Retro mountain bikes

I don't look much like that either... (my friend's on my Decathlon MTB, quite a good bike actually) and I'm on his Suzuki (many years later I ended up getting the same motorbike)

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Haha brilliant, gs500e is a good bike - In those days I used a mate's Honda CB1

is there a choice retro bar end that i should be looking for? need something for the giant.

You want to go era correct? Early to mid- nineties: Onza, X-lite, Tioga, Ritchey.

I've still got an old X-Lite bar end. Well, some of it anyway.

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My 1989 self-designed, one and only. 31 years of riding it and I wouldn’t replace it for anything.

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Anyone looking to sell a complete soon? Steel for 6ft ish tall rider.

6 ft, that's 1,82 m, no? What kind of bukeike are you looking for? Budget, high(er) end, project bike?

Yes 182, I'm looking to buy something cheap fish. My plan is to sell my ss 26 almost complete inbred and go for something geared with v brakes.

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31 years with the saddle in that angle?? ;)

Pre internet there was no one to tell him what comfort looked like

Ha ha. Nope. It wasn’t as bad as it looks but just a slight miscalculation after treating the saddle to some tlc.

Awesome!
Is that near Porthtowan?

Don't suppose you used to race in the CMBC series back in the 90's? It used to be huge down there, always a good turn out.

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How dare you! This is one of my finest moments!

Everything about this pic is fucking cool.

Nope. Left in 1990, but did do 2 Lands End Classics. Only returned here last year.

Wheal Peevor, near Redruth.

I was trying to place where it might of been taken, my money was on either near st austal or st day way. Classic Cornish pump house pic

And possibly the only mountain bike frame made in Cornwall.

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Cool bike. Why the high bottle mount position on the down tube?

So I can shoulder the bike and not have a bottle cage digging me in the kidney.
It also has road fork blades for chainstays so I can run a narrow BB axle. Clearance for 1.95 max.
Field bikes, the known brand, are from Sheffield but this was made by someone else. Denis Field who set up near Falmouth. He built road frames and agreed to do this one-off. When he finish he said he had had to throw the book away and would never do another. He also said I could have had it in 753 if I’d asked!

Long time listener, hoping this is appropriate. My recently finished C-16R.

Love it - nice work