t2p

hybridized vintage / old school mountain bike

finally got this 91 Schwinn Paramount Series 70 out of the garage

been buried in the garage untouched for around 20 years (top pic on left)

last rides with this bike were on the the road with the Turbo 26 x 1.0 ires

Fulltime1wd

1997 Cannondale F1000 with rear rack and WTB ThickSlicks.

Cycle Tourist

It would make a dandy touring bike. If bar ends and a flat bar don't work for you maybe a butterfly bar? Not changing to drop bars would mean no change for the brake levers and maybe the shift levers too. It would ease the swap. Spend the money on some nice street tires, ones that can take some higher pressures. (worth it)!

Korina

Nice! You have mid-fork attachments for a front rack (IMO better than stressing your brake mounts). I agree that going to a butterfly or other trekking-type bar would make your life easier, as would going to smoother tires. Make sure to show us when it's finished!

George Abitbol

Looks like to mine.

t2p

looking better

spent a few hours with baby wipes and WD40 to remove the heavy grime

cooperryder

Helped a friend with this one this past week with new cables, housing, shifters, stem adaptor and bars.

I had the seatpost way up so I could test ride.

Lowered half that distance it fits him well.

Trav1s

It's not complete yet and not sure if it is vintage… here are the before pics of the 2001 Trek 800 Sport I grabbed from FB Marketplace for $30. Pics are from the ad. I'm 99% sure it is all original including the Kenda tires.







Last year for the model and needs some love. It is the luck recipient of many take off parts on the sheft. After a good cleaning, it has received these upgrades:
- Trek platform, Trek saddle, and Tektro brakes from my wife's Verve 3.
- Specialized Crossroads 1.95x26 tires from my mountain bike.
- Quill stem adapter will be paired the Cannondale stem and handle bars from my Quick 1.
- New Shimano chain
- Still need BB and freewheel replaced. I might convert it to 3x8 since I have the parts.

My daughter had decided this is her bike after she outgrows her Quick 24.

Inusuit

Smokinapankake

Kind of reviving an older thread but hey - more pics of vintage MTB’s with slick tires is okay with me!

1991 Wicked Fat Chance:



1985 Fisher Montare:


Upgraded with trigger shifters and 8 speed cassette wheels


1985 Peugeot Canyon Express, now sporting the original fork converted to Threadless steer tube and fatter tires:



1996 Trek Singletrack 930:


I got rid of the crappy RockShox elastomer fork for this sweet Carver rigid with low rider mounts. It’s modeled after Kona’s legendary Project 2 fork and rides really nice.

As you can see, I really like swept back bars with a slight rise…

hokiefyd 

It's hard to beat an inkwell blue Trek from the mid '90s!

seat_boy

This is almost the opposite, a mountainized comfort bike

cooperryder

That looks like it could be a Specialized 650b Roll.

seat_boy

It's a 2012 Specialized Expedition, the predecessor to the Roll. I have more details of this build up on my blog.

cooperryder

Thank you for the clarification.





I have a 2021 I think it is Specialized Roll that looks somewhat similar.

I really enjoy riding my Roll.

Mine is heavily modified from its original configuration.

bOsscO

I've posted this in a few places so you may have seen my 1993 Mongoose IBOC Comp.
I did an almost-full resto-mod in 2020 during the pandemic. It's been a great urban cruiser/commuter.

t2p

made some progress with the PDG70

21.8 lbs as shown above

DorkDisk

Neat bike; Paramounts were nice and that has a nice paint job. Nice Ringle seatpost too.

I'm wondering about that fork/stem combo. It appears that you have a stack of spacers between the two headset locknuts. Is this the original fork, or one from a larger frame?

I may be wrong but, I would like to point out that perhaps you would like to swap out that stem for one with a longer quill or cut down the steerer tube. Control Tech stems had super short quills and I am not sure you are reaching the minimum insert point (with the wedge past the weakened threaded portion of the steerer, below the top cup).

The current setup places all your bending loads on the weakest part of the steerer. Ideally, you would want the wedge somewhere bisecting the top tube and below the top cup. You also don't want this too long to get stuck in the thick butted section.

t2p

good observation DD

yes - this is not the original fork … somehow / somewhere I misplaced the original fork and was not able to locate it (without heavy moving in the garage) - but I got lucky and found an OEM fork for a larger size

and yes - as you point out / illustrated the Control Tech quills were relatively short - so it just barely goes past the threaded portion of the steerer … I thought about reducing the steerer length a tad - but got lazy … might revisit the winter …

I replaced the Ringle post with a Thomson post … not thrilled with the look of the seat (orange is a tad too bright / much) - but it will do until I get another similar seat (all black)

I planned to replace the Avid Microdaptor / 22t ring with the original 24t ring - but decided to keep the 22t … especially since it has (only) a 28t rear … btw - that is a M900 8 speed cassette with one cog removed … I think I used the 12t and ring from a XT 7 spd cassette …

the Action Tec bottom bracket is still smooth

next up - PDG90 (frame / fork currently sitting in the work stand) … and mrs t2p PDG70 (just needs tires and some TLC) … both are 1992 lugged 1992 models ..

DorkDisk

I have a red Ringle seatpost, and don't use it; primarily because it's red and now I really lke setback on my seatposts.

If you like the shape of the Fabric saddle, I can recommend its earlier incarnation, the Charge Spoon. It is cheap, not heavy, and comes in many colors/patterns.

M900 cassettes all started at 12T. XT and lower used Microdrive Hyperdrive-C which used smaller chainrings while XTR stayed true to the 110/76 BCD. Maybe you have the 11-28 XT 737 which was a popular stand-in at the time. Many of us ran the 737 as an upgrade when spidered cassettes came out and took out a cog to make it 7 sp.

Looking forward to seeing the other Paramounts

t2p

I double checked - it’s a M900 cassette (picture above)

when I did this the 737 cassettes were not available / introduced… although I was surprised this M900 cassette is not a early version with the chainring type fasteners (vs rivets) … most of my other M900 cassettes are the early versions

I can’t recall exactly why I replaced the M900 12t cog with the XT 7 spd 12t cog … there was some minor reason … if I had it in my notes - I cannot locate the notes … it’s possible the notes are with the original rigid fork … maybe they will surface some day

I ran 12-28 M900 cassettes on my 8 spd road bikes - better spread / lower gearing and weighed less than a 12-23 cassette

I do have a Charge Spoon and Knife … ‘inherited’ them with a couple of boxes of bike seats … might look into this … also have a Fizik (Aliante) … back in the day I was primarily a Flite and Avocet O2 rider - now these days I’m primarily WTB (Koda, Volt, Rocket) …

t2p

if I can find the time would like to be riding the 90 before year end