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Antonio, if you're out there and see this, thanks for building my old mountain bike. ]

No it's not retro now, it's bad ass, I should know, it's mine! Haahaa, this one's mine too, it's also old and bad ass, but don't you call it retro! Grrr, just kidding, I guess it all just depends on one's subjective interpretation of the word. Certainly a popular buzzword these days. Soo...

Allo Maties, Rippington is the name, 2 wheels is me game. Been riding bicycles since I was barely out of diapers, not afraid to get me old hands greasy and grimy either. Also been riding motorbikes as well in me later years, better for the chubby types ehh. Decided to get me old abs back...

Well, retro is a style but it's not a gimmick. Like the new mini cooper looks a little like an old one but has modern equipment and reliability. Etc with the new mustang or camaro. In theory a retro machine should give the feeling when you're using it of driving the original, and look and...

For example this is a 1970, it's just old: This looks like it's old, but it's a 2006, it's retro:

Hi, everyone, thanks for all the comments. Here is my issue with taking the shifters apart. a .. don't know how b .. afraid won't be able to put back together c .. might strip or destroy delicate screws or threads I figure a degreaser, I used WD - 40, combined with an oil, I used 3 in...

OK, here's a few pictures of my old mountain bike: One cool thing I just found is my old bicycle computer, bought at the same time as the bike, a Vetta model that has a heart rate monitor, speedo, distance traveled etc. I found the rubber chest strap for the heart rate monitor...

3 in 1 oil is supposed to be a very good quality mineral based oil. The Shimano XT paddle shifters were getting sticky and not working right. I sprayed in WD 40 first, then I have a pressure oiler and absolutely flooded the 3 in 1 in there. It was dribbling out pretty good. Those shifters...

Hello, Just joined up, and I have an old mountain bike. Interested in what you guys think of this. I bought this bike new August of 1995, it is a 1995 GT Zaskar, back then I paid about $1650 dollars for it. The following year I bought a Rock Shocks Judy SL shock absorber fork for it for...