Had been looking forward today till....

[The History Man]

Only bottoming out a Honda 650 single when I'd just fitted a new chain and forgot to allow for sag on the swing arm. BANG! :facepalm: Pre mobile, miles from anywhere. Try pushing that back!

Feeling better?

 

[mtbdave]

Lol Yer am fine few peroni's now so won't be long till looking on eBay for a new chain

 

[singletrackmac]

Ditched clipless pedals over 5 years ago. Flats are the way to go when mtbing for me.

For me the issues with bikes is the exact opposite, modern bikes are much more work constantly having to adjust suspension, complete fork and shock maintenance every 30 hours, rebuild pivots, clean lube my fork and shock dust wipers after every ride. Shit, my rp23 started leaking fluid from the damper after just 20hrs of riding. Had to send it back to fox for a full rebuild and the bike was down for 3weeks.

I am currently on my 4th fork on my modern AM bike and 2nd shock and have rebuilt the pivot at least 20 times. My first mtb, a 1991 trek singletrack, well I just replaced the BB 2 years ago. Other than drivetrain maintanence, tires, brake pads and some wheel trueing every once in a while that's it for maintenance and that's after almost a quarter of a century of riding.

Also, I am not a big fan of any suspension from the 90's, especially full suspension. Go with flats and keep it simple with a rigid bike from that era. All you'll need to think about is what trail your going to go ride.

 

[mtbdave]

Yer I was thinking about ridgid I have a 91 gt team Avalanche that needs cabling up, and a 90 Xizang frame that I should get on with building.

 

[greencat]

Ditched clipless pedals over 5 years ago. Flats are the way to go when mtbing for me.

For me the issues with bikes is the exact opposite, modern bikes are much more work constantly having to adjust suspension, complete fork and shock maintenance every 30 hours, rebuild pivots, clean lube my fork and shock dust wipers after every ride. Shit, my rp23 started leaking fluid from the damper after just 20hrs of riding. Had to send it back to fox for a full rebuild and the bike was down for 3weeks.

I am currently on my 4th fork on my modern AM bike and 2nd shock and have rebuilt the pivot at least 20 times. My first mtb, a 1991 trek singletrack, well I just replaced the BB 2 years ago. Other than drivetrain maintanence, tires, brake pads and some wheel trueing every once in a while that's it for maintenance and that's after almost a quarter of a century of riding.

Also, I am not a big fan of any suspension from the 90's, especially full suspension. Go with flats and keep it simple with a rigid bike from that era. All you'll need to think about is what trail your going to go ride.

Amen to all of that. As previously posted, disc brakes (or rather rear ones) are my particular bug bear - neither me or my local bike shop can get them reliably set up on my bike. Suspension has been quite kind to me in comparison. External bottom brackets while extremely convenient - do not seem to last anything like as long as the older types.


I'm now back riding a modernish bike with rigid forks, v-brakes and flat pedals. I'm no slower (and in some cases, faster) than I was with front suspension and disc brakes.

 

[Mike Muz]

Re:

I remember borrowing a mate's Rockhopper in the early '90s when the chain snapped. My knee hit the handlebars! :shock: It was agony for a long time I can tell you

Mike

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

I disagree with most of the sentiments here.

You've snapped a chain. That could have been fatal.

This retro biking caper is not for you.

Send me the RTS and never look back.

Grumps

 

[Ian W]

I remember on one of the first shake down rides on my Zaskar is was all going very well, 10 miles or so away from home up a slight incline the chain gave way and sent me into the stem as I was standing up, had to walk it home

 

[FSXStumpy]

Chains break. It happens. BITD, that's why we all had chain tools in the saddle bag - Still have a Cool Tool in mine. And a spare quick link.

It's not really mountain biking if parts don't get broken from time to time. Suck it up, do the maintenance, get back at'er.

Last ride out, I suffered an embarrassing parking lot topple (SPD's and poor planning), 2 over-the-bars crashes (tough singletrack!), a bent barend, a tweaked rear wheel, a chainwheel in the calf, and a pedal in the shin. Had a great time! Going out again tonight!

J

 

[hamster]

Did something similar a few weeks ago except a full highside pearler as I was out of the saddle sprinting ahead of pals at the time...

Last night I clipped a rock whilst thrashing the 'new' 1996 P7 and made a horrible mess of myself. Aching and the grazes are smarting today.

No fool like an old fool.