[Closed] Straight steerers, 26" wheels... lets see your 'old fashioned' bikes then...

...just me that's living in the past then! 🙂

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^ wow! the difference between 26ers and 29ers look SO much greater in that photo 🙂

No triple - in fact SS (pic taking when I did the conversion)or seat QR but hopefully it qualifies for this thread.

But I still ride this - now with different pedals and awaiting headset strip down / re-build.

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Pub / family holiday bike

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Lovely looking ST4 there, jambo.

Nine year old Five frame with modern fork, shock and offset bushes:

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triple chainsets, sensible width bars, QR wheels, QR seatpost, 2.1" tyres!

Mine...

If Jamie could photoshop some RC41 Fighters on the front, I don't even need to post a pic.

Straight steerer Beastie still got it
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PS Due to be replaced with YT Wicked or new Canyon Strive in tapered 650b stealth dropper bolt thru rear modern thang...

Nice bike Tomaso.

That comment about your next bike got me thinking. I am (perhaps wrongly) reading between the lines and viewing your new choice to be the 'modern equivalent' of your current bike.

What would that 'modern' twist/take be for my humble old Fisher?

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On trend single chainring, nothing else though.

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Here's my backburner project, trying not to go off the rails like I usually do with builds and get it all in one go. Still to get is narrow wide sprocket, XT block with 40t big ring, BETD shock linkage (to bump the rear upto 110mm) XT 4 pots and I've got a set of Hope Hoops waiting to go on.

All my bikes are obsolete!

2007 Helius FR:

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456 Evo

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This is mine. To stand in for the tapered steerer, stupid BB, daft axle size (but normal wheeled) plastic thing which broke (and has since been fixed).

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A bad pic of my San Andreas'
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And

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My everything bike. Terrible pic.

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Old frame, new build...

Here's my newly built up 456 Evo with a set of NOS Pikes from Devs of this parish.

Got some wheels off Northwind with Minion/Highroller combo to go on but want to eek a bit more life out of the tyres on it before I swap over (tight Tyke).

Colour matching is not really my thing as you can tell (and I've just bought some bright green shorts which seem to clash with the bike a bit).

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Pik n Mix.

I think you're local to me, I ride the red painted version of that bike, I'm surprised I haven't seen you out and about!

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OK it has wide tyres and 1x10 (i've ran 1x something since i started mtbing in '07 so i'm allowed that) but this is offset by not having one of those modern QR seat clamps. Bars are a neo-classic 720mm and front wheel/forks are 20mm but date from '07 also. My stem looks a bit short (only 70mm) compared to some up there 😯

Pik n Mix.
I think you're local to me, I ride the red painted version of that bike, I'm surprised I haven't seen you out and about!

Yeah I think I'm fairly local to you and given the less than abundant riding we are blessed with I'm also surprised. I do ride at some proper random times though (was over braggy at 4am the other morning for example) got any pics of yours? I've only seen the raw built up (and now dangerousbeans ltd edition yellow up there ^)

Here's mine,
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Proper bike from halfords,
Proper man sized stem too.

Following on from another Voodoo, my SS (and currently only!) steed. Taken at Coed-y-Brenin. One of the most fun bikes (if a bit gnarly on the climbs) I've ever ridden
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Think this one ticks all the boxes...

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And this one meets the criteria in the title...

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straight steerered, 27.2 post, 26" wheeled archaic designed recycled filing cabinet, in India for my 40th

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Grizedale in the rain, last week. Outdated in every department. But then so am I. 😀

Current do it all bike.

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Straight steerer, QR wheels, wide bars(640mm) with bar ends, but sadly no triple or qr seat-clamp as I just leave the saddle high all the time.

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TBH the straight steerer is annoying on this thing, I'd change it if I could.

Bars might be a bit wide. tyres are bigger than 2.1. The chainset started out as a triple. Points back for hex key seatpost collar, not even qr? 🙂

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well only 1 chainring but .... 🙂

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Love the bike stand, Nedrapier !

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Completely obsolete just like my riding.

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2x9 is now 1x9 but that's all pretty old fashioned now too I guess..

OK it has wide tyres and 1x10 (i've ran 1x something since i started mtbing in '07 so i'm allowed that) but this is offset by not having one of those modern QR seat clamps. Bars are a neo-classic 720mm and front wheel/forks are 20mm but date from '07 also. My stem looks a bit short (only 70mm) compared to some up there

Those forks are older than 2007...the first 36's introduced in 2005 were poo brown. As far as I can remember, the colour was dropped by 2006. I still have a pair in the garage that I need to sell but can't quite bring myself to do it.

Here's my semi-obsolete bike (points deducted for wide bars, chunky tyres and a 1x10 drive train, but I've done the one up thing for a while now).

It has straight 1 1/8th steerer, 20mm front axle, 135mm QR rear axle, standard BB, is steel and has a 27.2mm post.

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The picture is slightly old because the X0 mech has been swapped for a Zee.

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I'm trying to buy my old fashioned bike frame back from who I sold it to 2 years ago- but he wants 3x what I sold it to him for 2 years ago! 🙁

Makes me want to just say bollocks to it and buy a new frame!
I'm still kind of tempted though, but I know the guys a greedy bastard.

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26 in wheels, straight steerer, 2x9 and tiny 710mm bars!
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... but still great fun. 🙂

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Klein Adept Race-2000 Shod with winter wheelset

in no hurry to change it

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Just gathering the parts for a Scandal 29er build....... As my n+1

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Old steel
Skinny tubes

Brand new.

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[url= https://flic.kr/p/dUkCkC ]Cove Hummer[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people// ]South Downs MTB Skills[/url], on Flickr

Don't ride it all that much these days, but it's the "keeper" out of my bikes

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26" wheels, 2.1" tyres, 1 1/8" steerer, 25.4mm bars and stem, hex key seat post clamp, skinny Tange Prestige, flat but sweepy bars, QR hubs, but 1x9:

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Really nice bike Will.

Here is mine ........

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Tiny wheels, tiny bars, front mech, straight tubes and steerer, 9 speed
Total fail 😛

It's got wide bars and a 1 x 10 drivetrain, but everything else is out of fashion, especially as it's not made from Reynolds tubing or a Cotic!
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456 evo 2. Running 1x10, but otherwise outdated! I love this bike.

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Please forgive the 15mm front axle (others seem to have overlooked this from the OP too)

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I decided to sit-out the wheel size debate last year - and gave my 2010 Mk2 Cotic Soul a makeover:

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Re-sprayed in autumn 2013 from black to two-pack white by Argos.

Sporting a custom pewter head badge, with new decals from Cotic and Reynolds. I also gave the 2010 Fox F120 forks (bought heavily discounted but new in 2013) and DT rims new 2013/14 decals at the same time.

Now rolling on 2.4 Mountain Kings, but otherwise as per pic: XT/R, with Hope and Thomson where it matters.

I keep being attracted to 27/29/generally more "rad" options, but then realise that most of them are very small variations on what I already have or would be too much for my needs. 🙂

I really should have had a 1.5 head tube stuck on though...

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And unfortunately this... Wor lasses Nicolai

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[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahsat/5818451391/ ]Nicolai Helius CC[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/ahsat/ ]ahsatb[/url], on Flickr

Garage full of out of date, boring bikes...but one is a 1.5" steerer, does that count 😉

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[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_outandabout/9671887521/ ]2006 Specialized Hardrock Sport[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/matt_outandabout/ ]matt_outandabout[/url], on Flickr

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Unfashionable wheels, straight steerer, 3X9, tubed Panaracers, non-adjustable seatpost, QR rear and I still have loads of fun on it! 😀

I have a really old hardtail with a 1992 frame, but we're presumably after modern bikes which have been obsoleted by changing standards, so here's my ultimate bling bike. When I built this up in 2007 I thought it would last for many years as my ultimate bike.

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No seat QR, but no dropper post either I've just always ridden full height. However it does have 26" wheels, straight 1 1/8" steerer (it is ZS, so in theory I have the option of tapered), QR wheels, 3x9, narrow flat bars (~560 in the pic, now 600), bar ends, 2.1 tyres.

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Tiny little wheels, 2x9, piddly little 140 forks and a skinny seat tube.. My blue filing cabinet has clocked up over 500 miles this year, was my more than capable steed around Molini and I love it just as much as I did 4 years ago when I bought it.

My trusty commuter.

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[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/takisawa2/13174240164/ ]IMAG2673[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/takisawa2/ ]pten2106[/url], on Flickr

@ devash. Love that Camber colour scheme (colorway as they prefer!) compared to my 26er Expert.

Started life as a Saracen Kili Racer circa 1993 with a poorly Headtube.
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After a bit of surgery and removal of some unnecessary bits, fresh powdercoat and decals has been brought back to life.
I like to think of it as Nouveau Retro, old fashioned looks with new tech rolled in,such as 1x10 drivetrain, Carbon bars and other lightweight bits,Disc up front and Avid V brake at the rear.
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Chumba HX1

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My 2008 Kona Caldera, straight steerer, 26" wheels, QR front and back. Rebuilt as an completely inappropriate commuter.

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This bike turns eleven in November, still quite a few original components.

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26"
straight steerer
27.2mm seatpost
3x9 gears*

New to me 4 months ago and it'll be mine until either it breaks or, more likely, I do.

*although Father Christmas will hopefully make it 1x10, N/W + clutch mech.

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Voodoo wanga yesterday at Cannock chase

Might have something that fits in this thread...

1991 Haro Extreme
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Being ridden in N Yorks.
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1992 GT Tequesta
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Being ridden down back of Mam Tor

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Dave Lloyd Beez Kneez
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My pride and joy: 1994 Kona Kilauea
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Tange Prestige Concept. You don't need to know how much this decal cost me to buy during the bike resto.
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2009 Pitch Pro. My newest bike. Probably best to skip this as it's not 650b and those top 10 strava downhill results must be wrong.
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Just rebuilt her, my pride and joy

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Currently in the shed -

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None of the above get used all that often now although until early this year the Cannondale and the Tinbred were my main bikes. I've added a couple "modern" bikes this year and I have to say really enjoying them so the older bikes aren't getting used as much. I have a 27.5 geared carbon hardtail and a 29er rigid single speed. The wheel size does make some difference but the biggest change/benefit for me is the more modern geometry.

Some very nice bikes here, especially Unovolos' Saracen!
Here's my other-halfs' Kona Kilauea; it's been sat in the shed since May, so decided to give it a revamp.
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I removed all the cable barrels and stops and silver-brazed on full outer barrels, plus some headtube rings to add a bit of strength there.
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I know it doesn't fit the thread exactly, but I've been riding it to work and I forgot just how nice it was!