Retro mountain bikes

These were silly money back in the nineties too. There was this Scandinavian guy riding for the Corratec Pro team who finished regularly top ten at World Cup races but I've forgotten his name... Ostergaard??

Jan Erik Østergaard

That's the guy. Thanks @JesperXT (your name sounds Scandinavian too... 😉)

Guilty as charged

The Bows look rad as hell, but damn I wouldn't use one, especially not an early disc brake version.
Love mine a lot btw, I have ridden it almost every day the past 3 weeks, and I'm planning to keep this tendency going.

Sid's

The pricing on some old stuff is getting stupid.

And when they need servicing, you have to pay similar stupid prices for a kit (if you can find any...)

Dayyum. Maybe I shouldn't have put those old Judy XLs in the tip.

You can use kits from Judys. Some years had same seals.

@danstuff you filthy monster! Have ye no shame? You got any other stashed nuggets?

Well, the seals were gone, it was a few years ago so they were just useless old tat rather than retro chic. The fork legs were a rather funky aubergine colour though, and I'm a sucker for dual-crown forks.

I have got a Raleigh Dynatech Torus XT titanium frame tucked away in the garage loft, with a bent derailleur hanger, but also with the rather funky Direct Control dual-crown rigid forks. And a full XT groupset to go with it, albeit not quite period correct as I replaced the cantis with XT V-brakes. I really should get round to rebuilding it some time. That's definitely not going in the tip.

O, thanks for the advice. I have Sid '98 on my Ritchey Project 20 but it's loosing air on rough descents.

I have a manitou sx-r dispo instead your judy. Nice lightweight fork, equivalent to the sid in 1999. Serviced 3 years ago, ridden once since.

You call me sometimes in near future

Mountain bikey bars now fitted. They are Easton Kona branded and are a better match for the frame.

I still prefer the look of the flipped bars though!

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Not gonna lie, looked much sicker in path racer mode, but I guess this is more usable. :)

Is that a magic gear?

so sick! love Panasonic bikes
what's your saddle ?

Just stumbled across a Trek 970 on eBay - I've put a speculative bid on it. Is this likely to be a good thing?

Yes it is, thanks to help from here! 46 - 17 worked out beautifully.

Sure! Was high range steel first half of nineties

Saddle is a very basic Madison Flux, also see Charge Spoon.

Thanks; looks quite nice in the pictures.

I expect the components will be pretty tired, but if it goes for without a heavy vintage / retro premium then I'll be glad to pick it up and get it running nicely.

any help on this:
I'm trying to change my seatpost on my Raleigh technium obsession (1990) and unfortunately I'm not quite sure the size of it. It seems that it's a 27mm but some other forums say It could be 26.8mm.
No shop around me has a 27mm so I can't try. I want to double check before ordering online.
Cheers

When you say change, do you have one in there already?

I find it helpful to have a set of digital calipers, especially when building up old frames. I had the same issue with my recent Hardrock build but just took several measurements of inside the seat tube and took the average.