Justonemorebike
Dirt Disciple
So I was looking for a reasonable steel mountain bike that would not matter if I welded a few brakes on for a electric bike conversion project and found a Ridgeback 605LX from a house clearance chap I know for a very reasonable £20. now somewhere in my memory I assumed all post 1990 ridgebacks were basically BSO's made from gas pipe.
I have patched it up to make it usable and it is really nice, far too nice to mess up its looking at the spec it was quite and expensive bike back in 1992 £439.95 according to the archive. it is double butted tange frame with proportional geometry and very reasonable Araya rims....
So why are ridgebacks so unloved (the guy I bought it from says he struggles to sell them when he gets them)? as I think they were one of the first to import? bring mountain bikes to the uk?
I had a look and could not really find a history that matched with my perception of the brand?
I have patched it up to make it usable and it is really nice, far too nice to mess up its looking at the spec it was quite and expensive bike back in 1992 £439.95 according to the archive. it is double butted tange frame with proportional geometry and very reasonable Araya rims....
So why are ridgebacks so unloved (the guy I bought it from says he struggles to sell them when he gets them)? as I think they were one of the first to import? bring mountain bikes to the uk?
I had a look and could not really find a history that matched with my perception of the brand?