Youre vintage bike?

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  1. gooseaholic

    gooseaholic Active Member

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    A Speacilized stump jumper and and Ironhorse g-Spot
     

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    Thats some cool shat.
     
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  3. jeffj

    jeffj Bloated Mountain B'hiker

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    Steel is Real: 1996 GT

    My first MTB led me down the poorly chosen, costly path of upgraditis. The frame and front derailleur are the only original parts on it today.
     

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    rjrbignell owed a living

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    whats the metal thing underneath the toptube on the stumpy?
     
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    my steel 1991 Gary Fisher Montare - in the MB hall of fame for shortest chainstays ever. Mostly original build, Deore DX (back then it was between LX and XT)

    [​IMG]
     
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  6. gooseaholic

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    That metal thing was a pump as mechman said. I believe i t was a Blackburn. Tight huh?? P.S burner :I had lx and upgraded to xt, i was the sh^t!
     
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  7. Pho'dUp

    Pho'dUp Spam Musubi MasherSS

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    Burner, that thing must climb like a goat!
     
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    Just starting to glean through all my spare stock to bring my original FAT back to life.
     
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  9. gooseaholic

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    Check out the handle bars on the stumpy. I think they were Easton hyper lights with a 5 degree rise!!! A truly great bike with a cush big seat. The pic was taken near the bottom of chutes before it was there or before I found it!
     

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    GT All Terra Timberline.
     

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    Is that a 160mm stem?
     
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    kevinator Staying hydrated

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    1995 Klein Pulse, converted to a single and restored to anodized glory. On page 4 of the SS photos...
     

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    I'm not sure what year it is, because its been around the family for so long, but I've just converted it to a ss and its given the old Diamondback some new life. It's still beat up, but fun.
    my ss.JPG
     
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    yep and there's no way to change it, tried to chase something shorter around that might work, never found anything.
     
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    Schecky SoCalMTBubbs

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    My first MTBike - 1989/1990 era Diamondback Topanga.
    All original, except for chain, tires/tubes, toe clips and grips.
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    Still a blast to ride. My first time down Rock-it was on this.
     
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    Is it a 1" threaded stem?

    If so, there are several solutions currently available.
     
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    I can't remember, talked to a vintage bike guru about it who said I was basically screwed, so I forgot about it after that.
     
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  18. station

    station Is this thing on?

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    OK, I'm not even joking but one guy I ride with takes his 1998 rigid mint green stumpjumper down rocket. It climbs like a champ but I can't imagine what it's like down rocket. haha

    p.s. he just took his "mountain rack" (over the back tire rack) off last week.
     
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    as close to vintage as i will ever get....its the last year they made the Xizang in Boulder, CO. Frame obtained from actual builder and it was unridden. Fun to ride.
     
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  20. 1FG rider

    1FG rider The G is for Gear

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    Frame is almost 30 years old

    1978 Schwinn Cruiser with some frame mods and misc parts gutted from past bikes.
     

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