What Retrobike "feature" do you avoid when looking for bikes?

[FluffyChicken]

Many swing arm rear suspension are estays

 

[madjh]

Carbon fibre, I´m so saturated about that thing ... they have so many internal imperfections that I started to hate it. Cool exterior, bad interior.



I love E stays, because my ETSX is and it was before modern RD, so no noise and looks quite good.

Dedicated to that E-stays haters with ... you don´t have annything as cool as this

Oh, wait, it has U brake ... dedicated to ....

 

[bikeworkshop]

Hi

Chain suck definitely exists.

but I haven't had chain suck for 25 years - what happened?

 

[highlandsflyer]

Hi

but I haven't had chain suck for 25 years - what happened?

Riding 'modern'? Pah!

 

[The History Man]

^Just that.

And more than that, inappropriate parts fitted to the bike speak of:
1) years of neglect
2) a possible interaction with an idiot

define inapropriate.........

 

[CassidyAce]

define inapropriate.........

Perhaps some people haven't yet realised exactly how much care and attention can go into choosing truly inappropriate parts for a bike.

 

[madjh]

E stays was not only for chain suck, but imagine a E stay and a RD with cluck ... and Imagine a fast tire, not "that thing" of geax "soguarro" and go fast over a rock trail ... jumping , cornering ... It is silent. Yes, the white tire , I don´t have it any more. It was good in my mind but not in the trails.



We don´t have to ride the same, it will be so boring ...

 

[greencat]

And more than that, inappropriate parts fitted to the bike speak of:
1) years of neglect
2) a possible interaction with an idiot
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Must admit - any "custom engineering" or bodges would put me off (and a good number of my bikes would fit into that category)

 

[just jacques]

Exhibit No.1 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235493993663

 

[27motorhead]

Exhibit No.1 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235493993663

This demonstrates perfectly the appeal and draw of retro mountain bikes as they can be easily converted into many guises.

It will appall as many as it attracts! Most offensive thing on that bike is the profiling and shape of the outer plates on the chain!

This is probably quite local to me @just jacques if you want me to collect it for you!