GavinD89
Dirt Disciple
Why do I collect retro bikes?
It all started when I dug my old Saracen Limited Edition (that I raced a couple of times as a teenager) out of the shed during the second lockdown and then started searching marketplace for some of the bikes I lusted after as a teenager...
Fast forward three years and I've got a little collection of retro XC mountain bikes (Orange and Alpinestars), I've shed nearly 5 stone and I'm racing mountain bikes again in my 50's!
Although I own a modern 29er XC bike, I decided to race my retro bikes all year including at the final round of the National XC series on my fully rigid 89 Orange Clockwork. It hasn't all been plain sailing with a broken shoulder and a couple of broken ribs to show for my stupidity
Absolutely stoked that there will be a retro XC race at the Malverns next year (new bike currently being constructed) and the first retro cross country race at Cannock Chase is on the 25th of February at the Winter Classic
It all started when I dug my old Saracen Limited Edition (that I raced a couple of times as a teenager) out of the shed during the second lockdown and then started searching marketplace for some of the bikes I lusted after as a teenager...
Fast forward three years and I've got a little collection of retro XC mountain bikes (Orange and Alpinestars), I've shed nearly 5 stone and I'm racing mountain bikes again in my 50's!
Although I own a modern 29er XC bike, I decided to race my retro bikes all year including at the final round of the National XC series on my fully rigid 89 Orange Clockwork. It hasn't all been plain sailing with a broken shoulder and a couple of broken ribs to show for my stupidity
Absolutely stoked that there will be a retro XC race at the Malverns next year (new bike currently being constructed) and the first retro cross country race at Cannock Chase is on the 25th of February at the Winter Classic