Show us your 700C ATB / MTB / Hybrid
- Thread starter kingoffootball
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Here’s my ’95 Avalanche commuter that I recently converted to 700c using some Ritchey road forks and a custom adapter for the rear brake.
More here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/gt-avalanche-1995.449535/
More here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/gt-avalanche-1995.449535/
Titiritero
Retro Guru
XTSTIMAN
Senior Retro Guru
Picked this up recently, a 1997 Trek UAV 1. Someone really tricked it out, 8 speed XTR groups set, except XT rear hub, trek front I believe.
With a sprinkle of Chris King, Hope, Salsa and X-lite.
Hardly used, only fault broken satellite shifter cable.
Also first foray into XTR and Chris King for me!
However will be stripped and the wheels a perfect for another build I have going.
I do like the brushed finish and jointed lugs and would like to do something with the frame, but does have a high bottom bracket, something like 30mm higher than other 90's hybrids I have. Certainly makes getting on and off interesting! We shall see.
With a sprinkle of Chris King, Hope, Salsa and X-lite.
Hardly used, only fault broken satellite shifter cable.
Also first foray into XTR and Chris King for me!
However will be stripped and the wheels a perfect for another build I have going.
I do like the brushed finish and jointed lugs and would like to do something with the frame, but does have a high bottom bracket, something like 30mm higher than other 90's hybrids I have. Certainly makes getting on and off interesting! We shall see.
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Bike was stolen last week.
Shimtournolo
Dirt Disciple
Hello ATB / MTB / Hybrid fanatix.
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/dawes-cx-reynolds-653-custom-seeking-information.486131/
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/dawes-cx-reynolds-653-custom-seeking-information.486131/
Lui V
Dirt Disciple
Got my Phd (´06 I believe) ready just before Christmas.
Couldn't source a decent canti fork with a long enough steerer. A compromise was a cheap alu disc fork.
Some parts are sourced second hand. DT Swiss front wheel, Bontrager TLR rear, 105 cranks, X9 RD + X0 shifter, TRP front disc caliper, Shimano CL disc, cheap'o seat post and Ritchey stem
New parts are compressionless brake hoses, narrow wide chainwheel (CUES), brake handles, rear v-brake, Ergotec handlebars and SCHW tires (TLR) C40front / 35rear
Scales says just around 10 kg - not bad for a beater. Paint had a lot of alu corrosion bubbles but I brushed it clean in places and gave it a cover of primer and white smooth Hammerite.
First idea was to run it as a cheap dropbar gravel bike. Had a friend ready to weld on a disc tab but the layout of the chain stays doesn't allow room for a brake disc. So flatbar it is .. for now at least. I might build a rear wheel with a SA roller brake and cassette body hub and do a hybrid'kind'a gravel bike.
Couldn't source a decent canti fork with a long enough steerer. A compromise was a cheap alu disc fork.
Some parts are sourced second hand. DT Swiss front wheel, Bontrager TLR rear, 105 cranks, X9 RD + X0 shifter, TRP front disc caliper, Shimano CL disc, cheap'o seat post and Ritchey stem
New parts are compressionless brake hoses, narrow wide chainwheel (CUES), brake handles, rear v-brake, Ergotec handlebars and SCHW tires (TLR) C40front / 35rear
Scales says just around 10 kg - not bad for a beater. Paint had a lot of alu corrosion bubbles but I brushed it clean in places and gave it a cover of primer and white smooth Hammerite.
First idea was to run it as a cheap dropbar gravel bike. Had a friend ready to weld on a disc tab but the layout of the chain stays doesn't allow room for a brake disc. So flatbar it is .. for now at least. I might build a rear wheel with a SA roller brake and cassette body hub and do a hybrid'kind'a gravel bike.
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aguycalled80
Retro Guru
Here's my 1990 Rocky Mountain Metro
It was built as a 29er BMX bike when I got it; fat Kult Vans tires, 40mm stem and super wide bars. I redid it as a gravel bike, then I took it back to as original as I could.
It was built as a 29er BMX bike when I got it; fat Kult Vans tires, 40mm stem and super wide bars. I redid it as a gravel bike, then I took it back to as original as I could.
