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I was amazed that I could see it with the naked eye quite clearly, obviously it pops a lot more with the iPhone long exposure shots I took.
I really wish I’d got my proper dslr out on a tripod but I was sound asleep until my wife very excitedly woke me up to see it.I’m 38 and this is the very first time I’ve seen it. Tbf I lived in Glasgow my whole life until we moved a bit further out into the sticks 6 years ago. I’d always thought I’d need to go up closer into the Highlands to see it properly.
Has anyone else seen it before from relatively suburban locations??
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Haha! So it’s the one with the same rear suspension lay out as the dh9?!
Funny, it’s all coming back to me now, Schwinn and Yeti were made in the same factory or owned by the same people back then?I feel like that era really was the golden era of downhill, like the dawn of proper long travel downhill bikes. Feels like yesterday.
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Schwinn Straight 8
Ooof right up my strasse
Uch I’m not sure I’d ever really commit the money to an fsr dh. Was my dream bike when I was 14.
I used to see a guy on an fsr dh in Glasgow around 2000-02, often seen him in the Kelvingrove boosting off the steep verges off the main path. He was always in casual clothing and no helmet.
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Have heard some unsavoury things about that guy…
Aye, hadn’t realised there’s photos of it a couple pages back. It was the single crown shivers that caught my eye. The coolest looking forks of all time.
Do you have any build planned around the og Dorado forks?
I fantasize about building a 2000’s specialized FSR DH with x-vert forks… -
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Well they look a bit shit as is and without naming a price, no one’s going to offer what you think used bags are worth.
Even if they are lightly used, folk tend to look at roughly 40-50% off retail.
You’d be doing yourself a favour by just setting a price that you’d like. If no one seems keen at that price then you know… -
Great series of videos there. Love all the dual crown forks hanging in the back ground.
I thought I recognised you, felt sure we’d met before, couldn’t place it. I wondered if we’d met back in peak Glasgowfgss days but just realised this morning that we chatted in queen street station a couple of years ago at the wee coffee stall.
I’d noticed there was a really nice bike(can’t for the life of me remember what it was now) behind the stall and it turned out to be yours.
I think it’s was a really nice retro jump bike maybe? Must have been you? -
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Hey, sorry not been on the forum much recently. I’ll ok you some pics this afternoon :)