The Freaks topic

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Frankie - B
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by Frankie - B

It has the wrong rear suspension unit on it. that is why it looks completely odd. Them Trek Y's were great bikes to look at.
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kevhogaz
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by kevhogaz

I'm pretty sure they were 4" of travel, at the very most!! He's claiming 7" or something ridiculous like that. My brother had a red Y22, and my old man had a yellow/gold Klein Palomino back in the early 90's.

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by wingguy

AJS914 wrote:
The head angle alone, scares me to death.


Does that bike just have the wrong fork on it? Or, I was thinking, that maybe the head tube angle corrects itself when there is weight on the rear suspension?


Looks like a way too long eye to eye shock measurement which also explains the giraffe-like BB height. That said, in hindsight mountain bike technology and geometry was genuinely terrifying in those days anyway :P

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eurperg
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by eurperg

This is a good one, built for triathlon training:

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Powerful Pete
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by Powerful Pete

Powering on the flats with that gearing, I would say. ;-)
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by Ghastly

pff...

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Mapei down under
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by Mapei down under

Similar to the Trek build earlier!

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kevhogaz
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by kevhogaz

Found this, while browsing Ebay for some new tubs!!

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by terrible1

outnumbered wrote:I don't think the staff at Costco in Reading have much experience with fitting bar tape.

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Haha, small world!

I live in Reading and have laughed at their De Rosa bartaping/bike-building in general - perhaps even this same one!

Do you ride a lot around these ends? Always up for riding with new folks :beerchug:

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by outnumbered

terrible1 wrote:
Haha, small world!

I live in Reading and have laughed at their De Rosa bartaping/bike-building in general - perhaps even this same one!

Do you ride a lot around these ends? Always up for riding with new folks :beerchug:


Hi, yes I live in Reading, and ride mostly with the excellent folks of http://www.readingcyclingclub.com 96km this morning in fact, come along one Sunday....

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by Kayrehn

This thread should be revived more often, some amazing builds here as always [emoji1]

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Pic is from a BikeRadar pseudo review.
I guess their women team is full of grannies.

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by Haydn

Looks like it would be good for riding down a 45° angle

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by Tomstr

Or a constant wheelie :mrgreen:
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by Norregard

Saw this on the GCN facebook page :D

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