'90 Yeti FRO

[Neil G]

Ace, retro MTB at it best

 

[ridevintagemtb]

Cool bike. Nice to see it get ridden.

But all those decals are wrong. Gil_m on this site has the correct ones for that frame and fork.

 

[Coleman]

looks fantastic with that build kit


also respect for the Otter beer
had that stuff at Field Day last year, lovely stuff

Thanks - otter beer is a good beverage to drink while building bikes, (although its best to double chek ALL the fastenings and fixings in the morning!!!!)

Cool bike. Nice to see it get ridden.

But all those decals are wrong. Gil_m on this site has the correct ones for that frame and fork.

Ameybrook - thanks for the positive comments - means a lot from the person with the coolest Yeti in existance (IMHO), I'll give Gil a shout for the correct decals.

 

[24pouces]

great !

Did Easton make steel 4130 steel ?

 

[scant]

Did Easton make steel 4130 steel ?

this has been asked before. Easton were a team sponsor, so the Easton decals ARE period correct for this frame

 

[Coleman]

Did Easton make steel 4130 steel ?

this has been asked before. Easton were a team sponsor, so the Easton decals ARE period correct for this frame

Must admit I wondered that, but looking at old mags satisfied me that the stickers were ok - good to have confirmation of the sponsorship link though!

 

[scant]

I've just seen a pic of Jimmy Deatons steel FRO taken at the recent US tribemeet & thats got an easton decal on the downtube too.

 

[sinnerman]

..........stunning amazing beautifull,,,,,totally speechless......can i be cheeky and ask , about the saddle and tyres, i love the perforated saddle, and the tyres a good choice...............??? :shock:

 

[Coleman]

..........stunning amazing beautifull,,,,,totally speechless......can i be cheeky and ask , about the saddle and tyres, i love the perforated saddle, and the tyres a good choice...............??? :shock:

Thanks sinnerman, the saddle was a bit of an extravagent buy, it does look the bollox in real life though!

The tyres are cheapies (£10 a pair) and you are right they are not a good choice for 'period correct', but they are what I had at the time and have allowed me to get out on it, I have ordered some repro timbuk II's from Mombat which I think will suit it better.

This bike might be going in for a bit of a change to Deore DX so that the Suntour stuff can go on my GT Xizang, (the Raleigh Peak used all my XT), still deliberating that but I think the groupsets will sit happier that way.....? Not sure.

 

[Turtlefeatures]

Nice bike. I'm hoping to post my ultimate shortly