I know there’s a few of you on here, I stumbled across a great shop in Tring near Aston Hill yesterday that has a load of beautiful classic 1990s high end bikes on display around the shop.
Apparently the owner has a collection of hundreds - The teenage shop assistant was probably a bit confused by the 3 of us drooling over them, but these were the dream bikes of our early years!
Various GTs, Pace, Intense...
plus something none of us could identify - custom/homemade/any ideas?
Retro MTB fans
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There are bits of that green one that make me think it’s a Santa Cruz but it doesn’t match any that I know of.
An absolute unit
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The green one is a Sintesi Bazooka isn't it?
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Slightly related. Having my old Cannondale F600 (2001 model) rebuilt as a pop-to-the-shops bike. Solid front forks (original air sus borked) and a few new bits.
Must admit I'm a bit excited!
Must admit I'm a bit excited!
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Driving a Galaxy far far away
Driving a Galaxy far far away
Re: Retro MTB fans
As I recall they were generally orange, but I recognised it instantly, it was one of the more common early full-on DH bikes you'd spot at races in the late nineties
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Sort of related but I was doing some digging around Wikipedia at 90's bikes and was surprised to hear how Cannondale came into being. (I didn't know)
2 lads develop and improve on GM's IC Engine running ammonia as fuel. Decide to fund the project by selling their own inventions and innovations (rather than looking for Venture Capitalists), they start selling Bike Bags and Panniers / Carriers they've perfected, visit various Bike Shows and the rest is history.
As for the IC engine that run's on bullsh1t, it's now successfully in use in countless MK2 MR2's