Retro mountain bikes

L/XL 1991 GT Karakoram, £70!

https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/gt-karakoram-bike-in-that-hot-orange-with-large-frame/1316794470

I was planning on listing the same frameset on here but that price is unbeatable.

pm'd you

A while back this repainted Kona Kilauea was on sale as a complete, I missed my chance of buying it but luckily the frameset popped up for sale on a forum later. I built the bike with 1x10 XT/SLX-gears with a Blackspire oval chainring, Avid Single Digit v-brakes etc, tyres are Michelin Wild Race'R2's set up as tubeless on Mavic XM 117 rims. There's a few more pictures in Flickr.

Lovely Kona. Bet it rides great.

I just finished my 1992 Panasonic MC Pro yesterday.

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Thanks, the Kilauea's pretty fun. Kona Bikes just published a blog post about the bike: KONA DREAM BUILD: JOUKO’S KILLER KILAUEA . Your Panasonic's really nice!

Tidying my office this morning unearthed a few clippings from the past...

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:-)

Mint sauce

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I need this for my cinelli...

EDIT: Looked it up and they sell for £1k+ lol

Love those rear mechs! There's a bloke on retrobike, I think, who bought an old chas Roberts d.o.g.s b.o.l.l.o.x with sharpie'd jo Burt sketches on..... what a find!

I’ve just picked up a Panasonic MC 3500 for cheap. Haven’t had a good look over it just yet. Does anyone know much about them? Are they any good?

If it's a Panasonic it's good. :) These are lower end urban models afaik, but still probably indestructible and made to last an eternity.

Just had a quick look over it. Has full Shimano 300LX groupset including hubs and even the pedals. Panasonic branded white bottle cage and saddle. And on the seat post is a free as a bird!! :)

Oh yeah and a Deore XT shark fin :D

Niiice. Any pics??

MC ("mountain cat") is mtb, not urban. Believe the CB was an urban bike. 300 LX is lower end indeed but nontheless these were great bikes that often came in fresh colours. Had my eye on a 6500 frameset from Germany (38 €) but seller never responded.

The paint on this one is red with white splatters all over. Should look good once I’ve cleaned and polished.

Here’s a quick (terrible) photo of it. Don’t nothing to it since I picked it up.

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Nice!

I picked up an early nineties Colnago Maxim. Heavy as fuck but will make a nice commuter, I guess.

I picked up one of these for my GF, for Winter mud-plugging.

Beautiful bike. What size is the seatpost on that model? Mine is a 26.0, just curious if this is correct

Awesome! Love the paint too

Thanks, will look much better when I clean off the layers of dry mud and give it a good polish.

Mine is a 29,6 @dazzrie

And this is my Maxim.

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