Optimistically Priced Custom Built 753 Condor Mountain Bike 1994/95

[sinnerman]

The cheap Uno stem id have to change, and being blunt, the aweful headset and cable hanger arrangement. 753 fillet with m900 deserves so much more.

 

[Russell]

It is very nice, but pricey in a poor man's hobby

This hasn’t been a poor man’s hobby for quite some years now…. Sadly.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Well it's a rich man's hobby if you want kleins with tioga disc drive wheels and xtr, but if you're happy with less prestige brands and midrange kit, you can get a fantastically usable and interesting machine that costs pennies to run for a couple of days wages and a few hours fiddling

 

[sinnerman]

Agreed, Bontrager with M950 £500 finished, Cannondale £150 finished.

A little luck and some careful fettling,

 

[sinnerman]

But some builds, are far far more money to achieve...

 

[bikeworkshop]

Rich man poor man,
Rechroming a pair of 40s marsh handlebars for my curly cost me the same as the completely usable kona explosif...£250.
We get it both ways

 

[27motorhead]

Agreed, Bontrager with M950 £500 finished, Cannondale £150 finished.

A little luck and some careful fettling,View attachment 830880View attachment 830883

Love the Cannondale!

 

[moonlite]

If you're not a poor man when you start out in this hobby, you will be after a couple of years . . .

(And the Condor is lovely . . . someone may just pony up the asking price for that)

 

[bikeworkshop]

If you're not a poor man when you start out in this hobby, you will be after a couple of years . . .

The value of your bike collection might well outpace your pension, but it definitely needs a bigger shed!

 

[moonlite]

My pension would fit in a very tiny shed!