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1991 carbon / steel Stumpy.

^ lovely

Which parts were carbon, rear stays?

Most of the tubing I believe - steel lug carbon tube construction.

Thanks, sure is pretty

aw yessss!
would love to see more vintage MTB's here tbh
edit: new page so I'll just post some

Dat Merlin

Yo Eddy is a repost but it's rad.

A mess sorry bro

You really want the starfish.

How far down are those levers though.

A beautiful mess.

The levers are definitely too far down but it's nice to see a Master frame which isn't build up with campa. And you're right, I do have a bit of a mavic phase ;)

The levers are only a very little too far down the bars, it's the bars that are rotated too far.

The tips of the levers should be set level with the bottom of the drops (sit the bars level on a flat surface and adjust the levers so the tips touch that surface): this allows fingertip use from the hooks.

The drops should be at an angle that keeps the wrist straight when used: they'll be bent backwards with them horizontal.

Perhaps whoever set those up has been reading some bollocks bike-porn rulez... :0

Precisely!

A Singer magasin

Look how far things have come. Could do with some pedals though.

Roadies went a long way too though. But this machine is hardly porn in my eyes tbh.

Roadies went a long way too though.

True, but short of sticking a motor in it, even on the highest tech road bike I'm not going to beat Cav, riding a 90's nag, in a sprint. Gains there have been mostly marginal. Trail Bikes on the other hand...

I'm starting to like these old school mtbs, not sure what to think about that :/

I'm starting to like these old school mtbs

They look nice. Compared to modern kit, riding them....not so much.

not sure what to think about that :/

You are going to love it or hate it.

You are going to love it or hate it.

I love it. Great looking and exceptionally well designed bike, great components, good photo - job done, if it weren't for the pedals, or lack of them.