E bike... apparently motor and battery work but charger is broken. No idea where they're putting the battery, but should be easy to put a real wheel on the front and bin the e bike gubbins
The Vintage Mountain Bike Thread.
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birddog69
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Video should be titled "Turn shitty old bike into crappy E bike".
oldcorollas
Levin the moment
Trek pro issue DH looking for value & info found in an estate sale
Trek pro issue DH looking for value and more info was found in an estate sale
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Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
And turn your house into ashes.
pink poodle
ここには見るべきものは何もありません
Is that good or bad?
Scotty T
Walks the walk
Very bad. Back wheel wanted to lean the opposite way to the front.
This is awesome, and quite cheap. Not quite vintage yet, but near enough.
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Pivot Firebird Enduro Bike
26” Pivot Firebird mountain bike 175mm travel Fox suspension, XT drive train & hydraulic brakes Originally paid 8k for the bike
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Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
Heh, the algorithim offered me this first thing this morning too. Pity there's bugger all detail (straight 1.5 steerer?) but for the price I'd be tempted to risk it..This is awesome, and quite cheap. Not quite vintage yet, but near enough.
Pivot Firebird Enduro Bike
26” Pivot Firebird mountain bike 175mm travel Fox suspension, XT drive train & hydraulic brakes Originally paid 8k for the bike
heavyp
You heard it here first
heavyp
You heard it here first
Mate I owe you one, I didn't mention it before but the person you tagged who that other Trek belonged too turned out to be a complete idiot but following the recent hot tip from you I managed to finally bag one!
Heres the story
FINALLY
After years of kicking myself for selling mine back in 2013… I’ve finally been reunited with one of my all-time favorite bikes: the Trek Pro Issue DH.
I’ve always had a soft spot (okay, obsession) with this bike—but I never felt quite right putting up a “WTB” post. It always seemed like the timing or money wouldn’t line up. And of course, when I finally spotted one… both of those things were true.
But hey—what are credit cards for, right?
It all started when I revisited an old Aussie forum that either works, crashes, or looks like it's being run by a dodgy Nigerian prince depending on the day. And somehow, it led me to a UK forum post titled: “What is this and what’s it worth?”
I messaged the seller straight away, poured my heart out about how much I regretted selling mine, made him an offer—and he came back with a counter. After converting it into Aussie dollars, it was well over $3K. But this was my second chance, and I wasn’t missing it. The bike is super clean and exactly how I would of built it myself minus the seat and seatpost!
Only catch? The bike was located 15,100km away—on the east coast of the U.S.
Enter the legend all round nice guy
Todd Faust
— who just so happened to live around 60 miles from the seller. With a bit of planning and a handshake deal, Todd met the seller halfway, exchanged payment, and the bike is now on its way to me.
So here it is: a second shot at one of the most unique (yes, I said unique—not ugly
Couldn’t be happier. Can’t wait to build it up and get it dirty again.
Let the love/hate comments begin!
oldcorollas
Levin the moment
fuckyeah!
fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
After the maiden voyage a month back, I realised the original* bars were too narrow and way too low. So Saturday morning I put these spare 60mm rise bars on.
*the bars I put on back in 2003 that were maybe 680mm wide, the ORIGINAL ones were probably lucky to be 600mm wide
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*the bars I put on back in 2003 that were maybe 680mm wide, the ORIGINAL ones were probably lucky to be 600mm wide
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fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
Oh, and I butched one diety knuckleduster grip for the grip shift side, but of course because I cut the "bar-end" side off I needed to make up an end cap. Which I made out of a soare headstem topcap. Looks a bit janky, going to source some silicon grips when I get a chance.
fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
They were on it but wanted them for something else