Vintage Diamond Back MTB..
 

Mostly original except for the tires and seat.

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Unique RD cable set up...

1983 Model

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=458246Looks similar to mine, even the same color.

Cool bike with pretty, curly lugs. There's one of these on our local CL.


[h=2]Diamond Back Ridge Runner Mountain Bike - $250 (Brooklyn Center)[/h]Diamond Back Ridge Runner Mountain Bike

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A twin!!

Those are some nice machines! When did Diamondback switch from lugs to TIG'd?

I bought mine new the year they were introduced as an all-year-round Minnesota commuter. That unusual rear derailleur worked well, until it didn't; so mine has a replacement there. I understand that derailleur had a design weakness that limited service life. Somewhere I read the reason for the pretty lugged frame is that when the call went out to create a mountain bike to match the California bikes that were just going into wider distribution, they had to create a quick answer using their upper end hand-brazed production line.

I road it year round every day for several years (commuting). Took it on logging, snowmobile and fire trails occasionally. When my son was born this century, it hauled a kid trailer bike. Those wide bars and the long wheelbase were excellent for counterbalancing a kid swaying back and forth on the trailer bike! Currently it's my rain, off road, and grungy road surface bike in the fall and spring. I've never done "serious" technical single track, but I hope to ride it for the rest of my life. Something about it just "fits" right.

What's your plan for yours?

funny how these frames have almost exactly the same geo as a Raleigh DL-1.

Love the old Diamondback Ridge Runner. I had to have a replacement to my Mean Streak after I had an incident with a car. So I probably paid too much for this one, but oh well. I look at it more than I ride it, and to me that's ok.

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Whoa that head tube angle is slack. Looks like an recliner! Also love the wrap around seat stays.