Nice looking bike.
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Love the concept, bet she's fastest in her class. I decided that rather than wheel swapping, just get an inexpensive SS/FG.
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Specialized Rock Combo with 650Bs
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...e/24a51ac8.jpg |
Nice conversion! Are there room for even bigger tires like the 42mm Hertre's with mudguards?
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Oops, sorry for through double post. I just caught that.
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RockCombo's were not conversions! They came from the factory with drop bars (Dirt drops, I believe) and bar end shifters. They are among the neatest bikes ever made, if you ask me.
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Got it tightened up and ridable (took a tire, a chain, a bottom bracket and about an hour of wrenching)-
http://i.imgur.com/8eqnUl.jpg I love this thing, I'm keeping it, got the matching XT RD [to the FD] coming tomorrow. I forgot how simple the fun was with toeclips, barends and thumb shifters. |
Originally Posted by IthaDan
(Post 13963811)
Got it tightened up and ridable (took a tire, a chain, a bottom bracket and about an hour of wrenching)-
http://i.imgur.com/8eqnUl.jpg I love this thing, I'm keeping it, got the matching XT RD [to the FD] coming tomorrow. I forgot how simple the fun was with toeclips, barends and thumb shifters. |
1986 Bridgestone MB-1. As my habit, I've taken good care of it. It's nearly stock, with only the normal parts that wear have been replaced.
I changed the stem and bars a couple of years after I bought it new. Note the hidden rear brake - a short lived fad. Street tires on it here: http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...e/FullBike.jpg |
Originally Posted by ZeRinger
(Post 13963821)
Oh man, I always wanted one of those. It looks beautiful!
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Not my bike but I had to take a pic cuz you sure don't see these everyday.
Panasonic Mountain Cat: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6...fba33741_b.jpg Panasonic Mountain Cat by Lester Of Puppets, on Flickr |
Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
(Post 13964952)
Not my bike but I had to take a pic cuz you sure don't see these everyday.
Panasonic Mountain Cat: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6...fba33741_b.jpg Panasonic Mountain Cat by Lester Of Puppets, on Flickr http://www.agarman.dial.pipex.com/andean.jpg |
Originally Posted by jmccain
(Post 13963859)
1986 Bridgestone MB-1. As my habit, I've taken good care of it. It's nearly stock, with only the normal parts that wear have been replaced.
I changed the stem and bars a couple of years after I bought it new. Note the hidden rear brake - a short lived fad. Street tires on it here: http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...e/FullBike.jpg |
Originally Posted by Smokinapankake
(Post 13963339)
RockCombo's were not conversions! They came from the factory with drop bars (Dirt drops, I believe) and bar end shifters. They are among the neatest bikes ever made, if you ask me.
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Originally Posted by jmccain
(Post 13963859)
1986 Bridgestone MB-1. As my habit, I've taken good care of it. It's nearly stock, with only the normal parts that wear have been replaced.
I changed the stem and bars a couple of years after I bought it new. Note the hidden rear brake - a short lived fad. Street tires on it here: http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...e/FullBike.jpg This thing is gorgeous. It's just so clean and simple. Very elegant. If it had some more rack mounts it would make an amazing touring conversion. |
Originally Posted by cobrabyte
(Post 13965516)
I'm fairly certain by 'conversion' they mean swapping the original 26" wheels to 650b...being that they also asked about tire size clearance. So, yeah.
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Reposting since I decided to strip my 1991 Klein Pinnacle to the bare necessities from this:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6...4ed71f9c_b.jpg To this: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/6...d6100501_b.jpg |
^ yum
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I think in those days Klein only made two models - the Pinnacle and the higher end Adroit. Someone correct me if I've got it wrong... Very tasty indeed Slammin.
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Originally Posted by Smokinapankake
(Post 13978323)
I think in those days Klein only made two models - the Pinnacle and the higher end Adroit. Someone correct me if I've got it wrong... Very tasty indeed Slammin.
Glenn http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/m...-2011130-1.jpg http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/m...sBikes2021.jpg http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/m...sBikes2022.jpg |
Picked this one up last Sunday. Needs a good cleaning, a little stem adjustment and I'm going to put slicks and a new saddle on it, but it's neat. 1988 Schwinn Project KOM:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6...30ef302149.jpg. Mid-80s Japanese Bianchi Grizzly (just this side of rideable for me, sizewise): http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/6...4ef8267ff9.jpg I posted this one a while back, but here's my everyday rider, a 1985 Panasonic Pro-ATB: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/6...cd2c848fdc.jpg By the way, here's an unsolicited testimonial for Forte Gotham tires. I've had a pair on my Italian-made Grizzly for several years with nary a flat, and had them on the heavily-used Panasonic for the last year with the same result. They run well, look good and are inexpensive and tough as nails. |
Originally Posted by The MAX
(Post 13965683)
This thing is gorgeous. It's just so clean and simple. Very elegant. If it had some more rack mounts it would make an amazing touring conversion.
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Originally Posted by IthaDan
(Post 13963811)
Got it tightened up and ridable (took a tire, a chain, a bottom bracket and about an hour of wrenching)-
http://i.imgur.com/8eqnUl.jpg I love this thing, I'm keeping it, got the matching XT RD [to the FD] coming tomorrow. I forgot how simple the fun was with toeclips, barends and thumb shifters. Adding this to my list of bikes I would love to have. I agree with you on the fun of an old rigid bike with thumbies. |
Originally Posted by Glennfordx4
(Post 13978531)
Don't for get the Fervor, we still have 2 complete NOS Fervor's & a Pinnacle & 2 Fervor frame sets in stock at the shop I work at. One of the Fervors is full XT 7spd with the Mission Control handle bars & I think the other one is 7spd LX, we also have 2 new pair of Mission Control handle bars left. We have quite a few NOS Mountain Bikes & frames left over from the late 80's to the mid 90's that just didn't sell even with the pricing being half off. I was going to build up a NOS Cannondale 3.8 with a Pepperoni fork this summer but I have been thinking of the Pinnacle instead.
Glenn http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/m...sBikes2022.jpg Here is my newest Pinnacle 88 XCD still need to clean and strip her. Note the rear brake under chain stays and BMXish geometry. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7049/6...ed270e95_b.jpg |
Glenn, those are MC2's and not MC1 correct? The Pinnacle XCD had Sakae stem riser roller. A Mission Control with noodle would be a sweet upgrade.
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