The Introduce Yourself Here Thread III

[peteteamtig]

HI

Hi i'm pete from Fleetwood , i found your site by a total mistake !
I was actually looking for ways to free the seized solid ea70 seat pin in my very special rock lobster (will have pics on soon)
Its a 1999 model built by Paul Sadoff for Ian Cuthbertson to ride for merlin cycles . I bought it when it was 6 months old . gussetted cross bar and down tube wafer thin Bonty rear end with Breeze drop outs .
LOVERLY ! [/b]

 

[cybernck]

hello from Bosnia!

a very happy and proud Mountain Cycles MOHO STS owner, just about to start a restoration on it as it happens.

also have a custom-made Kovjanic road racing bike, which is my primary form of cycling.

speak again soon!

 

[dusty_roads]

Dusty Roads Here . . .

Greetings from Amsterdam,

It's past my bedtime, and I am tired. I have been trying to post a fancy thread in this forum-The one and only "HOW MUCH IS MY xyz WORTH" thread- but I keep getting a message that says you can't post anything fancy unless you first post a simple message.

So this is my simple message and if you go to the "HOW MUCH" thread tomorrow you may see a post that is titled "1999 CarbonDale - What is it worth? That's when you will get a better introduction.

Have a nice day,

D.R.

 

[phoenixinflames]

So after almost three years I thought I eventually should introduce myself.

I`m from Cologne, Germany and found this site through the german mtb-news forums.
I`m 27 and have been on bikes in some way for the last 15years.
At the moment my only bike is my BMX which gets plenty of use but I`m building a 98 Kona Explosif again after I sold a 99 Explosif which was too small and a modern Explosif which was too heavy and modern.

Apart from bikes I`m into Linux (typing this on my Arch Linux box), literature, music (obscure mid 90s emo, skram and stuff) and movies. I`m studying again to become a Librarian and work as a student assistant at my University to fund my expensive bicycle-fixation.


Cheers, Bastian

 

[Crash]

Self-explanatory username here!

Been off-roading badly since 86, when I discovered the joys of leaving flesh deposits on rocky trails instead of tarmac while out in Cyprus; the weapon of choice bing a Raleigh Grifter with a genuine bodge-taped saddle and a bi-polar hub-gear. The first love of my life and I was distraught when advised that she wouldn't qualify as cabin luggage.

Eleven years later I somehow got a seasonal job teaching kids how to fall off as well, in Perth (northern cold one). I still maintain that the best stretch of singletrack I've ever ridden runs alongside the Tay between Dalguise and Dunkeld.

23 years later; a 6 month old son, a non-bike-oriented other half who only just tolerates bike parts being scrubbed alongside the kitchen utensils, two Yorkshire Terrorists and temporary boss of a cadet squadron (temporary meaning 8 months so far!). Thus a drastic reduction from riding daily to riding on quiet days, albiet with less gravity/stupity related issues. I would like to think as a result of better skills, but it's more likely down to not being out as much...

'97 Gary Fisher Tassajara, Manitou boingy thing on front (does this qualify?)
Home built (not by me) SWB recumbent.
60s/70s? BSA road bike (scattered around a workbench - in progress)
GT Avalanche 1.0 frame (which I will be seeking advice on!)

 

[stokepa31]

Hello World

Hi All

I'm Paul and have a bike fetish.

A Bit of History:

First Bike: Raleigh Chopper rebuilt by my grandad when I was just a kid

First Bike I bought: Raleigh Equipe when I was 17. Got it from my mums mates catalogue and later defaulted on the payments leading to a near CCJ had my late dad not bailed me out.

Intervening years: turned into fat lazy B**tard doing little or nothing of anything.

Age 36 - 2007 - buys an electric bike thorugh cycle to work to get me moving again and commute to work on without the sweat

Age 37 last August- after much ribbing by all and sundry I buy a proper bike without the motor - Felt qx 75 from evans. had a month off between August and September and spent it cycling every day

Age 37 last October - Sh*t weather arrives - go into hybernation and back to being a lazy sod.

Age 38 this March - sell two electric bikes and but a gary fisher hard tail. Start getting out on the felt more and more

Age 38 this April - decide I need to buy an old wreck to practice my maintenence skills on so i dont ruin my 'good bikes'. Get myself a 1992 marin Muirwoods and fall instantly in love. now spend loads of time on ebay looking for bits.

Age 38 this June - discover retrobike. find myself glued to the for sale thread on the hunt for bits for my marin. Have converted garage into man zone. am lusting after old marins more and more. cant wait to get the muirwoods back from the paintshop and start building.

I have little knowledge but that can be learned. I have little experience but that will be gained. I have tons of enthusiasm and you cant buy that.

look forward to bumping into you and if you have a nice old Marin in need of love - LET ME KNOW

Need to learn more about Marins and in particular which early ones come with an Ally frame - gotta get me one of them.

Think this could get expensive!!!!!!

 

[the_moodster]

Wotcha

Wotcha, I'm Tom, and I ride a '99 Marin Alpine Trail.

It probably goes against the retro ethic, but it's been mildly modified, with a new set of front forks, a mechanical disc up front with an xt hub, mavic rim combo and some new levers. i've got a new back wheel coming because the rear hub has just given up the ghost and i've gone for the positively porngraphic combo of a hope pro 3 hub and mavic xc717v rim (keeping it real with the v brakes on the rear).

i'm on the hunt for an MC18 32 tooth middle chain ring, don't ask me how but i've bent mine, and while the rest of the drive train is in tip top condition i'd like to keep it and just swap out the middle ring.

i'm also debating updating the rear shocker (again probably not fitting in with the retro ethic) but that plan hasn't got of the mental drawing board yet.

 

[minor_LEGEND]

Hi ya.

Quick shot of my custom Thorn MTB.

Yes I know fr tyre is facing wrong way!

 

[tuercas]

Hi, my real name is Alex, I got the name Tuercas from a mechanic´s dog in a workshop near where I used to live, a spinger spaniel that was always covered in grease and muck. I live in Mexico City, started mtbing in Suffolk, near Greg Fuquay´s old workshop. Then I moved down to London, and when I was at college had an evening job stacking shelves in Sainsbury´s, I got talking to this guy there who turned out to be Dave Hemming... I lived just around the corner from Bromley Bikes, so my grant never lasted very long. I have been riding road for many years now, but will be getting the Yo Eddy of (swimming pool) MBUK fame back on the trails soonish.

 

[cyclinggardener]

I suppose it'd be rude not to introduce myself...

Howdy old bike geeks, glad to join your legion.

I've got a few old bikes so don't think I'll feel too out of place in here:

* 2000 Gary Fisher Big Sur - My every day work horse that I have sadly recently found a crack where the down tube meets the bottom bracket Need to find a replacement, probably steel frame hardtail sometime soon.

* 1998 (?) Raleigh M-Trax M7000i - My full susser, i love it, pretty much original, just upgraded to new deore v-brakes (sorry), think I need to upgrade the forks and frame suspension - any suggestions?

* 1991 Giant Cadex3 - Old skool carbon MTB, will be posting question about this imminently...

* 1981 Viscount 600ax - nice old English made steel racer WITHOUT the death forks, happily.

* 2007 (?) Giant TCR - new fangled super light ali racer that doesn't quite work, maybe chainline off as it's had a knock and one of the seatstays is damaged...

I volunteer in a DIY bike workshop in Brighton too where we help people fix their own bikes, which is forking great, I reckon.

Cheers!