Retro mountain bikes

You’re not far off lad, reckon it’s a tad small. Plan is to sort it quickly and as close to spec but with riserbars for under 100€.

Really nice find, that Kestrel. Good luck with the build!

Yes, I have "a couple" of Ritcheys: two. ;-) Second is a modernish (2014) P Team. The P Team is a great ride but this Project 20 is REAL fun.

Sorry about the line in the middle, put together from two separate instagram pics.

Sublime paintjob on the forks.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmHuEnGjoyH/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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Finally got this frame built up and rideable.. ended up taking off more of the paint as the pink was starting to annoy me. Mad Max kinda vibes but enjoyed the ride home last night. Stem cable guide needs some work but kinda works for now.

Waiting on some titanium flat bars and some black inner cable housing to wrap the exposed cables. Gonna also get rid of the slick on the front and fit the matching rear tyre soon, but can see myself enjoying the slicks in the summer when it's less wet out.

That’s sick.

A set of Michelin Pilot Pumps would really feed into the rat rod look!

my commuter RMTB, 90ish Raliegh Massif, a proper unit...

Nice colours. Strong Secondary school nostalgia with this, big John Byrne had one.

I like that a lot. Heres my my P7 fitted some low riser to get more loft feels much better than the flat bar.

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yeah! low riser P7 club!

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Snap. Wow I thought my seatpost was high .

heh, the perils of being 6'3" - it's a 21" frame so it's not like they made anything larger at the time...

Oh wow 21" and 6.11 .im only 5.11 and P7 is a 17" . Enjoy the ride .

@lotsirb Thanks!

@MisterMikkel if only those came in gumwall. I'm adamant to keep the classic gum look on this. Might have a lead on some nos conti knobbys with an orange strip going down the middle that I think could work.. kinda?

@billygoat28 Thanks! I think I will eventually switch back to the nitto's but already bought the Ti bars especially for this so gonna stick with it for a while. Will keep an eye out for titanium riser bars for a lowkey bit of bling

@Juice.Bikes is that a flite seatpost? Lovely bike lad

Aye! its one where I managed to unbond the clamp/post when doing a mad whip skid years back. Managed to save it but bonding it back up and sticking a tiny bolt through it

I bought this one for the crazy paint.

Before and after

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GT now in dogpark mode.

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Your dog looks like if my boxer-x-staff and my lurcher had a baby (they’re both boys though…)

Edit: cute dog

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Mate is turning his old Peugeot into fastest mtb going road/mtb groupset. slick tyres etc fitted a 52-36 road crank. Trying to get a 90s mtb light is not easy.

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I'd say getting a 90s mtb light is much much easier than getting it to feel rapid

Some sweet rides on here lately. Question for the wet weather heads... what 26" mud guards would ya recommend for fat tyres?