Retro mountain bikes

An absolute beaut!

same goes for the Black Widows

Jesus - it’s like they spotted a bear trap and it gave them an idea.

That's a blast from the past - I lost quite a bit of skin to those bitd.

For some reason I replaced mine with these...

Ahhh, the good ol' days, hey!

My shins are squirming

All I can see there :D

Still bare the scars. Fuck they shreded my shins.

Lumpy shin bones :)

I've got a big hole from them too...

I might try and find some shark bites for my hardrock. That said I don’t remember them being that grippy despite the damage.
Edit - bun that. They’re 60 notes on eBay.

When used with shoes with soft soles ( Vans, All stars), grip was superb. I've seen many downhillers using that combination.

Always loved this frame.

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A frame only a Mudder could love

Picking up an early nineties Verlicchi hardtail tomorrow. O, it will be so wrong: blue anodized stem, Marzocchi XC600, seatpost and seatpost QR. :-)

Here's my current project. There's a very stuck aluminum seat post in there which I had gone absolutely apeshit on without it budging a millimeter. It's out now after dissolving it with NaOH. I'll post up some pics of the aftermath in a bit.

My general plan for the bike is a suspension corrected rigid fork and single speed. Details lacking.

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wow lookin good

Any of you lot in this thread got some 26" wheels for sale? Rim brake, natch. Not too fancy.

Not retro but the king of lethal pedals, BMW shinburgers:

A stone cold classic!