toavii

Well, it is a mountain bike. Not very mountain bike-ish any longer. '86 Cimarron.

frantik

looks pretty mountain bikey to me..?

eom 

More pictures please.

toavii

More in this thread.

Ballenxj

Was going to post my old Diamond Back Apex, but discovered I need to have ten posts first.
Oh well.

drkayaker

Hi, sorry for the change up on threads, I have a Ross Mt. McKinley Signature mountain bike I bought new though a local bike shop that at the time handled Ross bikes. This was a custom built bike I ordered in 1981 but had to wait approximately a year for delivery (Spring 1982). I road it on local mountain trails for a good ten years back then here in Montana. I just aired up the tires and took it for quick spin around my neighborhood and everything works as it should. It's paint job is scratched up from the use. Not sure what the value is? I have some photo's but not savvy enough with the computer to share on this site. If interested I would be willing to email. Bob

Ballenxj

My old Diamond Back before I rescued it from the weeds. I will be riding it today.

potion

That Cimarron is a dream, never seen one in that color only the dark green - great conversion

bikerinnola

Recently finished building up a 1991 Raleigh Technium Chill for general townie purposes. Not sure if the photos will come through.

Ballenxj

Very COOL! Can you please post close up shots of how that front rack mounts, and how much weight is it rated for?

fleslider 

nice show us some after photo's, looks to be a 1989 model with some upgrades.

Bicycle Addict

Will be a '92 as the Team Marin was those colours in '91

9volt 

That light blue Cimarron is fantastic.

Here's the current state of my 84 Sierra after replacing the pedals and trying out some reddish Ritchey gumwalls

2cam16

Thanks for the confirmation!

corwin1968

Is that a 1989 Range Rover ES? If so, I have one of those in pieces in my garage. I'm using the rear wheel on my 1984 Trek 830.

Penbuy

Middle 90's Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer

Ballenxj

Thanks. I bought it second hand on CL. Been riding it and will try to remember to take a photo on the next outing.

2cam16

I believe a '94-ish Rockhopper. Grabbed this yesterday off CL for $20. Sadly it had a mishmash of parts save for the headset,handlebar, cranks, derailleurs, and brakes. Previous owner said he bought the front fork off EBay but didn't notice it didn't have brake bosses. Plus the fork wasn't a good fit at all. He had the wrong sized caged ball bearings so it was just flopping around. Rear wheel was an older Araya and wasn't even a qr, front was some cheap Chinese brand. Frame is nice. Broke it down today and some parts will be a donor to my '87 Ponderosa build and the crankset will probably go to my Karakoram (frozen driveside:decided to cut it off). Frame will lay in wait for the future.
IMG_1135 by 2cam16, on Flickr
IMG_1143 by 2cam16, on Flickr

dparham

I just picked up a 1998+ specialized Stumpjumper M2 frame im about to build up with a donor S&W police bike fitted with LX/XT parts... Chris king threadless headset, rockshock Judy fork... i didnt really care for the generic S&W frame even though its my size and had extra gussets under headtube welded on.. NOTHING like the stumpjumper however... anyway, it should be a nice ride... I ride mostly street urban and road but just wanted have something different and obviously this frame is superior to the S&W ( right?) lol

bikemig 

A lot of beautiful bikes on this thread. This is my 1993 Bridgestone MB-1. I just picked it up the other day. The bike was practically NOS and completely original. The bike has a beautiful lugged frame made of ritchey logic tange prestige tubing and a cool tom ritchey designed biplane fork. The bike weighs a righteous 25 pounds.


I overhauled it but none of the original grease had been contaminated. The paint job is cherry. I swapped out the tires for schwalbe 26 x 2.0 marathon supreme touring and swapped the pedals out for bmx style pedals:

NickFavicchio 

Lol - we'll, I too was about to share my '93 MB-1. Tried a bunch of different set ups including 650b which works well.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskgNvGiY

My "real" trail bike is a '96 Bontrager Race Lite. 1" threadless is difficult to source a suspension fork for but someone suggested the RST Omega. The Marzocchi A Bomb that it came with was cracked and leaking oil. The Omega, imo, is pretty great for how cheap it is. The Bonty RL is an unreal ride. Makes the MB-1 feel downright stiff if you can believe it. Wildly, weirdly light frame. Climbs like a dream.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskBQADob

606

What do you think of the 26x2.0 Marathon Supremes? Do they feel reasonably fast?

bikemig 

Yeah, they're fine tires. They're also pretty light for such big tires. They do cost a lot though. You can likely find them cheaper from the UK than the States.

gomango

Another nice MB-1, as is Bikemig's of course.

Nick, how does your's handle with that sweet Swift bag up front?

VintageRide

I intended to put this 1985 Norco Sasquatch together from a frame which I traded for some vintage 26" tires for someone I felt could use it but they had another bike so for an extra 20.00 from the guy I purchased it from I was able to complete it. It did come with the Sugino crank set, brakes and front rim initially.


A decent enough build, a bit on the smaller side for me but for something to do short local trail rides with it should be fine. All the bearings needed repacking, either a bit tight or too loose. I always preferred the older mtb frames with a standard fork crown, most likely the last year for them, at least for Norco. Made in Japan by someone. Anyone have information on the Tange Champion PG tubing? Bike seems rather light. I understand the PG stands for Plain Gauge and would imagine being a mountain bike it would use something like the thicker No.4 or 5 tubing.