BotM July 2019 - nominations thread

[Peachy!]

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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......

 

[legrandefromage]

but why isnt it your cup of Oolong?

dammit I'm stomping off

throwing my toys out

kicking the cat

spanking the monkey - hard

 

[Peachy!]

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

 

[Tomianson]

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

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=395815

Cor, thats nice.

 

[TOMAS]

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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...

 

[Graham_hkr]

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TOMAS
'97 Giant MCM D990 carbon front end frame

Hmmm.. Yeah I like that for some reason, very pleasing on the eye...
Is there a build thread for it?
G

 

[TOMAS]

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TOMAS
'97 Giant MCM D990 carbon front end frame

Hmmm.. Yeah I like that for some reason, very pleasing on the eye...
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...

 

[Graham_hkr]

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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..

 

[Oldskool13]

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Oopps too late!

 

[al-onestare]

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And you're a day late...