Retro mountain bikes

Hahaha absolutely!

What are the go to brake upgrades for a retro MTB? can anyone recommend a good set of v brakes or cantilevers?

Planet X

Adding in to this they have all of their Bullmoose options on pre order as they should be doing a big delivery on them soon!!

Biggest thing you can do is get Kool stop salmon pads imo.

Last version of xt or xtr.

simple deore v-brakes are great with the mentioned kool stop pads

here's my muddy fox

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Looks fun

Very good, what’s the fork on that?

generic alu fork which technically is too high with 420A-C, works for me.
i got mine second hand for cheaps, wouldn't pay that much.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Heli-Bikes-425-Alu-Gabel-Starrgabel-schwarz-glanz-915gramm-MTB-26-1-1-8-Ahead/333755016928?hash=item4db55966e0:g:vxwAAOSwQgVfiGJO

Looks like loads of fun!

Picked these two up earlier. Always wanted an Alpinestars with the raised chainstays and a chap locally had these. The frames have been resprayed and need new elastomers in the pace forks. Otherwise they’re both really nice condition. I don’t need more bikes but n+2 etc

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@Dogtemple Lovely. I was after one of these a while back and missed out.
If you're looking to offload one.......

Oh good, n+2 is a thing. Thank fuck for that.

Where does everyone get these BmX risers from? (With the cross brace bit)
Is there a forum-approved one?

I get one well with the OG v2s on my Giant but I wouldn’t mind trying some out.

Surly sunrise. Theyre massive, 820mm or something. Do Stooge do some??

Or motocross bars are 22.2 as well I think.

You mean N squared, no?

Hehe

Are the surlys 31.8mm?
(My Giant has a quill converter for ease of stem/bar swappage)

Velo Orange Klunker and Surly Sunrise seem to be popular, as are bars from actual motocross bikes with a BMX stem but be wary that they weigh a ton. For ultimate bling though there's the Whisky Milhouse.
Stooge also do a couple with 85mm and 100mm rise, both are 22.2mm clamp diameter.

Hey cheers! Looks like they’re all 25.4 clamp, but I’d probably want a shorter stem anyway so could just get one with a smaller clamp.

Surly comes with a shim to 31.8mm.

Stooge bikes look nice!

Anyone got an option on the Raleigh Mtrax titanium and cromoly combo frames? found a pretty good deal on one, always loved the look of the raw titanium contrasting the steel lugs!

These are an awesome pair, incredible score. Dare I ask where you found them?