Retro mountain bikes

It explodes if you try to commute on it.

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I know British lads are going mad on these Trimbles but for me it's just an expensive ugly bike... Don't get the idolatry.

As a rough guide, what sort of frame size would a 6’3” person want to be looking at for a rigid 90s 26er?
Might build a mate up something and I’ve seen a nice frame that’s apparently 58cm too tube x 57cm seat tube.

Could work but will need a long (140-150 mm) stem, I guess.

Size wise approx 21-21,5".

So is that a bit on the small side for my mate? 58cm is about 22.5” I think.
I’m 5’8” so this is way outside my own frame of reference :-)

You may already know this and just be goofin', but "FTW" is "Frank The Welder," a dude who's famously done a lot of production aluminum welding work for various MUSA brands.

I had a chance to buy one of those stems for dirt cheap a while back and very much regret not doing it.

I believe there isn't anything larger than that... I ride 18-19" so no references either. But a friend of mine used to ride 21,5" (largest size Scott had back in 1991) and he was 6ft3".

You may already know this

Nope! Cheers for enlightening me.

^ what @WimVDD is saying here. That.

I'm 6' 3" and ride a 58cm top tube Marin with a 130mm stem/riser, plus humungous seatpost and it always feels like I'm a couple of cms shy of just right - shoulda got a setback seatpost, d'oh.

(obviously, if you build your mate the same frame with drops, everything changes).

I am 6' 5" and ride an old Muddy Fox with a 24" seat tube, would have to measure the top tube.

Cheers all. I reckon this frame I have my eye on would work. It’s going to be a pootler so it sounds like it should work ok with an upright position. It’s also bright pink, which lets face it, is more important than the bike fitting him...

Bar ID?

800mm motorcycle bars, they happen to be 22mm clamp which fits a BMX stem.

Got them from eBay, they're cheap ones.
Search "motorcycle enduro bars"

Nice one I thought so , I’d been looking at the same ones after seeing the Stridland ones

Hi all, looking for GT steel frame (around 16-18in) for my retro project.
any other makes are welcome too! :)

cheers!

Hello,
By any chance, any of those is for sale? :)

looking for GT steel frame (around 16-18in)

Might have something that suits, have PM'd you.

nah, sorry

As a rough guide, what sort of frame size would a 6’3” person want to be looking at for a rigid 90s 26er?
Might build a mate up something and I’ve seen a nice frame that’s apparently 58cm too tube x 57cm seat tube.

I'm 187cm and my Klein Attitude is a 22":

And here's a modern bike for reference (both of these have the saddle at the correct height for me, other controls in the right place etc):

Klein Attitude

Stunning bike.

Shall we plan a retro-MTB ride for summer? Give me something to look forward too and a reason to get the Attitude out.

Make it a weekend and I might leave Europe for it. 😉

Well, we could do a two day SDW ride, weather permitting