decent tyre, saddle and frame tubing gives you all the suspension you need.

Gravel suits a fatter tyre for comfort and control.

You can always carry your bike over the rough stuff off course, but a decent front fork is pretty reliable.

I'm talking 1st generation Rockshox and the like. They used to blow seals for fun, and that was with lightweight riders on board. I keep my retro riders rigid but would always consider suspension forks from the mid to late 90's onwards.

 

[Vesatoro]

Something that’s not a Cannondale. That’s to all you oversized aluminum and suspension haters!

 

[bikeworkshop]

Oooh that reminds me...
HEADSHOK!

 

[Vesatoro]

Oooh that reminds me...
HEADSHOK!

You just try to do it the easy way

 

[bikeworkshop]

We used to stock alloy inserts for cannondale headtubes so the headshok fork and assembly could go straight in the recycling

 

[bikeworkshop]

Like a silver bullet to a vampire
Keeping the rest of us safe from Evil

 

[Once A Hero]

RST forks

 

[Tootyred]

Suspension
Disc brakes
Alluminium
Expensive but poorly engineered exotica parts
Weird headset sizes / shock arrangements
Norba geometry
Cotta pins

But I love and have absolutely no issues with U Brakes....

 

[Tootyred]

Should probably add 1x gearing, tubeless tyres and through axles and weird boosty type spacing....as they have been around for 10 years, so probably retro now too.