Ventana El Toro fixie graveller

[wynne]

I rode my road fixie for 12 days in a row over Christmas and enjoyed it so much that I decided to build up something with offroad capability. I know that tracklocross isn't a new idea to the world, but it is to me.

Looking forward to seeing how 650b fixed wheel offroading and me get along.

 

[wynne]

An aggregate win or maybe the most stupid bike I've ever built? (And there's quite a lot of competition for that title).

 

[wynne]

I've ended up riding this bike an awful lot.
I decided I wanted a shorter fork as the seat angle felt too slack for my liking - so I stuck an old steel one on. It feels much nicer to ride. Also wanted to get the bar lower so I put my old Syntace VRO set up on. Again, much more to my taste. Done a lot of mixed on and off road on it recently and looking forward to doing more off road as it dries out.
It's no oil painting but I like this bike.

 

[fiveSixteenths]

Stumbling on this I have no idea what’s going on with the whole set up but it looks like a hoot

 

[wynne]

It should be horrible, but it's hilarious. I've ridden a fixie for years but never off-road. It's made me realise how right-sided I am - I am having to learn to really time my pedal strokes and hop over things with my left leg leading. It's intriguing as I thought I was too old a dog for new tricks.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I couldn't ride it for even a minute, but I fully support you in your quest for weird

There's a Ventana thread, by the way. Your machine would be appreciated there, I'm sure

Thread 'The Ventana Wiki - 1985 to 2021'

Jun 14, 2021

Sorta playing catchup with bikes and builds here. Sorry for the SPAM.

I am going to start a thread on a bit of a lesser known brand by vintage mtb standards and one that deserves a lot more recognition
- Ventana Mountain Bikes

http://www.ventanausa.com/

Feel free to add your own bikes and info. I have few bikes I have been entrusted with to restore and share, but it be cool to see what everyone else has.

Ventana was started by Sherwood Gibson and a Partner in '88 and still exists today. They have been behind numerous advancements in design and Sherwood has been the torch...

• jimi911
• Replies: 38
• Forum: Reader's MTBs --> 1997

• 
•