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03-22-21, 04:44 PM
#7726
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1999 (-ish, I think) Trek 6500 ZX , just picked it up today, I've done nothing to it.
It's for my niece, to stop her from taking her nicer road bike to the beach or to meet up w/her friends. The clear coat is peeling, and it needs new shifters, but the headset & wheel bearings feel good, it's complete, the frame is scarred, dirty and ugly but for a "beater" to bash about the city and take to the seafront, to me this is the perfect candidate.
It's for my niece, to stop her from taking her nicer road bike to the beach or to meet up w/her friends. The clear coat is peeling, and it needs new shifters, but the headset & wheel bearings feel good, it's complete, the frame is scarred, dirty and ugly but for a "beater" to bash about the city and take to the seafront, to me this is the perfect candidate.
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03-30-21, 08:11 PM
#7727
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04-01-21, 06:55 AM
#7728
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Picked this up off of FB Marketplace for $70. All original, all STX Groupset. Seems like a really nice bike. Needed air in the tires, and the rear shifter de-gunked. I’ve ridden everyday this week so far. Really needs new tires and brake shoes...
I looked them up — this bike shop is still open. How cool is that?
I looked them up — this bike shop is still open. How cool is that?
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04-01-21, 07:36 AM
#7729
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Will never go wrong with bullmoose!!!
04-01-21, 07:40 AM
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04-05-21, 09:30 PM
#7731
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Bikes: 91 Ritchey Ultra, 1992 Specialized Stumpjumper, 1990 Klein Rascal, 97 Trek OCLV9700, 90 Minnelli Eclipse, 95 Marin Bear Valley SE, 1991 Breezer Lightning Flash 1991 Diamondback Axis 1992 Stumpjumper Comp 1983 Stumpjumper Sport
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My 89 Ritchey
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04-06-21, 07:23 AM
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This Raleigh just fell into my hands. All STX components with extremely low wear. Date codes on the parts indicate 1995.
The bearing cones and cups in the hubs and headset were pristine, but the grease was dried out, so it got a full overhaul.
I do not need another bike, so I think I'm going to flip this one.
The bearing cones and cups in the hubs and headset were pristine, but the grease was dried out, so it got a full overhaul.
I do not need another bike, so I think I'm going to flip this one.
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04-06-21, 09:39 AM
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I think I've posted most of them in the past, but here they are chronologically and in a tidy pile
1983 Ross Mt. Whitney - picked up at a garage sale with seat clamp damage but all the original Deore parts. Chrome.
1991 Miyata Elevation 5000 - picked the frame out of the trash. Built up as a back road tourer. Absolutely beautiful work.
1992 Buell Paramount S.A.S.S. - One of about 200. Waterford built Buell design. Downhill champion that year.
1993 Raleigh USA MT500 - Picked it up as a frame at a big trash LONG ago. Front half of the frame is 7005 double butted aluminum bonded to a Tange Prestige steel rear triangle.
Built as a SS, and 7S streetster, Now back to 27S and I think I'll put drops on it and call it a gravel bike next.
1993 DeltaV700 Cannondale - Love Cannondales, not crazy about HeadShok
1983 Ross Mt. Whitney - picked up at a garage sale with seat clamp damage but all the original Deore parts. Chrome.
1991 Miyata Elevation 5000 - picked the frame out of the trash. Built up as a back road tourer. Absolutely beautiful work.
1992 Buell Paramount S.A.S.S. - One of about 200. Waterford built Buell design. Downhill champion that year.
1993 Raleigh USA MT500 - Picked it up as a frame at a big trash LONG ago. Front half of the frame is 7005 double butted aluminum bonded to a Tange Prestige steel rear triangle.
Built as a SS, and 7S streetster, Now back to 27S and I think I'll put drops on it and call it a gravel bike next.
1993 DeltaV700 Cannondale - Love Cannondales, not crazy about HeadShok
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04-06-21, 02:12 PM
#7734
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I think I've posted most of them in the past, but here they are chronologically and in a tidy pile
1983 Ross Mt. Whitney - picked up at a garage sale with seat clamp damage but all the original Deore parts. Chrome.
1991 Miyata Elevation 5000 - picked the frame out of the trash. Built up as a back road tourer. Absolutely beautiful work.
1992 Buell Paramount S.A.S.S. - One of about 200. Waterford built Buell design. Downhill champion that year.
1993 Raleigh USA MT500 - Picked it up as a frame at a big trash LONG ago. Front half of the frame is 7005 double butted aluminum bonded to a Tange Prestige steel rear triangle.
Built as a SS, and 7S streetster, Now back to 27S and I think I'll put drops on it and call it a gravel bike next.
1993 DeltaV700 Cannondale - Love Cannondales, not crazy about HeadShok
1983 Ross Mt. Whitney - picked up at a garage sale with seat clamp damage but all the original Deore parts. Chrome.
1991 Miyata Elevation 5000 - picked the frame out of the trash. Built up as a back road tourer. Absolutely beautiful work.
1992 Buell Paramount S.A.S.S. - One of about 200. Waterford built Buell design. Downhill champion that year.
1993 Raleigh USA MT500 - Picked it up as a frame at a big trash LONG ago. Front half of the frame is 7005 double butted aluminum bonded to a Tange Prestige steel rear triangle.
Built as a SS, and 7S streetster, Now back to 27S and I think I'll put drops on it and call it a gravel bike next.
1993 DeltaV700 Cannondale - Love Cannondales, not crazy about HeadShok
That '83 is niiiice!!!!
04-12-21, 05:59 AM
#7736
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Kivada-labeled Alan Oversize Carbonio, about 1990.
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04-14-21, 02:03 PM
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Bikes: 91 Ritchey Ultra, 1992 Specialized Stumpjumper, 1990 Klein Rascal, 97 Trek OCLV9700, 90 Minnelli Eclipse, 95 Marin Bear Valley SE, 1991 Breezer Lightning Flash 1991 Diamondback Axis 1992 Stumpjumper Comp 1983 Stumpjumper Sport
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Thanks, it is close to like new condition, you can find the build thread here https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...d-ser3009.html it didn’t come to me in this condition 😉
04-14-21, 05:17 PM
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04-26-21, 04:39 PM
#7740
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Bikes: 1984 & 1990 Marinoni Specials - 1990 Bianchi Sika - 1993 Cannondale M800 - 1996 GT Zaskar - 1993 Kona Kilauea - 1987 Ritchey Ascent - 1996 Rocky Mountain Vertex - 2008 Kona Dogma - 1976 Schwinn Suburban - 1994 Kuwahara Makai
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Rocky Mountain Vertex 1996
Thought I would share my latest purchase. Saw this on FM Marketplace by fluke, was searching the term “Rocky Mountain” to find one I was selling and noticed a non-drive side photo of this Vertex for $285 (CAD), did not know the model from this photo. Normally I’m bargain hunting for flips but on further inspection notice the Magura brakes, Syncros post and Race Face cranks, must be worth a look? First buyer was a no-show so I was invited to go check it out. After seeing the drive side I was sold, couldn’t get the seller lower than $280.
After researching the Vertex I was blown away. What a frame! (3lbs 4oz) Race Face bottom bracket, full XT, functional Judy. 15th anniversary decals. Didn’t realize these were the top end hard tails of 96’ just under the T.O. - Score!!
Too bad the threadless Syncros Cattlerhead was missing, I’m not much for 90s front suspension or gripshift so swapped to M739 triggers and Prestige Super Light rigid fork I already had on another bike, swapped the Syncors bar for a Ritchey Prolite WCS, swapped the awsome Race Face headset for a threaded Ritchey Logic, added a Syncros Cattleprod stem, Flite saddle and some of my favorite tires (Kenda Small Block Eight). The Gore Ride-on cables are still slick as butter. Now those Magura Evolution HS22s…. love em’, very heavy but who cares? They do feel better than any rim brake I have ever used. Full weight is 21.5lbs as built. All stock other than above part swaps. Took it out in amazing Vancouver warm sunny ride yesterday and was blown away. Was worried the 17.5” frame would be small (I’m 5’-7”) but fits like a glove. Not surprisingly this frame rides nicer than my 94’ Vapor (still a great frame though). Possibly the best riding vintage MTB I have ridden (neck & neck with the C’dale 93’ SM800 is just built up).
Previous owner had built it into a commuter with short stem, slick tires and lot’s of reflective tape.
As purchased:
My modifications:
After researching the Vertex I was blown away. What a frame! (3lbs 4oz) Race Face bottom bracket, full XT, functional Judy. 15th anniversary decals. Didn’t realize these were the top end hard tails of 96’ just under the T.O. - Score!!
Too bad the threadless Syncros Cattlerhead was missing, I’m not much for 90s front suspension or gripshift so swapped to M739 triggers and Prestige Super Light rigid fork I already had on another bike, swapped the Syncors bar for a Ritchey Prolite WCS, swapped the awsome Race Face headset for a threaded Ritchey Logic, added a Syncros Cattleprod stem, Flite saddle and some of my favorite tires (Kenda Small Block Eight). The Gore Ride-on cables are still slick as butter. Now those Magura Evolution HS22s…. love em’, very heavy but who cares? They do feel better than any rim brake I have ever used. Full weight is 21.5lbs as built. All stock other than above part swaps. Took it out in amazing Vancouver warm sunny ride yesterday and was blown away. Was worried the 17.5” frame would be small (I’m 5’-7”) but fits like a glove. Not surprisingly this frame rides nicer than my 94’ Vapor (still a great frame though). Possibly the best riding vintage MTB I have ridden (neck & neck with the C’dale 93’ SM800 is just built up).
Previous owner had built it into a commuter with short stem, slick tires and lot’s of reflective tape.
As purchased:
My modifications:
04-26-21, 07:58 PM
#7741
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Trek 8000 ZX
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04-27-21, 03:49 AM
#7742
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A complete 83 DB Ridge Runner that is showing her age. Ornate Lugs, Diamond- Shaped Bullmoose Bars, Sugino AT triple w/ 180mm crank arms, Suntour Beartrap Pedals, Friction Shifters & Superbe Tech RD.
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04-27-21, 05:35 AM
#7743
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04-27-21, 05:45 AM
#7744
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I'm driving down to Iowa City from Saint Paul, MN to pick up this:
1983 Trek 850 "Rough Terrain Bike"- with all original components, which I will remove and keep safe in a box, on a shelf, while I contemplate the following:
Made in Waterloo, Wisconsin, USA, it's one of my "Grail Bikes", and probably the best color scheme for a mountain bike that I've ever seen. This one is going to get a slight resto-mod; which means that I am going to remove the old Suntour Mountech drivetrain and replace it with a period Shimano Deore XT groupset, a Brooks B17 saddle, cork grips, and Panaracer Smoke/Dart tires. This is so I can ride it in its best possible configuration. Then, if I ever decide to sell it, I can return it to original for the next owner to enjoy.
These first-generation MTBs had a very special quality to them. The companies that built them were putting their best resources into R&D, and subsequent production, to present for sale the very best example of a hot new trend. The competition for the lead in this new genre was fierce! The frame tubing at that time was sort-of experimental; with the strength/lightness ratio biased towards strength. But they used some radical butting designs to optimize the frames for their intended use, and still keep the weight under control. Because of this, they were hand-built in these first model-year runs, and you can sense that when you see them and feel them. The impression is one of painstaking craftsmanship, with form following function, and nothing compromised for cosmetics. The only way I can describe the feel from the saddle is: Oh yeah, this is RIGHT.
So now I've got the pre-Road Trip buzz, and I'm probably not going to sleep very well tonight.
More exuberant jabbering and pics to come...
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1983 Trek 850 "Rough Terrain Bike"- with all original components, which I will remove and keep safe in a box, on a shelf, while I contemplate the following:
Made in Waterloo, Wisconsin, USA, it's one of my "Grail Bikes", and probably the best color scheme for a mountain bike that I've ever seen. This one is going to get a slight resto-mod; which means that I am going to remove the old Suntour Mountech drivetrain and replace it with a period Shimano Deore XT groupset, a Brooks B17 saddle, cork grips, and Panaracer Smoke/Dart tires. This is so I can ride it in its best possible configuration. Then, if I ever decide to sell it, I can return it to original for the next owner to enjoy.
These first-generation MTBs had a very special quality to them. The companies that built them were putting their best resources into R&D, and subsequent production, to present for sale the very best example of a hot new trend. The competition for the lead in this new genre was fierce! The frame tubing at that time was sort-of experimental; with the strength/lightness ratio biased towards strength. But they used some radical butting designs to optimize the frames for their intended use, and still keep the weight under control. Because of this, they were hand-built in these first model-year runs, and you can sense that when you see them and feel them. The impression is one of painstaking craftsmanship, with form following function, and nothing compromised for cosmetics. The only way I can describe the feel from the saddle is: Oh yeah, this is RIGHT.
So now I've got the pre-Road Trip buzz, and I'm probably not going to sleep very well tonight.
More exuberant jabbering and pics to come...
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04-27-21, 06:42 AM
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[QUOTE=OutnBack;22033346]A complete 83 DB Ridge Runner that is showing her age. Ornate Lugs, Diamond- Shaped Bullmoose Bars, Sugino AT triple w/ 180mm crank arms, Suntour Beartrap Pedals, Friction Shifters & Superbe Tech RD.
HOT DAMN this is $exy!!!!!
HOT DAMN this is $exy!!!!!
04-27-21, 07:08 AM
#7746
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Just did a metric century on my all-chrome early 80s Univega Alpina Uno on Sunday, with gugie and Andy_K, after hardly riding at all for 8 months. I had taken most of my tools out of my handlebar bar to accommodate lunch and a rain jacket, so of course I got a flat. And not having QR levers, we were lacking a 15mm wrench to remove the rear wheel. Gugie, being both more resourceful and social, was able to flag down a farmer with an adjustable wrench, thereby saving the day.
04-27-21, 08:07 AM
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04-27-21, 08:13 AM
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04-27-21, 08:39 AM
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04-27-21, 10:11 AM
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A while back I saw a mint condition Mean Streak in 22” frame. Wish I paid what he was asking even if it was overpriced. I believe the Ridge Runner became the Mean Streak after being sued by Miyata, who already had a Ridge Runner.