Bikedued

My boss who is 6-7 years younger than me just got a chance to buy back his old mtb from when he was 16! Someone brought it into the shop for a trade in, completely by chance! Hows that for a "never happens" kind of occurrence? It's a tomato red rigid Specialized Stumpjumper. It's going to get cleaned to the 9's and hung on the wall. It's covered with a layer of garage dust, but should look new once finished. Yes I will post pictures once it's done. It's from the early days of the "foot of seatpost and long 0 angle stem" era,,,,,BD

SD-B

3 years ago i went to help a friend in his store and it ruined our friendship. He was the biggest pr**k to work for. I ended up hating him afterwards, he ripped me off, and it was a fiasco.
2 years later, I answered an online ad and went to meet someone at a subway station about a slightly used but fairly new computer he as selling and i bought it for very little money. Took it home, turned it on and it was the very same computer I had used at that business. In fact it had been purchased for me and i could see my old documents on it but no one had used it after I had left-the owner had a gambling addiction so i assumed he sold it to soomeone for cash and I ended up with it, in the city of Toronto......with millions of people, I ended up with that one computer So.......these things do happen once in awhile ;-)

Gravity Aided

Bicycles and computers both must have kharmic wheels.

sykerocker 

Patti and I were driving down our road last Saturday, going past the county transfer station. As is my usual we slow down and can see there's a bike under the recycle tent. Pull in to take a look as discover it's an (I guess, haven't followed up the serial number yet) late 80's or early 90's Nishiki Cascade. Double butted chrome moly, all Shimano Deore LX . . . . . . and a heck of a lot better than the Diamondback I'm currently playing with. And it's my size . Got it out of there immediately.

As I'm on a mandatory 32-hour week from work, plus burning off my last remaining vacation days before they go away 31 Jan, I had it tore down, cleaned up, and on my trails within five days. Managed to keep it all original except for the shifter pods, as mud daubers got in the left one and trashed it. Replaced them with some later 8-speed Deore LX's I had on the shelf (so I waste a click ). It's running, although I've got to spend some time further adjusting the drivetrain, as I'm running a bit of adjustment problems on the front - it's a crazy setup where you've got a bottom pull derailleur with a top pull cable routing. There's a pulley on the seat tube just above the bottom bracket to reverse the cable action.

Gravity Aided

Very nice Nishiki . Love the redstripe tires

Drummerboy1975

Just picked up this 1990 Trek 930 Singletrack today.

Sixty Fiver

I needed to catch up on this thread... Leica's '84 Team Comp is a gem and I have only seen two of this in the wild... one is in Portland hanging in a shop and is un-ridden while a guy I know has one that he has been riding since he bought it new.

I have a thing for those rigid 80's mountain bikes that adapt so well to doing so many things... many were more like ATB's and many early builders seemed to simply adapt touring frames to take 26 inch tyres.

My '87 Kuwahara Cascade has been serving as my touring bike for many years.



The '88 Shasta is every bit as nice and has evolved from being a fixed gear winter bike to a three speed, and I restored the drive to it's original 18 speeds albeit with better parts and it has been become my primary daily workhorse when it isn't winter.

Bikedued

I guess my Sierra fits here too? I never had it built as a mountain bike since I got it as a bare frame. It's steadily evolving. I want to find some alloy fenders for it, or at least something silver that fits better. I was kind of bummed out with the amount of "clearance" these have. The radius also seems off, almost like they were meant for a 29er or very fat 700 tire? It weighs 28 pounds 12 ounces, but once you're rolling it seems way lighter.,,,,BD

PHT

Do frankenbikes count? Well I guess I'll add my drewed vintage Shogun ATB to the list. Nothing special about this bike - it's straight gauge cromo frame and fork. It had Suntour mechs with a mixed set of shifters. I had previously stripped the cool Y stem for another project. Low end but iit feels like I could ride it off a cliff and it would be no worse for wear. EXCEPT for the brake bosses, as a rear post had been snapped off by the time I picked it up.

I figured since there was already frame damage that it would make sense to further strip it and turn it into a single speed coaster brake set up for the winter. Of course there's no snow here in New England, but I guess I can take it off pavement anyway! Please ignore the rust...it is SUPPOSED to be a winter bike afterall! If it survives through the spring I'll give it a proper 'round town coaster brake rehab (saddle, bb, crank, stem, etc)

gearheadgeek

I'm a new guy here, but here's my old mountain bikes:

1989 Trek 950. Lugged steel and a bit heavy. Ridden super hard off-road in the early days, then it was my all-purpose bike (off-road and daily commuter) when I lived in AZ. Sat idle for several years - at one point I even stole the rear brake cable to make a throttle cable for my '57 Chevy EFI project. Now it's back in use as a commuter.




1994 Cannondale Delta V 500. Fairly light, super stiff frame. Can't see it in the pic, but a cool metallic blue/purple fade. This one has seen some really rough use for 10+ years and handled everything I threw at it. The early headshok has limited travel, but it was the stiffest suspension fork available at the time. Now it's my back up off-road bike.



- John

gearheadgeek

One more:

1999 Cannondale Super V 700. My "new" bike. Picked this up in early 2011, it had hardly been ridden. Still had the original tires with the rubber nubs on them (dried out sidewalls though). Later headshok with more travel and a very stiff frame. I converted it to disc brakes and it's been my main off-road ride since. This bike is awesome! Climbs like a mountain goat, and the disc brakes are so much better than cantilevers or v-brakes.



- John

jbchybridrider 

I call him Pugsly now.

Drummerboy1975

My '96 Rockhopper that I just put different wheels and tires on.

PHT

LOVE the colors on Pugsley the Peugeot

Slammin

Sorry to put u on the spot but can you give me a ball park what you paid. Im haggling with a friend who has an unridden one he wants $800 I want to offer $400 maybe $500 at max. You and I both dont have enough post to PM or you can email it to me at slammingsr@yahoo.com thanks Again sorry to put u on the spot.

Grim

My 1 year only 1984 Trek 890 out of 501. It was sold for "the urban canyon" came on 1.5 Panasonic Radials. More of a touring geometry with not such a stretched out top tube and medium length chain stays. I got it as a frame only and just mocking up want I want to do with it. Trying to decide if it will get those Dirt drops with 9speed bar ends, Origin8 Tiki bars similar to Nitto Mustache bars used on the Bridgestone XO bikes or risers. Rest of the drive train will be 11x30 9 speed cassette, Deore LX Derailleurs and Deore LX 48/36/28 cranks. Yeah its a big frame at 23 inches but Trek shows 24's were built in the serial number section.


Wifes Bridgestone XO-2 that I got as a frame as well. Dont have a built up picture right now.


My Kids Novara on 20 inch wheels like a 92 I think.







Since the "90's" is the new C&V in this thread here's my 97 Super V1000

and my 98 M400 made commuter

gearheadgeek

No problem - I got my Super V for $420. I've seen them go for more on ebay, and in my area they show up on CL for big $.

- John

Bikedued

There's a flat black Super V on Houston CL for a grand. I think he's smoking crack myself.,,,,BD

Slammin

Thanks John, his has the lefty fork and disc brakes it might be a 2001 0r 2002 can't recall it just sits in the basement at his job. Considering the brakes and lefty fork i might try coming up to $550 $600. Its mint he spent $2300 it has yellow tires and yellow clipless. I already have tires and AtAC pedals bought in anticipation of us agreeing on a price.

Bikedued, I checked out that flat black, someone called him out. lol

mcarter

Here's my 91 Bianchi Ibex. Suntour XCE cranks, X1 rear derailleur, top pull fd, Suntour Xpress 7 speed shifters, Dia Compte brakes. The guy I bought it from even gave me a 91 Bianchi catalog with it! I bought it just this past summer...the first mountain bike I ever owned. It's in vintage condition in the pics. I have since upgraded everything.

Gravity Aided

They look rather aristocratic , to me.

Uncle Nucoa

I built this 1989 Univega Alpina Pro right out of the box when I was working in a friends bike shop

This is it's current incarnation ( I have back issues...)

Drummerboy1975

The title of the post is " Show us your vintage MTB" not "Show us your RARE vintage MTB"

Wtf? I showed you mine, lets see yours.

Amesja

Eieeee! With that saddle in such an upright position I'd have butt issues too. Something like a Brooks B66 would be much more comfy while upright IMHO.

WNG

A very nicely preserved example you have! I was given a 91/92 Nyala, a few models below yours. I thought the ride of the lugged steel frame was superb. One of my favorite rigid MTBs to have my leg thrown over. I wish I still had it!