Osella
Senior Retro Guru
Re:
Excellent! Possibly one of the best gatherings of RSPs outside the factory (and Bikemeister2000 had a few too!).
I like the fact you've got all the matching colours together too - deliberate or coincidence?
I've got three! Two RSP 450s and a Titanium XTR (UK-built, German market). The Ti IS lovely, thin springy stays eat up the rough ground but it still kicks a bit with rigid forks on it! No better than the 853 frames though...just lighter.
I have one 450 with Magura forks/brakes set up for XC-type and it is absolutely the best-riding bike I think I own; and the other as more of a relaxed 26er BMX style. Funny enough I've never had the Aluminium or the full-sus RSPs!
I too get saddened when I look at the NAHBS or Bespoked and see countless shiny nickel or gold-plated 'handmade' bikes; and these RSP frames going for £50-80 on eBay (okay the Alu aren't the same, but even so!..)
Then I realise I can afford these - and get stuck in! :twisted:
Excellent! Possibly one of the best gatherings of RSPs outside the factory (and Bikemeister2000 had a few too!).
I like the fact you've got all the matching colours together too - deliberate or coincidence?
I've got three! Two RSP 450s and a Titanium XTR (UK-built, German market). The Ti IS lovely, thin springy stays eat up the rough ground but it still kicks a bit with rigid forks on it! No better than the 853 frames though...just lighter.
I have one 450 with Magura forks/brakes set up for XC-type and it is absolutely the best-riding bike I think I own; and the other as more of a relaxed 26er BMX style. Funny enough I've never had the Aluminium or the full-sus RSPs!
I too get saddened when I look at the NAHBS or Bespoked and see countless shiny nickel or gold-plated 'handmade' bikes; and these RSP frames going for £50-80 on eBay (okay the Alu aren't the same, but even so!..)
Then I realise I can afford these - and get stuck in! :twisted: