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Its a 90's bike!
Its a 90's bike!
karma diamondback ascent - update 24/8/19
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MarinMartin
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yep you're right its a 1990. Even better. I finally have a bike from the year I was born. Who knows we might even share the same birthday
yep you're right its a 1990. Even better. I finally have a bike from the year I was born. Who knows we might even share the same birthday
Graham_hkr
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:shock: 1990.... can you even ride a bike yet....
Only joking mate... good find for £0.00
MarinMartin":2y7v0utb said:
:shock: 1990.... can you even ride a bike yet....
Only joking mate... good find for £0.00
Hotwheels.
Old School Grand Master
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I'm sure I had one of these in late '89.
I'm sure I had one of these in late '89.
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I think they were the same colour in 89 but had straight bladed forks.
I am pretty Certain the Ascent EX did as that was the first Retrobike I picked up (just for a could of parts) and that was '89 as it had the one year only Mountain LX fitted.
Carl.
Hotwheels.":1ycxy7dq said:
I think they were the same colour in 89 but had straight bladed forks.
I am pretty Certain the Ascent EX did as that was the first Retrobike I picked up (just for a could of parts) and that was '89 as it had the one year only Mountain LX fitted.
Carl.
MarinMartin
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So as most of you know the whole point of this bike isn't to build something good, it was to see what I could build on the cheap using the parts bin. I guarantee it's not to everyone's taste and I will be changing the bars at some point (these were just what I had lying around) but for now it's a working bike on a very tight budget.
The grand total you ask?
A meagre £8. It's far from perfect but that's exactly what I wanted to try and replicate the fun I had on my old £5 giant stonebreaker when I first started riding again down the moors. Plus I'm hoping to use it for a charity cycle in a few weeks so it will probably be dressed up for fun.
I haven't ridden it yet but it's going to be interesting going back to basics after riding only modern high spec bikes for the last 2 years.
EDIT:
Literally just been given a couple of scrap bikes so have swapped the bars for some black matching ones and it looks so much better. Will update with new pics soon.
So as most of you know the whole point of this bike isn't to build something good, it was to see what I could build on the cheap using the parts bin. I guarantee it's not to everyone's taste and I will be changing the bars at some point (these were just what I had lying around) but for now it's a working bike on a very tight budget.
The grand total you ask?
A meagre £8. It's far from perfect but that's exactly what I wanted to try and replicate the fun I had on my old £5 giant stonebreaker when I first started riding again down the moors. Plus I'm hoping to use it for a charity cycle in a few weeks so it will probably be dressed up for fun.
I haven't ridden it yet but it's going to be interesting going back to basics after riding only modern high spec bikes for the last 2 years.
EDIT:
Literally just been given a couple of scrap bikes so have swapped the bars for some black matching ones and it looks so much better. Will update with new pics soon.
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