The Vintage Mountain Bike Thread.
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hifiandmtb
Sphincter beanie
You own it or did you just flex your muscles & pick it up?
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
That's pretty much the diametric opposite if a Cannondale Prophet.
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Elbo
pesky scooter kids git off ma lawn
Picked up this old Marin frame today which has been hanging in a shed and never built. Plan is to acquire a few parts and build it up to use for all round riding and trail use. Not sure what colour theme I want to go for yet, but anodised parts go well with a raw frame.
safreek
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Both, they have a bit of weight to them, good work out
Mr Crudley
Glock in your sock
safreek
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Yeah, but how could one resist a v10.
It's so obsolete and useless for xc I thought this is definitely for ol freeky.
safreek
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Shall use the fork on the GT for the moment, hopefully get a 200mm monster for this baby, that's what it needs
Mr Crudley
Glock in your sock
The Boxxer doesn't look too bad but a Fox 40 would also be nice to have upfront.
safreek
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That is my real plan, monsters don't come easy at a sensible price so 40s will be perfect
Scotty T
Walks the walk
Do the top and down tubes have a sort of triangular profile? My Mongoose has the weird shaped tubes, I wondered if any other bikes of the time had them.
Elbo
pesky scooter kids git off ma lawn
Yeah, they are, Marin called the profile 'Ovation', but not sure who made the tubes to start with, but I'm sure they were common to other brands at the time.
Spotted these bitchin' vintage boots for sale in my local area. They're not my thing but figured someone one here might enjoy them for a bit of vintage MTB cosplay 
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Daniel Hale
She fid, he fid, I fidn't
they do look sweet, pity too smlSpotted these bitchin' vintage boots for sale in my local area. They're not my thing but figured someone one here might enjoy them for a bit of vintage MTB cosplay
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Scotty T
Walks the walk
I think mid 90's a number of the Taiwanese made brands (definitely Mongoose) were coming out of the Merida factory. The year after Mongoose returned to round tubes. These don't seem to have a name from Mongoose but the alloy was apparantly ca(2) or complex aluminium array aka marketing bullshit. The goose also has square seat and chain stays. Actually started to get it back to ridng condition over the weekend.
DougalStrachan
Likes Dirt
Post it up - I remember my Mongoose CA something frame bike, still pissed off that it was stolen
Scotty T
Walks the walk
Before I made it into an e-bike, will probably end up similar with a few better modern bits.
DougalStrachan
Likes Dirt
Awesome thanks
rextheute
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Scotty T
Walks the walk
That's a sweet rig, those forks are beauties!