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Sometimes FB comes through ... sometimes!

Ok ... the frame. It came up on Facebook. There was some debate about what it was at first. I took the gamble, and it was totally worth it! It's not too tricky to figure out what race bike it was.

Little bit of background. Don Myrah wins the men's XC World's at Mammoth for Ritchey in 1989. I think he also took the CX title that year ... he tore up the CX circuit and still does! Myrah actually signs for Yeti and Campagnolo for the 1990 season, but Yeti won't make a bike to his specs so...

Of the three, this is 551. I’m not sure if this was ever raced. It’s more of a conventional wicked design with a custom long top tube? 552 and 553 were both raced by Don in 1990. They look identical by design and are much different than a standard wicked.

So there were three ...

No .. although Don did ride his old Ritchey painted blue, with fat chance decals before he got his custom race bike from Fat Chance.

I'd bet the Shimano riders were enjoying a better shift lol. The Myrah bros were less than in love with that Campy Group.

I'll just tease this out a bit ...

Jimi911's 1981 WJ Lindsay Racer https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1981-w-jeff-lindsay-custom-road-bike.337401/

This has to be my longest project. I have been at it for just about 6 years now and the main thing I have learned from it is that I know nothing about 10 speeds haha. Well more now, but I made so many goofs along the way with this. So I got the bike from Jeff Archer at Mombat many years ago. I...

It’s a touring bike. I ride it in a place called Tommy Thompson park in Toronto. Basically gravel and below blue level single track. I am sure it can handle a bit more, but it’s not a bike I hammer. I will say it’s waaaaaay better than the all Ti Dean I had which was absolute spaghetti. The...

I just run friction ... I pretty much do that on all my thumbies.

Jimi911's 1985 Ibis Custom https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1985-ibis-custom.430133/

Here's another one from the stable. It came in trade for another Ibis custom I got that was a bit too big ... this one is a bit to small for me, but a real nice example of an early Scot Nicol custom Ibis. Here it is in its original setup the previous owner had one it. I got it as a frameset...

Man ... plan was to wait til the end of the month and enter something no one else has ... I am running out of options!

Here's another ... I am not 100% sure on the year. Somewhere between 1988-1992 lol. I am going to put a full XT 732/5 group on it and enjoy. Serial number ... someone rode the hell outta it!

Yeah ... its the lowest # Inverse I have seen. Prob in that first batch after the Carbon Cross.

208 I think.

Jim911's 1989 Trimble Inverse 4 Rebuild: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1989-trimble-inverse-4-x-frame.428268/