Show Your Elevated Chainstay Bikes
09-19-23, 08:47 PM
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Show Your Elevated Chainstay Bikes
Posting here in C&V since my thread had no traction in the MTB subforum.
Post up your elevated chainstay bikes.
Mine is a 1990 Ellison frame The Bike Beat Revolution. SunTour XC Pro equipped.
Post up your elevated chainstay bikes.
Mine is a 1990 Ellison frame The Bike Beat Revolution. SunTour XC Pro equipped.
09-19-23, 11:21 PM
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Sweet bike and Camaro!
I like the article: " ... the bike wasn't built to be light, but to avoid aluminum bikes' bad history of breakage problems." Wow, decades of that.
I like the article: " ... the bike wasn't built to be light, but to avoid aluminum bikes' bad history of breakage problems." Wow, decades of that.
09-20-23, 09:29 AM
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I feel that bike is begging for a 3 cog suntour rear derailleur. The design of that one followed the same path of ignoring what was the norm in search for a better way to handle a singular issue. In the case of the derailleur excessive chain slap.
It too failed to win the minds and souls of the public...
It too failed to win the minds and souls of the public...
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Does this qualify? It does have the squishy part in the middle.
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09-20-23, 11:24 AM
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Same-same with early aluminum and carbon tubing bonded to metal lugs. There may have been a handful of bikes that suffered from that early on and now all are suspect. I'm yet to see one fail this way. On the other hand I have seen cracked carbon and fatigued aluminum but that's not what people obsess about.
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Couldn't have been all that big a problem, anyway, because aluminum was well on its way to becoming the overwhelmingly dominant choice for high-performance off-road bike frames. And for road bike frames, too, of course; in fact, aluminum road bikes still substantially outsell both carbon and steel road bikes.
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I feel that bike is begging for a 3 cog suntour rear derailleur. The design of that one followed the same path of ignoring what was the norm in search for a better way to handle a singular issue. In the case of the derailleur excessive chain slap.
It too failed to win the minds and souls of the public...
It too failed to win the minds and souls of the public...
In any event, it was a friction-only derailleur, so it would have been gone soon anyway.
https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/site...ey_system.html
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09-20-23, 07:47 PM
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1990 Haro Impulse Comp. Really could use a shot of Deore in the driveline.
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"Swing"arm? That would explain all the interesting credit card charges when it mysteriously disappears...
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You mean the three-pulley Suntour XC. I vaguely recall that those didn't hold up well; rapid pulley wear, maybe? [Edit: see link below; I was remembering the first version: the Mountech.]
In any event, it was a friction-only derailleur, so it would have been gone soon anyway.
https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/site...ey_system.html
In any event, it was a friction-only derailleur, so it would have been gone soon anyway.
https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/site...ey_system.html
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I bought a Zebrakenko just for the three-pulley LePree installed on it. The plan is to sell the LePree, then swap on some more common Suntour mech and flip the bike.
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Here's my 91 Fisher Montare. showed up on Portland CL 4 years ago, grabbed it because of unusual frame + low price, so why not? Just needed Clean/Lube/Adjust plus new grips, co-op fenders & saddle shown here to become a favorite rider. Recently replaced both tires which had started cracking.
1991? Fisher Montare
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1991? Fisher Montare
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That reminds me: one of the reasons I'm not a fan of elevated chainstays is because... it makes kickstand mounting more complicated.
(now awaiting the onslaught of vituperative abuse for mentioning the "k" word...)
(now awaiting the onslaught of vituperative abuse for mentioning the "k" word...)
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