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10-09-19, 01:39 PM
#6676
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My excuses. I just found out I already did post the Scott and the rebuilt Panasonic...
Will post new builds soon (Scott Pro Racing 1993, Scott Team Racing 1995).
Will post new builds soon (Scott Pro Racing 1993, Scott Team Racing 1995).
10-09-19, 05:46 PM
#6677
(rhymes with spook)
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Hard to believe but if you say so...
It just doesn't have the look of most Cinelli mountainbikes I've seen. Only one it comes close to is the Argentovivo from early nineties. But even for an Argentovivo it has a very little sloping top tube. Most Cinelli mtb's I know (including my 1990 Ottomilainsu) came wit sloping top tubes (long before most other constructors). Ofcourse I can be wrong, I only got into mountainbikes in 1991 (and even here in Belgium Italian mountainbikes weren't very popular - opposite to Italian race bikes).
It just doesn't have the look of most Cinelli mountainbikes I've seen. Only one it comes close to is the Argentovivo from early nineties. But even for an Argentovivo it has a very little sloping top tube. Most Cinelli mtb's I know (including my 1990 Ottomilainsu) came wit sloping top tubes (long before most other constructors). Ofcourse I can be wrong, I only got into mountainbikes in 1991 (and even here in Belgium Italian mountainbikes weren't very popular - opposite to Italian race bikes).
10-09-19, 06:36 PM
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10-09-19, 07:25 PM
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I'm going to pretend it is until i know otherwise lol but i would like to know
your 3 bikes posted are stunning
one question i have though is why does everyone seem to persevere with the long and low racing-esque position on these bikes with flat bars? Surely they are redundant now for going out and really hammering on, or racing, but are perfectly suited to comfy cruising and stuff like that. Are risers sacrilege?
your 3 bikes posted are stunning
one question i have though is why does everyone seem to persevere with the long and low racing-esque position on these bikes with flat bars? Surely they are redundant now for going out and really hammering on, or racing, but are perfectly suited to comfy cruising and stuff like that. Are risers sacrilege?
10-09-19, 09:27 PM
#6680
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one question i have though is why does everyone seem to persevere with the long and low racing-esque position on these bikes with flat bars? Surely they are redundant now for going out and really hammering on, or racing, but are perfectly suited to comfy cruising and stuff like that. Are risers sacrilege?
My riders often get different handlebars, but for the rarer bikes, I try to keep the original components on.
10-10-19, 01:46 AM
#6681
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I'm going to pretend it is until i know otherwise lol but i would like to know
your 3 bikes posted are stunning
one question i have though is why does everyone seem to persevere with the long and low racing-esque position on these bikes with flat bars? Surely they are redundant now for going out and really hammering on, or racing, but are perfectly suited to comfy cruising and stuff like that. Are risers sacrilege?
your 3 bikes posted are stunning
one question i have though is why does everyone seem to persevere with the long and low racing-esque position on these bikes with flat bars? Surely they are redundant now for going out and really hammering on, or racing, but are perfectly suited to comfy cruising and stuff like that. Are risers sacrilege?
I build my bikes "racy and long" because that is how I have been riding mountainbikes since day 1. Racing is what they were designed for so -to me- riding them this way is getting everyhing out of the bikes that was put into them.
10-10-19, 03:00 AM
#6683
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10-10-19, 03:46 AM
#6684
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I'm going to pretend it is until i know otherwise lol but i would like to know
your 3 bikes posted are stunning
one question i have though is why does everyone seem to persevere with the long and low racing-esque position on these bikes with flat bars? Surely they are redundant now for going out and really hammering on, or racing, but are perfectly suited to comfy cruising and stuff like that. Are risers sacrilege?
your 3 bikes posted are stunning
one question i have though is why does everyone seem to persevere with the long and low racing-esque position on these bikes with flat bars? Surely they are redundant now for going out and really hammering on, or racing, but are perfectly suited to comfy cruising and stuff like that. Are risers sacrilege?
10-10-19, 06:28 AM
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If the spirit of a classic bike was just that it's as light and fast as possible though, then you'd pass it up for something modern.
It's a contradiction with classic race bikes. So I just see them as fun. But riding and owning an original bike as awesome as those are must be a lot of fun.
10-10-19, 06:31 AM
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It's a fine line between threadless stem adapters and square brake blocks
or a disc conversion and a power steering conversion
10-10-19, 11:22 PM
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10-10-19, 11:29 PM
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these guys ship internationally...
https://www.bikeman.com/KON-P2MTNONEINCH.html
10-11-19, 12:16 AM
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$79.56 shipping
$240 nzd
I'm going to buy a wheel this weekend the guy has a big stash of forks for $10 each maybe one of those will work lol. $240 is a bit too much.
and i was on the verge of hacksawing the cinelli stem out but i finally managed to just brute force it after many soakings so it'd be nice to stay threaded and re-use it.
10-11-19, 06:48 AM
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10-12-19, 06:40 AM
#6691
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1990 Trek 820 (tried to look the serial number but I could be mistaken). Had been collecting dust in my basement for years. It needed a lot of work but its been really nice getting it back on the trails, very happy with how it turned out.
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10-12-19, 09:45 AM
#6694
Bikes are okay, I guess.
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Found this '93-ish Marin at the curb recently and decided to make a drop bar conversion. Turned out okay.
10-13-19, 06:13 AM
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Many others made 29ers in the 90s. Off the top of my head, Diamondback made the Overdrive, Bianchi had one also... Tires were hard to get at that time, things were not like today in terms of supply and retail.
10-13-19, 07:39 AM
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These are 90's Onza's I bought on ebay for my pug. They are the nicest shape, I'll do most of my rides holding them instead of the grips. There's a pair on my Litage too and come up on ebay occasionally
10-13-19, 08:13 AM
#6699
Bar Ends Forever
Yeah I've seen a bunch of those purple ones for sale, so many I thought they were still making them new. Guess not. You gotta post a full pic of that bike
10-13-19, 11:09 AM
#6700
The dropped
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Recently restored 1989 Kona Cinder Cone
I'm in love with the handling. 
The Kona Cinder Cone in its natural habitat. Frame serial number points to Fairly manufacture in 1989.
The Kona Cinder Cone in its natural habitat. Frame serial number points to Fairly manufacture in 1989.