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Surly has recently announced the discontinuation of those models, and another 2. But relevant to this forum might be the likely discontinuation of their forks as upgrades. Many retro mtbs have been saved thanks to a Troll or LHT fork replacement. The Disk Trucker will remain in production, but...

Re: I like a lot your hack in the mudguards to make room for your vbrakes!

I think you are right. In hindsight I should have placed the poll in the post-'98 subforum, since the heavy bias on retro bikes in this one is distorting the results. I have closed the poll, thanks anyway to all that took their time to answer! Don't play the game if you can't play the game.

Re: Re: Not sure how since I'm not asking for any specifics (bike model, location, how many bikes, etc.) I explained the point in my first post, I just wanted to know the average bike value of most cyclists to see how far off, or how accurate, are bike media assesments of "we test a selection...

Re: Re: Sorry, I have no clue how to do that, if even possible. Nevertheless, it's useful information as probably your 5k bike will push the overall worth up anyway. Thanks to all the answers so far...

Discussing recently with a friend, we could not agree on what is the "average" price of bikes that most people have. If you read some "enthusiast" road cycling magazines, it seems to be 3000$-4000$, online channels "test" bikes well above 2000$, while when I go out riding, most people I meet...

Re: I found the name of the one I was talking about, "Riser Handlebar 30 / 25.4". Unfortunately as the name suggests it has a little bit of rise, and yes, it's on the heavy side, but it comes in 660mm and dirt cheap. Plenty of choice in German online shops, not sure in the UK. Manufacturer's...

Re: Ergotec, a German brand, makes a few handlebars in 62cm and 66cm. I haven't seen them any wider in 25.4 diameter. They are cheap online, at least in Germany, 10-15 EUR for the steel versions.

Re: My opinion is that Univegas are underrated NOW not so much for what happened back in the 90's, but because of the brand right now. They still exist but make very impersonal and average bikes, so nobody is very excited about them, meaning that unless you were into bikes in the 90's, you...

Jagwire makes some canti brake pads with the same cartridge system as v-brakes, so you can then use any v-brake pads from your favourite brand. Less waste, and less need to readjust the cantilever brakes as you don't need to remove the pads from the brakes with each replacement. They are called...

Agreed, me too! That is true, most Shimano 8 speed cassettes, specially if going up to 34T, the previous cog is 26T, making the jump a bit too much. However, I have found that the HG-50 cassette (sometimes called "Claris" has a more progressive gearing, going from 34t to 28T, something quite...

Re: Yes, one of my bikes is setup like that, works fine. Just make sure that the limiting screws in the rear derailleur are set up correctly so even if you click on the "empty" gear the chain won't go into the spokes/dropout.

Re: Nice one! Although if he did it in 1990, he was not riding "retro" then, but the latest of the market! ;-) Here is a 1991 Cignal Silverado I used to cycle from Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) to Leh (Laddakh) in 2015. I left the bike there, so with luck someone in Leh is still riding it!

Thanks for the guide! I bookmarked this post into my favourites as something to do "when I had the time". Now that I'm forced to stay home, it was the time to do it. Thanks to the author for this guide, it gave me the confidence to get started. Now, a little bump to this guide in case someone...

Re: I would build Paul Thumbies replicas. Their price is crazy for something unchanged for like 20 years. The only competition is some inferior copies made by JTek (sold in SJS cycles) and still cost 30 GBP. Can't be too hard to make for cheaper

Another thing not mentioned is that for the price of a 12 speed cassette I can fully replace my 3x7 drivetrain. All to end up with similar range and top/bottom gear ratios.

Re: Re: Agreed. At least in Germany shops are still well stocked on 26" stuff. Let's not forget there are 30+ years of 26" bikes going around, while 27.5" is only 4 years old (and we'll see for how long) and 29" is 10 years old. Even now it's not hard to find 27" stuff, a format that...

Re: Re: If the starting point is a bike that has survived in original condition 25+ years, butcher it to fit current fashion is ruining it for me. (Like inheriting the 80's Mercedes from Grandpa and convert it to a race boy car). If it's a neglected and forgotten bike, anything that gets it...

Everybody can do whatever they want with their own bikes, but I've noticed lately many people using perfectly preserved retro mtbs and doing "1X" conversions. Will this become the new trend to ruin classic mtb's like the fixie fashion ruined plenty gorgeous Colnagos, Peugeots and other classy...

Re: I used a Trek Multitrack 721 for that. Not strictly retro (2001) but it's the same bike as their 90's cousins (steel, horizontal top bar, etc.). Multitracks can be had cheap (specially if you don't go for the top of the range 750), have a very upright position so they would accept a drop...