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Restored 1994 Fire Mountain, at the top of the Rock of Gibraltar.

Finally called time on this and got it out for a ride. I had a 'false start' a couple of weeks ago when the first time I swung a leg over it I immediately realised the cassette was goosed, with the chain skipping at even the lightest of pedal pressure in all but the largest and smallest...

Good score. The '91 Cinder Cone is one of my two 'unicorns' (the other being a white '95 Kilauea with P2s) and in it's even in my size, so I'll admit to being rather jealous!

I'd personally go for the decals, even if they have to come a little further down the line when funds permit. As fine a machine as we all know an IFT is, the naked un-decaled frame does have the unfortunate look of a nondescript Taiwanese offering that you'd expect to see adorned with Shimano...

Update time. Aside from fixing all the dead Photobucket links in this thread with Flickr replacements, I've taken a trip back to the UK and collected all the stuff I've been accumulating. First up was the nubuck Selle San Marco Regal saddle that I brought back with me in my suitcase. A bit...

Re the forks on the 18", I would wager that they're the original length. I had a brand new '96 Fire Mountain which came with a very low stack threaded headset, I replaced it with an STX and, just like your picture, I found there wasn't enough thread on the steerer to get the top locknut on. I...

Wow, every day's a school day, I had no idea Manitou ever made a rigid fork. Looking forward to watching this take shape.

Just wondering if anyone on here has ever refurbed a pair of the original XT SPDs? In particular, did you manage to replicate the white 'SHIMANO' logo on the outside face?

Re: WANTED: 1998(ish) 32h, 8sp Shimano hubs. If I'd seen these earlier I'd have been extremely tempted, but I've just pushed the button on a pair of M739s from @wadsy.

I'm on the lookout for a pair of 8sp Shimano hubs in 32h flavour (I have an already-bought pair of NOS 32h rims to lace them to) for my wife's 1998 Kona. The build is mostly based around the blue-grey M570 LX (she likes the colour...) so that would be the ideal, but 737-750 XT or 950 XTR are all...

I'm on the lookout for a pair of 8sp Shimano hubs in 32h flavour (I have an already-bought pair of NOS 32h rims to lace them to) for my wife's 1998 Kona. The build is mostly based around the blue-grey M570 LX (she likes the colour...) so that would be the ideal, but 737-750 XT or 950 XTR are all...

Nice bike there mate, The Velocity stem and the new colour on the fork are great improvements.

I'm loving the look of Brooks' slender leather ones at the moment. Hideously expensive (for grips) at £50, but you get the impression they'll last for years. Available in quite a wide range of colours, too. http://www.brooksengland.com/en_uk/acce ... -16-1.html

Bar and stem are easy enough to swap and widely available through places like the classifieds on here, retro MTB trading pages on Facebook (if keeping all the components period to the bike is important to you, there's no law which says you have to) eBay or online bike shops such as Chain...

My 'two penneth'? Polished has been done and done. It's your bike, nobody else's, so pick a colour you like and go with that, regardless of whether GT offered it or not.

Hi redzephyr, it's just about 'there' but the bike is currently bubble-wrapped to death in a box in a warehouse, awaiting shipping out to Gibraltar with the rest of our removals. I'm missing a couple of sundry items (chain, cables and rim tape) and I still need to source the saddle, tyres and...

Incredible find. Having got it near enough for nowt, you could send it to Pace for a repair and it'd still be a bargain.

Ah, no worries. Some friends of ours in Widdrington Station took us to Amble when we stayed with them, thought it looked a bit similar.

Random tangent, but is that Amble Marina in your photos?

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