1WD

I delegated my 1993 Diamond Back Ascent EX to road-only after getting my new mountain bike.

tk1971

Rode this around with a Fox F80, but then I went single speed. Then a rigid fork lightened the bike some more, and I put flat bars back on. Raleigh MTi 1000 weighing in at 20 lbs with a 2.35 tire up front and a 2.2 in the rear with tubes.

Pompiere

I found these at a local second hand shop this past summer. They had not been ridden a lot, but suffered from years of neglect. Originally, I was only going to get the grey bike for myself, but I went back and rescued the green one when I saw it was still sitting outside a couple months later. I figured for $10, at least I could get some good parts off of it. They only required grease in the bearings, new tires & tubes, and shift cables to get them going. I had everything that I needed in my spare parts stash.

Mumonkan

man that green/pink ross paintjob is awesome @Pompiere - miami vice!

heres my thing im working on

dminor 

So . . . I wonder why a bike company HQd in Queens, NY felt compelled to name a bike after a mountain way out in Oregon?

LesterOfPuppets

East coasters have always been jealous of the mountains out west.

They also had a Mount Washington, I dunno if they meant the one in New Hampshire or the one in Oregon, though.

LesterOfPuppets

That thing is so rad! Is the chain staying on the chainring in the bumpy stuff?

Mumonkan

yup, although ironically i dropped the chain this morning on my ride into work on some flat pavement.

i think that had to do with the fact that a big leaf was wrapped around the bottom jockey wheel and crapped up shifting, then dumping the chain all the way to the small ring didnt help.

i stopped to put the chain back on and saw this huge oak leaf snarled around everything, gunked up my gloves in the process

Pompiere

I think that was just their marketing department trying to make the bikes sound more rugged and wilderness oriented. They also had a Mt. Whiney that was their top model. If they had stayed with local names, I don't think they would have the same appeal to the outdoorsy crowd: Flat Bush, Central Park, Yonkers, etc.

Pompiere

Thanks! I thought the pink was faded, but when I took the grips off, it was the same underneath. The bars on the grey bike have some scratches, revealing hot pink paint underneath. I'm not sure what that was about.

My son has an MB-2, 1986, in all black. He just told me he wants to take it back to college next semester, so I need to go over it to make it more weather and theft resistant.

dminor 

lol: I think an old, rigid MTB is about as theft-resistant as they come.

Mumonkan

just change out anything QR and get some dirt on it, should be good to go

LesterOfPuppets

In Portland, the Hypnotoad would get stolen in a heartbeat.

#itsbadinpdx

Mumonkan

i dont doubt it lol, but i dont think its that bad in ohio

Pompiere

He told me that it's not that your bike would be stolen, but that the current campus sport is to throw any unlocked bike or seat up into a nearby tree. So I intend to replace all the quick releases with nuts and bolts. The 30+ pounds will also help discourage tossing. It is already pretty beat up and ugly.

elmore leonard

I prefer the older chromoly Steel frames for recreational bikes. But steel wheels? Forget them. Change them out for lighter alloy wheels.
I bought a old Trek aluminum hard tail at a garage sale for $45 the other day with a beautiful set of light alloy wheels on it that I'm going to swap out for the heavier wheels on a chromoly frame bike, then swap the aluminum handle bars as well. Not sure about the bottom bracket but probably swap that too if it is the same size or maybe just the chain rings. The Trek frame is too small for me and of a rather crappy design.

dminor 

A set of scuffed Huffy decals wouldn't hurt either.

elmore leonard

15 speed . Made in Canada . Steel wheels. Steel frame. Good, low cost, all round off road bike. Nice high and low gears. One piece crank.

bikemig 

I've been riding the heck out of a 1992 Trek 950 I picked up this summer. I didn't much to it besides swapping out the tires, saddle, and crank for stuff I had in my parts bin. The paint job was in super shape and the bike is just a great ride:

OldsCOOL

Not so vintage but not new 2002 Trek 820, my winter trainer:

Kindaslow

Yeah, how about some love for new or newer fully rigid bikes!!!!!

Some day it will be vintage!!! And, so will mine.

OldsCOOL

There it is.

Steve F

Putting my '89 Ricardo Bushbike (Australian handmade bike) back together at the moment, it was pretty rubbish when I got it so it's not a restoration, just being built up to ride.





And before



Has some neat things that will stay like the oval chain rings and the rear brake slung under the frame, should be a fun ride and something I won't see another of (two years only with oval chain ring)

Cheers
Steve

GOv

Winter bike is a '91 Spec. Hardrock (almost all original) and my go-to bike is also another Hardrock but from 1999/2000. Really like the fit of these bikes and the fun they give back and they are CHEAP & RELIABLE like me

Mumonkan

updated this jawn today




hypnotoad: now featuring 3x9 XT deore/XTR and an absolutely ridiculous gear range