Find this funny...

[We_are_Stevo]

...but we're happy to run long P2's in place of a bouncy fork, with the corresponding gap twixt tyre and crown, so surely we're talking about retro geometry 'aesthetics' rather than math's??

As an aside, the more I see of a well built 29'er like that Ragley above the more I want one...

 

[petitpal]

As an aside, the more I see of a well built 29'er like that Ragley above the more I want one...

Agree with that. Drool...

 

[24pouces]

I'm not a specialist but where is the interest for the companies to built old geometries frame when today, the majorty of the bikers really want new bikes with new technologies, suspension or 29", and, like sheeps, following the fashion ways.
Retrobikers is a too small market.

On other hand, I'm not sure that a Merlin welded in 1992 is not as strong that an modern titanium frame.

 

[MikeD]

happy to run long P2's in place of a bouncy fork

I'm not

 

[Carlos]

The funny thing is, as they 'can't build' these bikes due to likelihood of failing standards tests, they are actually building carbon bikes instead, which aren't as strong as the majority of old steel/ally/ti frames and will almost certainly not be alive in 10 years time because of failures!

 

[MikeD]

With all due respect, cobblers

 

[Woz]

Utter rubbish.

Would I really really really want to buy some modern guff frame that's overly built because of a fat bloke in the USA who has a tendancy to jump off 6 foot drops, crush it and do a law suit?

Or would I prefer the real retro deal and get some 90's World Cup tested calibre kit for tootling around at a significant lower price?

That's why there isn't a market for a mass produced Modern Retro bike; it would most likely be expensive crap that doesn't compare.

Isn't it like the fixie thing? The good ones are the real thing passed down from your father, not the ones you find in concept stores made in a far eastern sweat shop.

 

[petitpal]

And if the day comes when we run out of good retro steeds, we head to out trusty frame builder type friends and get them to build one for us.

 

[SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum]

I'm not a specialist but where is the interest for the companies to built old geometries frame

Anyone who today is maybe 45-60 years old and started mountain biking when the sport was in its infancy who always wanted the top of the line bike back then but couldn't afford it. Many of these people are now empty nesters have their homes paid off and have income that would allow them to purchase a top of the line bike like "they once wanted" before the sport became boing boing bikes and the segmented market it is now.