Retro mountain bikes

Bloody hell that seatpost worths more than my entire bike fleet... Seems pristine too.

Strange mix, indeed...

Yeah it is an entry level frame, seat post was what caught my eye. Single digit calipers as well. Like you said @vp1337 seatpost was minty.

My old MB1 I picked up as a frameset from a bike coop for a tenner. It's got a mish mash of various Deore/LX/XT bits and some nice Salsa and Ringle bits

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Is there a consensus on a good style of handlebar for a singlespeed commuter retro MTB?

This came with 56cm flat bars and I'm not sure if they feel quite right when beanzing it uphill in 42×16.

Tried to search but mostly found threads about those trendy loop bars for off-roading.

Could just get some bar ends, of course.

How about some swept bars like On-One OG, Mike or Mary?

Thanks. I'll look into one of those with a quill adapter.

For 25.4 clamp there is also Humpert Ergotec Boomerang on PX for a tenner.

I hadn't seen that one. Thanks. Might be even better if it saves swapping out the stem.

How about Sim Works getaround? They are wide, and give a better hand position while preserving the reach. I like mine on my old Rockhopper.

Thanks for the suggestion. They look nice; but at £59 are possibly a bit too spendy for this bike

My vote is for quills stem adapter, spacer to set the height without making the stem look anaemic, cheapy eBay stem and Ergotec/Humpert bars in whatever sweep & rise is your favour:

Fixed this one for my son. An early nineties Colnago Maxim.

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Cool dad award!

Haha, thanks. He actually rides it with the post 25 cm lower. ;)

Nice!!

V cool

Back in the days when cranks used to look like cranks

New Simworks Homage tires, it was a muddy sunday

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Don't need it, don't know what to do with it but just can't turn 'em down. 90s Marin number 7: a 1990 Palisades Trail in pretty poor health. Excuse shitty seller's photo.

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You can't simply turn down a Marin, especially in this colour!

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You can't simply turn down a Marin, especially in this colour!

I couldn't when this one crossed my path yesterday... ;)

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Envy!

I nearly got one of these for a steal last year but it had gone before I could get there, same matching bar and stem too. Great colours and purchase!