cheap 26" Tyres at banana industries

[Daveloughran]

Hello Everyone
Just thought I’d clear up any confusion on what is going on at banana industries and sudden appearance of some cycling bargains etc .
I’m Dave Loughran some of you know me from Planet X which I sold 4 years ago and as my non compete is up and I found retirement didn’t suit me I ended up buying banana industries last year hence the weird chance in direction of their business .

I started in the bike business in 1988 and here is an off the top of my head history / resume and dates are approx

- 80s junior rode my bike a lot went to uni

- ended never got a job and started buying bike and triathlon parts with only a credit card and a res Austin maestro .(thank to the enterprise allowance for 40 quid a week)

- 1998 lemond distributor made by Roberto Billato’s (Wayne table wins archer go)
- 90-mid 90: odyssey distributor (straddle rods)
- 90-98 powerbar first export distributor
- 1990 -1992 casati distributir (mark Waltham John tanner rode gill airways
- other products , fast feather , Roko lever skins
- circa 1992 Rocky Mountain distributor (experience , blizzard very nice )
- circa 1994 fondrirst distributor few years
-90-96 hed wheel distributor

end 90s industry started fragmenting

- at some point distributors of guerciotti and battaglin

- circa 2000 set up Planet X
- 2005 (guess) set up on-one with Brant
- after this acquired Titus , Carnac , holdsworth , viner , Sab
- love buying Japanese and Italian

Had the amazing optimum performance team in the 90s , pro vision team , and holdsworth team at the end

I’m sure I’ve forgotten loads

Made loads of friends , probably upset quite a few .
Was very lucky to make a passion a life’s work .

Thought I’d retire but made so many friends have sort of slipped back

Any questions on early on-one bikes I’ll know the answers inside out , plus billato / lemond as Roberto remains a good friend .

Anyway hope that’s clear, I was always a big wheeler dealer and try to pass any bargains across .
Ritchey stock is all immaculate
Selle Italia we have a great relationship with

Coping soon weird Japanese stuff crom
Nitto , Izumi ,ostrich , Hoazan and others love dealing with Japan .

Anyway that’s the story I may have upset a few on here over the years and hopefully some did well .

I’m not in the business every day but it’s only 3-4 of us (was 3 we hired another today) and anyone can call in

Feel free to come to Kelham island

I’ve got about 30 of my favourite bikes there including very early ti inbred, a mark reilly made 753 holdsworth , early Jack Taylor , even got the 1994 lemons tax that Wayne Randle won the archer on (respirated) , a really early mid 80s Clark Kent titanium

My spelling and punctuation and rubbish too .

I’m most famous for

- buying the last 2000 Cinelli spinach bars from Cinelli
- buying the Jimmy saville bike collection

 

[FluffyChicken]

That should say 'looks like',. It is pretty much the brands they had when I use OnOne when it cam out of there, before they dumped On-One and also the addon climbing gear and things.

 

[FluffyChicken]

See above .
Welcome to the forum, keep it compatible with the old stuff and you'll have buyers in here.

 

[Daveloughran]

Anyone need any answers on lemond steel by Billato’s , Rocky Mountain 1994 ish , all on-one
I’ll probably be able to answer

 

[Takingabreak]

Anyone need any answers on lemond steel by Billato’s , Rocky Mountain 1994 ish , all on-one
I’ll probably be able to answer

As above, welcome to the forum and more Ritchey parts please

Personally I loved buying from Planetx and On One back when loads of interesting parts and frames were offered at bargain prices. The model seemed to change in more recent years when it became more whole bike focused rather than parts and bargain frames to build up

 

[Takingabreak]

At risk of wandering off thread.... but I look back now and wish I had bought a Pompino frame and built it with a hub gear and the biggest tyres that would fit. The thing that stopped me back in the day was already having several steel frames waiting in the queue to be built up.

 

[Daveloughran]

As above, welcome to the forum and more Ritchey parts please

Personally I loved buying from Planetx and On One back when loads of interesting parts and frames were offered at bargain prices. The model seemed to change in more recent years when it became more whole bike focused rather than parts and bargain frames to build up

“Recent years” will be after I left . I’d always buy the random and retro stuff

 

[Daveloughran]

At risk of wandering off thread.... but I look back now and wish I had bought a Pompino frame and built it with a hub gear and the biggest tyres that would fit. The thing that stopped me back in the day was already having several steel frames waiting in the queue to be built up.

Piping was 120mm spaced , we then made the pompetamine same frame 135mm to run alfine . Pompetamine was basically a pompini on speed

 

[Takingabreak]

Piping was 120mm spaced , we then made the pompetamine same frame 135mm to run alfine . Pompetamine was basically a pompini on speed

I remember that the Pompetamine came along after but my thoughts at the time was a 5 speed sturmey hub would go nicely in the Pompino. Fond memories back to when I found new bikes interesting

 

[novocaine]

@Daveloughran taper lock on the inbred? I gave
up with it in the end, a pair of tensions did it better.

It's my only complaint (actually no, the rear brake squeals like a bitch). I love my inbred and its still the ibly mtb bike that never gets taken apart. So thank you.