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11-01-08, 07:18 PM

http://forums.mtbr.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=397194&stc=1&d=1222948046

11-01-08, 07:23 PM

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w231/RobbVII/Silly%20pix/Bike2.jpg

11-01-08, 07:27 PM

http://forums.mtbr.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=356458&stc=1&d=1209496735

11-01-08, 07:32 PM

A very weird slack vs. steep comparison...but on the wrong bikes:
Slack:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm51/JBSHELBYS/100_3187.jpg
Steep:
http://www.radforum.de/gallery/files/475-Irbis2_175395.jpg

11-01-08, 07:39 PM

Here's a doozie...sorta "confused" like:
http://forums.mtbr.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=337678&d=1203914385
http://forums.mtbr.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=337681&d=1203914385

M_S

11-01-08, 07:55 PM

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c202/gt4mainman/klein-1.jpg

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/files/r_t_s_171.jpg

frankenmike

11-01-08, 08:10 PM

I always liked the look of the old LTS double boingers- unfortunately the pivots loosened up on those frames relatively quickly( as did most 4-bar linkage frames from that era).

kenhill3

11-01-08, 10:34 PM

Oh, yeah. I remember most of that stuff. I had the Manipoo 2, used to think it looked so cool, travel was, like, 1 1/2" ? Hanebrink inverted. Doug probably knows some stuff about that one. If I had to choose one to keep it would probably be the Klein, still a great hardtail. Grafton cranks on it?

kenhill3

11-01-08, 10:39 PM

All that purple is burnin' my eyes, er, eye.

11-01-08, 10:42 PM

For me it was a never ending battle in my mind..."Gorilla Billet or Paul's? Paul all the way!!"

Then there was the Kooka-oogling.

11-01-08, 10:47 PM

If I had to choose one to keep it would probably be the Klein, still a great hardtail.

http://www.observedtrials.net/otn4/meandkleinsmall.JPG

kenhill3

11-01-08, 11:34 PM

Control Tech was right up here in the Seattle area, they sponsored a lot of racing here, particularly the Marymoor Velodrome cyclocross series at the beginnings.

And Gary Klein's operation was about thirty miles south of me. Knew a few guys that worked there. His wife came to our glass studio to commission some stained glass for their house. When I called Ms. Klein to schedule a site visit, Gary answered the phone and pretty much squelched the idea. Wife must've been burnin' through the cash or something. In '97 I found myself on the start line next to Gary Klein at a Norba National XC race up at Snoqualmie Pass. I actually ran into Gary Klein on the trail last March here in Capital Forest, he was leading a group of about 6-8 MTB'ers, he was somewhat portly, hair dyed red, riding a Klein frame (of course) with a Maverick inverted fork, the rest of the party was mostly on Specialized bikes (!).

yellowjeep

11-02-08, 01:25 AM

Awesome thread. Keep it coming

nubcake

11-02-08, 07:18 AM

i want that first gt posted...that bike is amazing

cryptid01

11-02-08, 07:26 AM

Grafton cranks on it?

Cook Bros.

kenhill3

11-02-08, 12:04 PM

Cook Bros.

Right, OK. Thanks, my memory is fading. IIRC, Cook Bros. also had the same general shape as the crank arms on their QR lever.

11-02-08, 12:52 PM

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/fatcitymedia/CookCranksALLSOLD.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/481974851_e942e7f98b.jpg?v=0

LesterOfPuppets

11-02-08, 03:03 PM

All my retro (I'm going to arbitrarily say pre-1995 is retro) rides have been stolen or sold. I still have some retro parts, these on a 1996 Mongoose that originally came with grip shift...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2995650749_28aeacd4d2_b.jpg