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Here are a couple of pics I took this morning of my Gary bar. Same as kaisers I think. The biggest issue I had with them was that shimano bar-end shifters would not fit without being modified first. I did get them to work by dissassembling the shifters and grinding down the inner surface...

Good looking bike! I have had a few wickeds that I considered doing a dirt drop set-up on, and another friend that had an early FAT that he used for running aspalt laps on with dirt drops. Cool bikes for that configuration. Is that your normal saddle height, or is the post just stuck in for...

Not sure if yours started out worse, but they do kind of look like sisters thats for sure! :wink: The black turned out pretty nice, I recall seeing that bike on mtbr a while back. Those cranks have a nice high polish to them, did you do that yourself?

Thanks folks, I think keeping the bike as is makes the most sense. Stripping the frame and powder coating it would cost me about $100.00 and although thats a pretty low cost and it would preserve and protect the frame the best, it also strips away some of the bikes character. My original goal...

Some of you may have seen this bike on ebay recently. Lots of pics and pretty ratty looking. The auction listed the bike as a 1986 size small frame, but its actually a 1987 20 in frame size and they also listed it having an "onza" stem which is actually a Ritchey Force stem. These inacurracies...

The seller The Pros Closet in Colorado did post a lot of pics on that auction thats for sure, and I agree with you the most concerning was the shot of the drive side chainstay rust. They definitely presented it without doing any clean-up either thats for sure. After I paid for the bike I called...

Yeah, I saw that bike and thought someone needs to save it and make it a rider..still some life left in her for sure! I had a timber comp previously and I have been having serious withdrawals after selling that last year. I like the way the old Ritcheys ride and a lot of the single track here in...

Its pretty beat, and to make it worse it looks like no one attempted to clean it up at all. For the price its certainly better than a department store bike for an all-around rider though. Lots of mis-information in that auction too. Not a small frame, not an Onza stem (a ritchey with an onza...

After seeing that bike, I suddenly realized that I had been running my forks backwards all those years. :lol:

Well...as a current and previous owner of Amp Research bikes I am not sure whether to laugh or cry about this particular bike. The police using this bike for patrol must have really been enjoying a squirrely ride! Also mentions welding the rack to the bike...arghhh!! :shock: Enjoy...

Thanks for the link on those as I am the seller. BTW- I just updated all of my auction items to make them available to folks on the other side of the pond if interested. As mentioned I have some other parts and pieces listed as well, but one thing thats not listed yet is a set of Grafton Mag...

Thanks for the reply's guys, I have been attending a conference and haven't had time to get back on and comment. I figured there might be a few Amp lovers out there so thanks for the feedback. As to a few questions and comments the pedals came with the bike and are shimano DX which appear to...

Just thought I would share a few shots of my Amp Research B3. I bought it several months back and have since added new NOS decals (thanks again Brion at Amp Research!), I had the Risse shock rebuilt, added a polished stem to match the frame, and replaced the Sid that came on it with a nice...

Thanks guys...great info and links on what works to SS a Bonty, as well as some excellent pics of some nice looking Bontragers!! I appreciate everyones response and will make sure and post pics after I get my Racelite conversion in progress. Jeff :D

I second the Black Sheep option. My brother-in-law has been doing a frame building internship with James at Black Sheep and I am thinking about getting a 1" steerer rigid ti fork with the proper length and offset fro my Bontrager Ti-lite. As noted, My brother-in-law said they are really busy...

P20 Nice looking bike! Man...you and Gil both have your Bontragers set-up for rear disc..pretty nice deal. I did find a shop here in the US that can braze a disc mount on my ti-lite, but for now I have to settle for the crossmax/ceramic which is pretty grippy, but not close to the bite and...

Thanks for providing confirmation to my question 95bonty. In line with what you mentioned, I recall Gil also mentioning that there was a "magic" freewheel/chainwheel combo that would allow you to run SS without a tensioner. I have been doing some searches but so far have not run across that...

Red Race Lite

I have done a bit of searching, but was wondering if anyone has done a Bontrager Race Lite SS conversion? I want to keep my Ti-Lite as a geared bike and was thinking about running my race Lite as an SS, but was a bit worried it might be too flexy for the torquing that goes on in SS riding...

Nice lugged touring bike Hollister! Yeah...bike owning can become obsessive compulsive at times for sure. Like you(and more than a few others I am sure), I would like to find a factory SS frame. Its all about timing and keeping your eyes open when they do surface. Oh yeah..in my case I have to...