velomaniac
MacRetro Rider
When its old a mountain bike seems no longer to be classed as a mountain bike. You will notice from ebay and other sites the increasing number of adverts that describe bikes as 26" tourers, as hybrids, as city bikes or commuters. To those who are younger or less well informed than us the rigid retro mtb is not a mtb. It does not have lots of bouncey bits, lacks umpteen linkages and hydraulicaly stopped discs of steel are missing from the wheels. Seems without the above its not a mtb anymore. I feel I have been robbed of a portion of my identity.
At a recent mtb event I was at, I was just about the only rider of a bike dating from the 20th century. The organisers cheered me like you would an elderly but eccentric relative. There were numerous looks of incredulity that anyone would attempt the race on anything that unsuitable.
An old bike can ride the terrain as can a new bike, the terrains the same now as then. Its still a mtb, lets keep reminding people of this !
At a recent mtb event I was at, I was just about the only rider of a bike dating from the 20th century. The organisers cheered me like you would an elderly but eccentric relative. There were numerous looks of incredulity that anyone would attempt the race on anything that unsuitable.
An old bike can ride the terrain as can a new bike, the terrains the same now as then. Its still a mtb, lets keep reminding people of this !