BotM July 2019 - nominations thread

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Prodigal Son":2pftoyjt said:
sinnerman":2pftoyjt said:
felixdelrio":2pftoyjt said:
I would like to throw my 1991 Gecko Genesis in.

frame: 1991 Gecko Genesis, Stahl, Mixed Butted, Straight-Gauge, Aircraft and Tange Tubing, fillet brazed
fork: steel, Bontrager fillet brazed with Elephant Dropouts
headset: King No Logo
stem: steel 140mm, Ken Beach, fillet brazed, ovalized, internal cable routing
handlebar: Cook Bros. Sushi Bar
setpost: IRD 26,8
saddle: Turbo SLG
brake levers: Suntour XC Pro Black, 4-finger
grips: ODI Mountaineer
shifters: Suntour XC Pro thumbies 7-speed
gear cables: Suntour XC Pro Accushift
brake cables: Suntour Hardliner
brakes: IRD Switchback 1st gen
wheels: Specialized BXL21 with HI-E hubs 32h
tyres: Panaracer Smoke 2,1
qr: HI-E
fd: Suntour XC Pro
rd: Suntour XC Pro
freewheel: Suntour AP II 13-30 7-sp
cranks: Cook Bros. RSR
chain: Regina
bb: Press Fit
axle: 130mm steel
Größe: 18,5“
Gewicht: lightweight :)

Build thread is here (German VRC board):
https://www.mtb-news.de/forum/t/a-gecko ... nd.860422/


Lots of cool bikes, but this is off the Scale for me...!

From the meticulous rebuild to the rarity of the bike this is on a whole different level of retro vintage love.

Not my Darjeeling darling......
 
but why isnt it your cup of Oolong?

dammit I'm stomping off

throwing my toys out

kicking the cat

spanking the monkey - hard
 
legrandefromage":8h7omswa said:
but why isnt it your cup of Oolong?

dammit I'm stomping off

throwing my toys out

kicking the cat

spanking the monkey - hard

More of an Earl Grey sort of chap....

Picks up toys

Calms the cat

Passes the tissues
 
pazaudi":2rxcftbc said:
Well I might as well have a go with this bike to get this thread back on track:

pazaudi's 1991 British Eagle Pro-Carbon

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Cor, thats nice.
 
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TOMAS
'97 Giant MCM D990 carbon front end frame, handles the rough stuff well :)

Rescued from Gumtree for a princely sum, it had been mutilated with a 4kg Zoom suspension fork, colossally high rise bars and a bolt on steel wheelset fit for a £80 supermarket tank before I put all that right.

Fairly late for 'retro' standards but I don't see many about, this is pretty alien to the rest of my collection but my god it handles well and for '97 and is a good example of how far bikes had come by that time...
 

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TOMAS":24512zrj said:
TOMAS
'97 Giant MCM D990 carbon front end frame
Hmmm.. Yeah I like that for some reason, very pleasing on the eye... :cool:
Is there a build thread for it?
G
 
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Graham_hkr":92jtxcj3 said:
TOMAS":92jtxcj3 said:
TOMAS
'97 Giant MCM D990 carbon front end frame
Hmmm.. Yeah I like that for some reason, very pleasing on the eye... :cool:
Is there a build thread for it?
G

It is very different, I guess its because it looks fairly modern with the sloping top tube, the chunky carbon etc etc. Sadly I was too impatient to do a build thread... essentially I had the forks spare in the workshop, saw the bike with VERY wrong forks on it on Gumtree and thought I need to buy the bike to give it its forks... that's the mad mad way I often think and why I have such a large collection lol...
 
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TOMAS":kkwlpuxj said:
Sadly I was too impatient to do a build thread...
Yeah, shame that is but I know what you mean... :cry:
Cracking bike nevertheless, good luck with BotM.. :cool:
 
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