(1984-2014) 30 years of UK mountain biking.

[taysider]

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What a thread!

Could I see a photo of your 1984 Roberts?

I have an 84 Roberts Commissioned and Designed (in part) by 'ON yer Bike, London Bridge. It has level top tube, lugs, and rising angle to the BB, or rise to approx 14.5", above the plane of the axles.

Rob at On yer BIke, was unable to source the " new atb's so had Roberts build 5 for them. They were branded in the shop as 'Renegade'

1984, a great year, so good it sounds like the title of a book.

I am soon to commence photographing/logging my collection on Dekerf and Bontrager bikes/frames, is there any interest in detail of the Renegade? Please PM

 

[GrahamJohnWallace]

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Old Renegade thread/debate here:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=152790

As requested, another picture of the Roberts taken at the 1984 Wendover Bash.

 

[taysider]

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I am grateful for pic of Roberts.

Beautiful bike, Roberts' place in the evolution of ATB's is assured of legendary status.
Your bike is more sophisticated than the more agricultural appearance of the Renegade.

Can you confirm the angle of the top tube? How far from horizontal does it lie?

Many thanks for your assistance and inspiration.

 

[robert11]

I know this is an old thread but I have some info you might find useful. In 1983 I was a new bike mechanic at BikeUK in Charring Cross. Mick was running the workshop and Greg, Dick and Anita were in charge. Over the couple of years I worked there before leaving the UK. I saw many cool bikes.
The BikeUK Canyon MTB had been sold before I was there, and by the end of 1983 we couldn't sell them anymore because the imports began...
In 1984 BikeUK had Fisher bike and a little later the Rockhopper arrived. ( I had one). Somebody had a StumpJumper because I worked on it!
By the end of that year or early 1985 BikeUk had signed a deal with this company called "Cannondale" and 100's of boxes of frames, forks and groupsets arrived. We could not build them fast enough. Every bottom bracket had to be threaded . I remember that..