Hi!
When I found this forum I thought this was the best site I have found for long long time..
Anyway, my name is Timo, I'm 31 years old professional violinist .. I started mountain biking with my brother in -92. I did some racing (xc, dh, road) before concentrating on studying, but now after finishing the schools I have found The Hobby again. I never lost it completely, but there just wasn't time to do it..
I'm quite enthusiastic of 90's mtb's..Maybe the reason is that back then I didn't have the money the burn on the best parts, but also I'm missing the beautiful steel frames and the attitude of smaller companies. If on a hardtail, I couldn't ride an aluminium frame, steel works much better for me. Nowadays I ride naturally a fs, Turner 5spot.
To speed up my hobby, I recently bought a storage of a bike shop which closed in 2005. That was an excellent shop which sold many smaller brands like Salsa, Santa Cruz, Sintesi, Paul, WTB etc. etc., so now besides having the spare parts for next xx years, I will have to sell some of the smaller parts here. They are the cheapest to send by post and the market for the older (even nos) mtb parts is still a bit small in Finland.
When I found this forum I thought this was the best site I have found for long long time..
Anyway, my name is Timo, I'm 31 years old professional violinist .. I started mountain biking with my brother in -92. I did some racing (xc, dh, road) before concentrating on studying, but now after finishing the schools I have found The Hobby again. I never lost it completely, but there just wasn't time to do it..
I'm quite enthusiastic of 90's mtb's..Maybe the reason is that back then I didn't have the money the burn on the best parts, but also I'm missing the beautiful steel frames and the attitude of smaller companies. If on a hardtail, I couldn't ride an aluminium frame, steel works much better for me. Nowadays I ride naturally a fs, Turner 5spot.
To speed up my hobby, I recently bought a storage of a bike shop which closed in 2005. That was an excellent shop which sold many smaller brands like Salsa, Santa Cruz, Sintesi, Paul, WTB etc. etc., so now besides having the spare parts for next xx years, I will have to sell some of the smaller parts here. They are the cheapest to send by post and the market for the older (even nos) mtb parts is still a bit small in Finland.