Retro frames with twin down-tubes?

[monkian]

Retro frames with twin down-tubes
Some pics & info for reference would be awesome

 

[gtc]

Amp Research B2(?) aka Mongoose Amplifier and also the Mongoose IBOC Team SX both had split downtubes. Circa '96.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Twin down tubes...

1990 Rocky Mountain summit (and Wedge)
Info and reference (read the side blurbs as well)
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/v/M ... ewsIndex=1
Part of the Advanced Design series... where they played away from the norm to try other things.
A "stiff", elevated design for a steel frame and only a half pound extra in frame weight.

Sorry, NSFW coming up

 

[danson67]

BSA Paratrooper, seriously retro off-road:

All the best,

 

[monkian]

Man that's sweet. Love that Rocky Mountain as well
Great stuff lads, keep it coming...

 

[futuristicoldman]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Koga-Miyata-R ... 1e79f4e8c1

Spotted this today

 

[danson67]

Still not proper MTB, I'm afraid, but I snagged this weird lugset off eBay last week...it's road, but it's

and how about the bike designed by Bugatti back in 1930 something:

All the best,

 

[Raging_Bulls]

Aww, it hurts to see that Bugatti like that. At least restore the thing !

 

[danson67]

Sadly, that Bugatti's not mine. Apparently it's in the collection of an anonymous French Bugatti collector :shock: Just that one picture.

I know of 3 copies made over the years, one by Art Stump in the US for a UK Bugatti restorer, and a couple of German copies but none of them have the elegance of that original. More pics here.There are drawings in the Bugatti Owner's club HQ, including a tandem version...

I first saw an article about the Art Stump one in Bicycle Magazine back in around 1984 and it's obsessed me since...

All the best,

 

[Barneyballbags]

An AMP B2 (aka. Mongoose AMPlifier) in all it's twin downtubed loveliness