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01-22-23, 01:56 PM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by botty kayer

2008/9 may not seem vintage in terms of age, but as this MTB has 26 inch wheels, a 3 x 9 chainset and a stem that has some length to it, it sure seems retro by modern MTB standards.

Honestly, a 1990s mountain bike is the historical equivalent of an 1882 Columbia ordinary. A 1980s mountain bike is the equivalent of a draisienne. I have a couple of late 90s to early 2000s, 26” wheeled, 9 speed mountain bikes and I’m not interested in anything to do with 29ers but I do realize that I’m a fossil.

Those bikes, with the exception of a Specialized Epic, get ridden regularly.

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