Last night’s ride turned into retrobike heaven!!!

[fingers]

Who was the friend BTW???

I think its difficult to judge the treatment of this bike...

Dont judge how this bike is kept guys - Its a relic from the days when a chap's mate was around. How he choses to keep it is up to him.

Up the loft it'll never get swiped,
and many people dont think to cover things up and grease/oil them for storage (me incuded... damn rust!!!)

 

[Tad]

he's got more stem spacers than me... :shock:

Would the bike not ride better with possibly one of the thinnest spacers moved from below the stem to above it?

 

[toons]

Im more intriged as to0 what the big red handle is for :?
medieval torture perhaps

The red handle is a steering wheel on a sledge!!

 

[Dr S]

Who was the friend BTW???

I think its difficult to judge the treatment of this bike...

Dont judge how this bike is kept guys - Its a relic from the days when a chap's mate was around. How he choses to keep it is up to him.

Up the loft it'll never get swiped,
and many people dont think to cover things up and grease/oil them for storage (me incuded... damn rust!!!)

You know what lofts are like. You are just about to go to work or out for a pint when the Mrs says- 'did you get me that box out of the loft?'

Drat, you pull down the ladders, sprint up there, you are late, wheres that damn box, who put all this shite up here, can't see a thing, there it is over there, just stretch a bit more and i can get it, oops, crash, bollocks- what was that, stuff everywhere, get the box, back down the ladders, shut the hatch, deliver box to wife and out the door. Third pint in you start to wonder if that cot fell onto anything important. Next time you venture up there you realise what the bang was....you guessed it. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

All I'm saying is that such an item should be looked after- its a responsability to do so.

Si

 

[Mike]

At the end of the day it's his bike and he can do what he likes with it. He obviously understands the importance of the bike and the reason it's in such good condition is exactly because it IS in the loft and hasn't been thrashed.

Personally I wince when I see nice road bikes converted into single speed, but I'd never tell somebody what they should do with their own property.

 

[OrangeRetro]

Whoa..

That reminds me of a story in Guitarist Magazine in the mid 90's when Jimi Hendrix's girlfriend cracked open a bank safe to reveal his black Ilse of Wight Fender Stratocaster complete with green gaffer tape on the rear strap button that the man himself had put there as a temporary repair..

Anyway back on topic.. that's beyond cool.. thanks for sharing! Some better pictures would be nice but overall if its survived 14 years in the loft to remain in such beautiful condition, then who are we to judge. Lets see how giddy we get in another 14 years!

 

[DoctorRad]

Interesting...

That's not a standard FSR rear end. The link is loads longer, it joins onto the front of the seat tube, and it's a coil shock.

I always did wonder how he managed on that downhill with only 60mm of rear travel, now I know he didn't.

I wonder where THAT bike got to...

Dr. Matt.

 

[WD Pro]

Different chain wheel to - or different race ?

 

[Pickle]

Interesting...

That's not a standard FSR rear end. The link is loads longer, it joins onto the front of the seat tube, and it's a coil shock.

I always did wonder how he managed on that downhill with only 60mm of rear travel, now I know he didn't.

I wonder where THAT bike got to...

Dr. Matt.

IIRC, I'm sure I heard that Specialized took it back as it was a one of a kind prototype.

 

[terryhfs]

I've got a slightly different view.

The bike's not special - the rider was. For the guy who owns it now it's a reminder of the friend he lost. It's not some ghoulish relic for us to fawn over.

If he wants to leave it in the loft for ever that's his call. No-one on here has any right to say what the guy who owns it 'should' do with it.