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I just did a little sex wee
I am so very very jealous, if only I has the riding talent to justify such a bike
Stunning, simply stunning.
Awesome beard
beautiful
Wow! 8)
so has he rebuilt the whole thing or are some bits from the original frame?
what's with the sand?
I think it was a totally new frame from the looks of it. Sand? Something to do with forming the shape of the tubes? Any framebuilding types able to help?
Just made a mess of myself!!!!
Wow. That bike really is a sack of shit. Luckily we have dewey eyed nostalgia and rose tinted spectacles with which to see it as nothing short of the second coming.
Did he seal the sand in the tube before shaping it?
My guess is the sand stops the tube collapsing when bent/shaped, like how plumbers use springs in copper pipes.
The beat up one is way cooler IMO
The sand stops the tubes from buckling/kinking when they are bent. Effectively creating a solid bar. You heat the sand to remove any moisture which could expand when heating the tube whilst bending.
I think it was a totally new frame
triggers brush then?
Sand? Something to do with forming the shape of the tubes?
I *guess* it stops the tubes collapsing/folding as the sand means they must maintain their 'volume'.
i don't get it? is it like some early form of fold up bike?
from what i see the rear shock doesn't do anything. surely the only advantage is that he can get it in a suitcase negating the cost of excess luggage....
The old one hanging up with bits of tape stuck on it means so much more than any replica.
Replica's make you look. Then you move on.
Original's make you stop and stare until your eyes drip tears from lack of blinking.
LOL @ alpin, you had to be there.
Replica's make you look. Then you move on.
Original's make you stop and stare until your eyes drip tears from lack of blinking.
That might just be the ****iest thing I've ever read.
no really, al... i don't get it.
what is so special about that frame design/frame?
it looks like it belongs in the same category as these:
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Replica's make you look. Then you move on.
Original's make you stop and stare until your eyes drip tears from lack of blinking.
maybe so, but this bike is not a replica is it. Its an original been restored. Big big difference
How is it a repair/restoration? Looks like a replica to me, albeit made by the same guy.
Have to say I agree with martin, it's like seeing a 356 replica or similar. For rare stuff, authenticity is everything.
alpin, yeah, it's crap compared to modern stuff, but at one time (20 years ago?) this was lustworthy high end stuff.
Oh and google softail, this is different but no closer to a folder than any single pivot/four bar etc.
Excuse my ignorance but is this an old bike repaired/refurbished or a new bike made by FTW to an old design? If its an old wreck being made rideable that's cool. If its a new bike that rides like an old one, I'm less excited. 😆
MBR did a piece recently on Deore XT and rode an old Yeti FRO or maybe it was an ARC, retro build as part of it. The guy who wrote the piece said that far from being nostalgic fun, riding the old bike was just frightening because it rode like a sack of shit.
I love the value of old 'classic' bikes in that they show us where we came from and I can understand why people would want to own them as a piece of history, like owning a very old car.
What I don't get is people being all romantic about actually riding them as though bikes of this era rode well because they largely didn't.
Its a bike, therefore it's cool. What's with all the negativity towards any form of 2 wheeled fun?
It's like this; in my late teens the splatter paint Cinder Cone came out,I scrimped and saved to buy one at £500, 7-8 weeks wages iirc. Compared to now, it is rubbish,apart from the splatter paint job. But for me and I suspect a lot of people who cut their teeth on bikes like that, it makes me feel young again. That is why old frames only seen in a hard-to-get American mag will always stir a nostalgic sniff.
ts a bike, therefore it's cool. What's with all the negativity towards any form of 2 wheeled fun?
Exactly, whether it fits into your pigeon hole(or what MBR thinks) of what makes a good mtb or not is irrelevant. And for what its worth I reckon its more reissue than replica.
reissue is closer (though doubt it's for sale).
Lovely to look at at least!
I remember passing climbing up to Mam Tor when a bloke on an AMP research came down. I was all 'nice bike mista' and he pointed out it was an absolute sack of flexy shite to ride, and he was going home from the retro meet early as he didn't want to damage it.
old bikes are good for looking at, not so good for riding.
it makes me feel young again
Don't know about anyone else but being able to ride twice as fast down hill now than when I was a teenager on a Saracen Travesty sorry Traverse, makes me feel a lot younger than riding something that feels like..... well you get the picture.
On the other hand, I would always have one of every and any bike that's ever been made in my garage if funds and space allowed. It's all bikes, it's all good.
"remembers fondly but glad he doesn't ride one now"
"remembers fondly and glad he does ride one now" 🙂