Vintage Diamond Back MTB..
06-15-15 | 07:25 AM
#2
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From: Minnesota
Bikes: Five active bikes: 1983 Diamondback RidgeRunner (early production mountain bike), 1951 Raleigh Sports 3spd, 2012 Novara Safari, 2013 Schwinn 411 IGH, 2016 Jamis Roughneck Fatbike; plus a Trek T900 tandem shared with the family
06-15-15 | 07:38 AM
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From: South of the Twin Cities, MN
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
[h=2]Diamond Back Ridge Runner Mountain Bike - $250 (Brooklyn Center)[/h]Diamond Back Ridge Runner Mountain Bike
06-15-15 | 10:26 AM
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Bikes: 1991 Bianchi Eros, 1964 Armstrong, 1988 Diamondback Ascent, 1988 Bianchi Premio, 1987 Bianchi Sport SX, 1980s Raleigh mixte (hers), All-City Space Horse (hers)
Those are some nice machines! When did Diamondback switch from lugs to TIG'd?
06-15-15 | 01:14 PM
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From: Minnesota
Bikes: Five active bikes: 1983 Diamondback RidgeRunner (early production mountain bike), 1951 Raleigh Sports 3spd, 2012 Novara Safari, 2013 Schwinn 411 IGH, 2016 Jamis Roughneck Fatbike; plus a Trek T900 tandem shared with the family
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?
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?
07-08-15 | 01:18 PM
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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.
07-08-15 | 01:36 PM
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Bikes: 1991 Team Miyata Track, 1992 Lemond Alpe d'Huez, 19?? Schwinn High Serra, 1982 Trek 614, 198X Raleigh Alyeska
