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08-28-22, 09:57 PM
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08-29-22, 05:33 PM
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Getting a nosebleed just looking at that ^^^^^^ steerer stack and seat post.....
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08-29-22, 08:37 PM
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I've never been a get over the bars guy, always more of a stem, bars and levers jacked way up to meet me guy.
08-29-22, 09:33 PM
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‘98 F900 Coda
Fitted with Metropolitan Palm Bays and
might have 100 miles on it.
A little hesitant to claim this as vintage, but I guess
Not so much, this one and the young lad, now retired. …
Fitted with Metropolitan Palm Bays and
might have 100 miles on it.
A little hesitant to claim this as vintage, but I guess
Not so much, this one and the young lad, now retired. …
08-30-22, 08:19 AM
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Roulez pour la joie, jamais pour la douleur.
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08-30-22, 08:28 AM
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I need to try these, I currently have the Billy Bonkers on my. 1988 Rockhopper, but I could use a new set of tires for a Nishiki Ariel I’m building.
08-30-22, 09:10 AM
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I have Billy Bonkers - relatively lightweight / good looking tire
also have Maxxis DTH tan walls
also have Maxxis DTH tan walls
08-30-22, 09:39 AM
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Haven't tried them off-road yet, however. Should be fine on packed dirt, sand, or gravel. Not so much in the mud though. (edit) The Billy's look like they fit right between DTH and Table Top as far as tread goes.
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08-30-22, 09:46 AM
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Yeah, I really like the Maxxis DTHs.
Haven't tried them off-road yet, however. Should be fine on packed dirt, sand, or gravel. Not so much in the mud though. (edit) The Billy's look like they fit right between DTH and Table Top as far as tread goes.
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Haven't tried them off-road yet, however. Should be fine on packed dirt, sand, or gravel. Not so much in the mud though. (edit) The Billy's look like they fit right between DTH and Table Top as far as tread goes.
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08-30-22, 12:11 PM
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I don't know.
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1989 SuperGo Access Comp Deore. Owned since new (purchased mail order from Cycology). Raced it til the late 90s. Drop bar converted for Cape summer vacation bike. Apology if I've posted it before.
08-30-22, 03:12 PM
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My 1989 Rockhopper Comp
I bought this in mostly original condition from a co-op, but have since modified it a bit. It was missing the original stem, bars, seat and pedals so I replaced them With Surly Open Bars, Odyssey donut print pedals, a vintage Advocet Touring 2 saddle, put some Billy Bonkers tires and Velo Orange fenders on. It’s a great all arounder now!
08-30-22, 05:03 PM
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08-30-22, 07:36 PM
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Well, that's a saddlebag support from... I honestly can't remember. Bought it at a Gentleman Cyclist swapmeet. Depending on the saddlebag, you could do the same thing with old fashioned coat hanger wire, but of course this is thicker.
As for the saddlebag itself, well, it's an old waxed-canvas thing that was made here in the USA. However, the printing on the leather has since worn to the point that I can't read it anymore. These were really simple things: just a big square of waxed canvas, doubled-over and stitched around the perimeter of the circular-ends, and then the eyelets inserted so that you could shape it with the laces. Then you would put some kind of locking device on the laces that would hold the final shape and retain the contents where you want them.
I'm sure the Chinese sell something similar these days, and you can probably find it on Amazon. Can't vouch for the quality, of course, but the price is bound to be cheaper...
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As for the saddlebag itself, well, it's an old waxed-canvas thing that was made here in the USA. However, the printing on the leather has since worn to the point that I can't read it anymore. These were really simple things: just a big square of waxed canvas, doubled-over and stitched around the perimeter of the circular-ends, and then the eyelets inserted so that you could shape it with the laces. Then you would put some kind of locking device on the laces that would hold the final shape and retain the contents where you want them.
I'm sure the Chinese sell something similar these days, and you can probably find it on Amazon. Can't vouch for the quality, of course, but the price is bound to be cheaper...
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08-30-22, 09:37 PM
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I'd love to see more pics. I can't quite make out the support. Anyway, it looks very cool on that bike.
Well, that's a saddlebag support from... I honestly can't remember. Bought it at a Gentleman Cyclist swapmeet. Depending on the saddlebag, you could do the same thing with old fashioned coat hanger wire, but of course this is thicker.
As for the saddlebag itself, well, it's an old waxed-canvas thing that was made here in the USA. However, the printing on the leather has since worn to the point that I can't read it anymore. These were really simple things: just a big square of waxed canvas, doubled-over and stitched around the perimeter of the circular-ends, and then the eyelets inserted so that you could shape it with the laces. Then you would put some kind of locking device on the laces that would hold the final shape and retain the contents where you want them.
I'm sure the Chinese sell something similar these days, and you can probably find it on Amazon. Can't vouch for the quality, of course, but the price is bound to be cheaper...
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* (Secret tribute to Kurt Vonnegut.)
As for the saddlebag itself, well, it's an old waxed-canvas thing that was made here in the USA. However, the printing on the leather has since worn to the point that I can't read it anymore. These were really simple things: just a big square of waxed canvas, doubled-over and stitched around the perimeter of the circular-ends, and then the eyelets inserted so that you could shape it with the laces. Then you would put some kind of locking device on the laces that would hold the final shape and retain the contents where you want them.
I'm sure the Chinese sell something similar these days, and you can probably find it on Amazon. Can't vouch for the quality, of course, but the price is bound to be cheaper...
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* (Secret tribute to Kurt Vonnegut.)
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08-31-22, 09:04 AM
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To OP:
These are great bikes, it's in excellent shape and mostly stock. Very nice parts spec.
You'll need to lower that stem though or swap it for one with more rise if too uncomfortable. Looks to be about 1" above the max height line. If you do swap stems keep that Ritchey Force stem in case you ever sell it
Very nice, great score. These are great bikes, it's in excellent shape and mostly stock. Very nice parts spec.
You'll need to lower that stem though or swap it for one with more rise if too uncomfortable. Looks to be about 1" above the max height line. If you do swap stems keep that Ritchey Force stem in case you ever sell it
09-08-22, 06:20 PM
#8245
WV is not flat..
Just a quick question. Has anyone seen or know about a Schwinn Badlands? I see one for sale on my local CL, but can't find a lot of info.
09-08-22, 07:33 PM
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Also, a photo from the drive side would be more informative.
09-08-22, 07:34 PM
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To OP:
These are great bikes, it's in excellent shape and mostly stock. Very nice parts spec.
You'll need to lower that stem though or swap it for one with more rise if too uncomfortable. Looks to be about 1" above the max height line. If you do swap stems keep that Ritchey Force stem in case you ever sell it
These are great bikes, it's in excellent shape and mostly stock. Very nice parts spec.
You'll need to lower that stem though or swap it for one with more rise if too uncomfortable. Looks to be about 1" above the max height line. If you do swap stems keep that Ritchey Force stem in case you ever sell it
thanks. I did drop it. It is now “legal” and fairly comfy. Gonna ride it a bit before i do anything else but really other than a clean up seems ready to go.
09-09-22, 07:31 PM
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WV is not flat..
I haven't gone to look at it yet, but will try this week to get a better look at it. I am finding that it is a special edition and it doesn't show up in any of the Schwinn catalogs around those years. I'll probably pick it up because the price is right.
09-09-22, 10:02 PM
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Here's one of the few mountain bikes I have that is NOT a Fat Chance. The backstory is that I bought a 1992 Schwinn 'Paramount' (those in the know will understand the single quotes) PDG90 in close to brand new condition for my wife several years ago. The PDG90 was a very high quality Japanese-made frameset, done in Tange tubing, and was certainly the equal in terms of workmanship and ride quality of most high-end, American-made bikes of its day. She already had a Fat Chance that I bought new for her in 1986 to match mine, but she wanted a bike specifically for our dirt road, and that was just before the gravel craze spawned a new generation of bikes. I really liked her bike with its Suntour XC Pro group, funky MicroDrive gearing, and GreaseGuard components. Imagine a mountain bike with a 24-tooth large cog! Yet, it worked, considering the gearing of the day. A couple years later, I spotted this well-worn twin of her bike and jumped on it. Its most notable features are the Amp Research fork, which works surprisingly well, and its retrofit rear disc brake, with a Brake Therapy torque arm braced to an unused cantilever stud. I believe these are the very first hydraulic brakes that Hayes made for mountain bikes and they still work quite well. This bike often comes up in my off-road rotation and I always enjoy banging around in the woods on it. The trails I ride most often are really hiking trails, steep, rooty, and rocky, and this bike handles them as well as anything else with its 9-speed SRAM mechs and twist-grip shifters. The paint was called Purple Freak, and it shifts from pinkish to purpleish depending on the light. The dropped right chainstay was a Schwinn feature to reduce chain slap.
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09-09-22, 10:21 PM
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My first mountain bike - a '98 Schwinn Homegrown XT in bassboat orange. I loved that bike, and was a very aggressive, nimble hardtail.
My main squeeze right now is very similar, with an interesting story. I was at the old 'Derailleur Bicycle Collective' at 411 Lipan St (Denver) back in the day. I volunteered at another co-op and also ran a bike building program with at-risk youth in the area, and as such had amassed a big collection of parts, that I was never going to use. So I decided to donate it to DBC, and while I was dropping it off, I took a swing through the boneyard (their backyard/junkyard area from which they pulled their 'build-a-bike' projects) and spotted a bare frame. I looked at it a bike closer and noticed the unmistakable milled out chainstay bridge - it was a Schwinn Homegrown! A bit of a 'grail' bike for me, since I think I had already sold my previous Homegrown at the time I had found it. Upon closer inspection, one of the legs for the rear dropouts was bent inward - where the derailleur hanger normally would have been, so it was thinner/weaker than the other side. The frame was raw, and my thought about the whole thing was that someone at the factory had dropped it, and given that the frame was now bent (and aluminum) it could not be built into a 'new' bike and sold that way. Cheaper to discard than to fix. Hence it ended up at the co-op. I pointed out the damage and asked if they minded if I kept it and tried to do something with it - they happily agreed. I took it, filed away the bent metal, got the right derailleur hangar (took a while to find!), installed and filled the bent gap w/ epoxy, and have ridden it ever since! I found another really nice vintage MTB (Gary Fisher) at a thrift store w/ all XTR and a 1st or 2nd gen RockShox SID. Transferred most of the parts to the Homegrown. It is a mix of retro and modern, but it is a killer mtb. Right now I have it setup as a 1x8 w/ a granny front ring (just for experimentation) and I actually like it a lot! It is a bit low (think it is a 22t or 24t) and really needs to be more like a 28t, but what a fun bike! It has a 'placeholder' fork on it for now (Manitou), as finding parts to refresh the SID is very difficult (I have some new bushings, just no cartridge).
Neither of my Homegrowns was a Yeti (people tend to think that every HG was made by Yeti) but made by Anodizing, Inc. Still an awesome mountain goat of a bike.
I'll take a pic of it and post it in this thread.
My main squeeze right now is very similar, with an interesting story. I was at the old 'Derailleur Bicycle Collective' at 411 Lipan St (Denver) back in the day. I volunteered at another co-op and also ran a bike building program with at-risk youth in the area, and as such had amassed a big collection of parts, that I was never going to use. So I decided to donate it to DBC, and while I was dropping it off, I took a swing through the boneyard (their backyard/junkyard area from which they pulled their 'build-a-bike' projects) and spotted a bare frame. I looked at it a bike closer and noticed the unmistakable milled out chainstay bridge - it was a Schwinn Homegrown! A bit of a 'grail' bike for me, since I think I had already sold my previous Homegrown at the time I had found it. Upon closer inspection, one of the legs for the rear dropouts was bent inward - where the derailleur hanger normally would have been, so it was thinner/weaker than the other side. The frame was raw, and my thought about the whole thing was that someone at the factory had dropped it, and given that the frame was now bent (and aluminum) it could not be built into a 'new' bike and sold that way. Cheaper to discard than to fix. Hence it ended up at the co-op. I pointed out the damage and asked if they minded if I kept it and tried to do something with it - they happily agreed. I took it, filed away the bent metal, got the right derailleur hangar (took a while to find!), installed and filled the bent gap w/ epoxy, and have ridden it ever since! I found another really nice vintage MTB (Gary Fisher) at a thrift store w/ all XTR and a 1st or 2nd gen RockShox SID. Transferred most of the parts to the Homegrown. It is a mix of retro and modern, but it is a killer mtb. Right now I have it setup as a 1x8 w/ a granny front ring (just for experimentation) and I actually like it a lot! It is a bit low (think it is a 22t or 24t) and really needs to be more like a 28t, but what a fun bike! It has a 'placeholder' fork on it for now (Manitou), as finding parts to refresh the SID is very difficult (I have some new bushings, just no cartridge).
Neither of my Homegrowns was a Yeti (people tend to think that every HG was made by Yeti) but made by Anodizing, Inc. Still an awesome mountain goat of a bike.
I'll take a pic of it and post it in this thread.
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