Retro Vs. Modern | How Much Have Hardtail Mountain Bikes Changed? | GMBN Retro Week

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To kick things off for Retro Week here on GMBN Tech we managed to track down a Nukeproof Reactor from 1997. Doddy takes a look at all the retro tech featured on it and makes some comparisons with his modern day Nukeproof Scout to see how far we’ve come!
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The Reactor has a linkage fork, an insanely long stem and narrow bars, 26 inch wheels, carbon shell Nukeproof hubs, and a full Shimano XTR groupset.
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@gmbntech 5 лет назад

What do you think of this retro bike?

@alcopower5710 5 лет назад

GMBN Tech .......cool bike. While I agree that new bikes way outperform vintage bikes.....one cool aspect about older bikes is that most had their own personality. Twenty some plus years ago manufacturers weren't afraid to try new ideas and most bikes looked (for better or worse) way different. You have to agree that today's bikes look very similar. What I would like to see is a retro frame built up with modern components and have a proper ride to evaluate just the frame compared to modern frames. The new frames would still be loads better but modern components would help close the gap a little. When I have seen the videos comparing the two it's always the fork or the brakes or the narrow bars etc holding the frame back. Just my 2 cents

@bobbyhempel1513 5 лет назад

An absolute work of art.

@karlfonner7589 5 лет назад

It looks pretty modern compared to the Mountain bikes I rode in the early 80s

@vtecmossy 5 лет назад

I love the fork design so 😎

@sebastiancorominas 5 лет назад

Love it

@dilmurodavalbaev1392 5 лет назад

That fork is from the future, not the past

@Slipperygecko390 5 лет назад

Straight up, fit a modern shock in there and you have a competitive product.

@bubbastard 5 лет назад

@@Slipperygecko390 Not likely, the axle path is backwards to what you would want. Reminds me of the old Pro-flex fork.

@bubbastard 5 лет назад

That's a completely different design, where the axle path travels backwards not forwards.

@rollinrat4850 4 года назад

BikerBarrett That fork looks like the offspring of an Amp Research fork and a Proflex fork doin' the nasty!

@JohnSmith-ud4qc 3 года назад

@@rollinrat4850 I own a 1996 Proflex and I just bought a 2000 Amp Research B5 with the F4 fork.

@ogden99 5 лет назад

A scout with the reactor retro paint job would be amazing!

@DilbertMuc 3 года назад

Trek did this with their brand new 520 Randonneur bike. It has vintage decals on it, for a 2021 bike. Looks awesome!

@prof.poopypants8671 5 лет назад

That moment when more than half of the “classic” components featured are still on your main hardtail... 😭

@bobsturgis4674 5 лет назад

I have a 97 klein attitude comp xsmall mtb,hardtail.I bought it knew in 97.Only thing i have changed to it,was the fork,no one fixes them anymore,and i put flat pedals on and took the clips off.It still has the same tires brakes ext.LX andXT are the componets.I love the bike and get great compliaments on how it still looks good.For me being not a hard core rider it works great for me.Will not get rid of it.Some the Retro is just as good as the knew mtb.Ride Safe everyone.🚴✌

@drewpenn7440 5 лет назад

I want that fork setup on my bike nowwwwww! Its so epic and looks bloody sweet!

@daedelus6602 5 лет назад

just ask for a testdrive on an BMW motobike with telelever suspension

@jkirk9697 5 лет назад

Ahhh, memories: Rim brakes, no dropper post... yeah and I used to admire those steep head angles on my way over the bars. Still a great trip down memory lane. Thanks, guys!

@derekneumann 5 лет назад

Nuke Proof was originally in Ada, Michigan, East of Grand Rapids. I was partially sponsored by them back in the day, like 94ish. Those hubs were dope, but bad a bad rep of shearing the carbon hub shells from the flanges. THe first set of custom wheels that I ever hand built as a bike shop employee were Nuke Proof carbon hubs, WheelSmith spokes, Mavic 517 ceramic rims, and Salsa rasta color Flip-offs quick release levers. Dope!!. NP, made a Ti hardtail frame for just a year or two I believe. My buddy had it and it was cool, but the bottom bracket shell was flexy as hell. Cool vid!!

@Dan23_7 4 года назад

Derek Neumann I've not heard the name "salsa" in years 😂 Thankyou 👍🏻

@carravagio16 4 года назад

as a teenager in the 90's i lusted over anything Nuke Proof, pouring over the catalogs and magazines lol dreaming of being able to afford some of the bling

@Dan23_7 4 года назад

Carravagio16 I used to drool over Rockshox in MBUK magazine, hoping one day to afford them. The most I could afford was a flexstem, even that was a Girvin replica for half the price 😂

@rollinrat4850 4 года назад

Those hubs 'looked' pretty cool, but as a machinist and carbon fabricator for aerospace, I knew much better. I knew they'd fail just like you said. Can't beat free and sponsored kit though! Most fancy hubs still use cheap, off the shelf bearings to this day! Sorry to say it but most carbon bikes aren't that great either. I know it and I've seen it on dozens of big name frames. I was also an inspector. The bike industry can't afford to do it right. Neither would we buy them if they did. I saw a Chris King rear hub disassembled and bought it on the spot in 1994. 1st time I had ever laid eyes on one! I thought, now this is what I'd build. My kind of quality! There's a reason they're so pricey! I still ride that same hub on the very same and original bearings! Still as smooth as new. Nobody else makes their own bearings! I still use ceramic rims and XTR v brakes too! The best for rim brakes! Rode it on 60 miles of trail yesterday! Now I have 7 more CK wheels, all bought used.

@rollinrat4850 4 года назад

Dan23 7 Salsa now makes bike's and bikepacking gear too. Still making skewers too, I think.

@wacosta13 5 лет назад

Love the linkage fork. I am in the middle of taking an old VooDoo Bokor frame from circa 1999 and rebuilding it with modern tech: 120mm fork, dropper post, 760mm risee bar with 50mm stem, tubeless tires, disc brakes, 1 x 9 drivetrain, flat pedals. Still 26" wheels, but the fork is for a 27.5" wheel, so that plus the other extra travel slackens the geometry a bit.

@herethere2518 5 лет назад

When I started riding a mtb back in the late 1980's I always wanted a Bridgestone MB-1. I loved the lugged frames as well as the component packages that Bridgestone put on their bikes. Of course they were nowhere near as bling as the Klein Attitude, which I drooled over extensively! Would love to see you showcase some bikes from this era!

@jimbrovont7014 5 лет назад

I still ride my 1992 Bridgstone MB4.

@Dan23_7 4 года назад

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@rollinrat4850 4 года назад

I'm building up an MB3 singlespeed with a Marzocchi Bomber and a dirt drop h'bar. Ive got quite a few bikes and this one kind of exites me!

@stevem9529 4 года назад

Chris shards - heavy is the heart I had to shazam that amazing bit of blues at the start and im so glad you put me onto an amazing guitarist. Hes criminally underrated

@jimbrovont7014 5 лет назад

Really enjoying these retro week episodes. That Nuke Proof Reactor is super cool. I have a Bridgestone MB4 that I bought new in 1992 that I still ride several times a week as my commuter bike. Some of the components are original, such as the Shimano LX cranks, hubs, and a Bontrager stem. Other parts have been upgraded over the years. for almost 20 years I had a Rock Shox Mag 21 on it. Sadly I was unable to find anyone who could still rebuild it on a reasonable budget. It now has the stock rigid fork reinstalled. The stock SRAM indexed thumb shifters and Avid brake levers were replaced with the same XTR kit as is on this Reactor, as were the brakes and derailleurs. Everything still works buttery smooth. I still take it out on my local trails a couple times a year as well though most of of my trail riding is now done on a much more modern Stumpjumper FSR.

@jimbrovont7014 5 лет назад

@Yard Sale Dale I looked into that and in the end decided to ride it rigid as it is no longer my primary off road bike.

@A.J.1656 4 года назад

I had a "Nought Eeen Naughty Seven" Reactor, but it was a Diamondback.

@cubalz3806 Год назад

I have a Nukeproof bike at home, made in the last year before they went belly up. It is clear coated oversize aluminum and the custom CNC machined part that connects the seat and chain stays is a real work of art. It was the bike I lusted after when I was a starving college student but couldn't afford. They are even rarer than hen's teeth.

@mowglivapes7887 6 месяцев назад

I recently rescued a 1999 Gary Fisher Ziggurat that was used hard and put away wet. With fresh Smoke/Dart, some bolt-ons and a good tune up it's now a runner. It's my ZigguRatRod.

@joshuamcdonnell122 5 лет назад

That is amazing. Nuke proof was Ferrari level stuff far above my high school pay grade. I remember drooling over that bike and only saw one in the wild at a race in North Jersey. Dart was my go to front tire! I just retired my 95 Voodoo and cannot believe how amazing the bikes are right now. Just bought a full suspension carbon bike and switching back and fourth is a trip. I feel like I'm gonna die on my old bike!!!

@Timber81 4 года назад

Love the Nuke! Never saw one. That fork is amazing. I have a 1892 (yes. 1892) bike that begins. At the head simular to the Nuke but it gets even crazier using flexible solid spring like rods to connect the axel. Thanks for sharing!

@adrianwalker1802 5 лет назад

Awesome Doddy, love these segments. Brings back so many memories of me drooling over this exotic tech back in the day.

@hudsonsadventures4668 5 лет назад

Another amazing video guys use never disappoint me 👍🤙🏻

@DilbertMuc 3 года назад

It is very important to have one or ride one of these old vintage bikes just to get oneself grounded and reset again to appreciate how good life is today for us with modern bikes that have 25 years of evolution behind them. Love riding my retro bikes and fighting with each root and gnarly stuff which I never knew it was there with my modern full-suspension 29er. :)

@derickneethling8702 5 лет назад

Wow. Look beautiful. I had a Shwinn Homegrown back then. Loved that tomato.

@Okiejos_truck_stop 5 лет назад

I still ride my '95 Homegrown.

@01FozzyS 5 лет назад

Love this! Looking forward to the rest of the retro week!

@evertonsilva-ne9bo 5 лет назад

Awesome VIDEO! Thanks GMBN for this!!!

@monkeysize 5 лет назад

LOVE IT! My first real mtb was a '92 Specialized Stump Jumper FS. It was the first production bike with a suspension fork and I still have it...Flite saddle and all. Today I ride a 2019 Trek Fuel EX and I love it as well.

@jameszibura 5 лет назад

I love it! Still ride my rocky mountain trail head my dad and I built in the early 2000s. king head set, white brothers fork, shimano XT drive train, magic wheels and hubs. all of the great retro components!

@pauldjerassi620 5 лет назад

My first view of a Nukeproof one of the club members had one in the 90s ,I just love those front forks a master piece ,love to try it out ,Thank Doddy a great Video.

@awesometuscaloosa7203 5 лет назад

Gorgeous! Let’s play that again!

@EarthSurferUSA 3 года назад

When I worked at Nuke Proof in 94-95, I came into the shop as a machinist with a Motocross background, (and some MT. Bike riding). I knew Mt. Bikes would go disk brakes in the future,---and they all laughed at me. :)

@coolmusic1579 5 лет назад

Nice bike. My 1st Mt. bike was a 1991 Schwinn Paramount 30, with Deore LX grouppo, paid $500.00 for it. I still have it.

@RexEngineering 4 года назад

GMBN, love your shows and appreciate all the hard work into each, please please do a feature/video on the Mountain Cycle San Andreas, that will be really awesome... thank you guys in advance : )

@mogulhopper 5 лет назад

GORGEOUS BIKE ! I'd love to have something like this mounted in my hallway

@junkandcrapamen 5 лет назад

Those old school Selle Italia Flite saddles are the best looking saddles ever created.

@carravagio16 4 года назад

As a teenager in the 90's i lusted after anything Nukeproof, the only way i ever got to see them was in Mountain Bike Action magazine. I thought those bombshell hubs were the cats meow! Kudos to that bike and preserving a bit of MTB history

@pcpwcail 5 лет назад

Looking at that reminds me of my bontrager , I’m going for a long ride today on that exact same seat it’s still comfy after all these years

@seans4018 5 лет назад

Love these vids! I use to dream of getting a San Andres MOUNTAIN CYCLE. He'll I still do!

@vtecmossy 5 лет назад

Yeah I like retro bikes so much I went on a retro bike binge this week ended up with a original 95 specilized stumpjumper Nd a 2002 merida big air pro

@BIGPULPO 5 лет назад

I have one too, 1995 StumpJumper FS with FSX fork! 👏

@freddennis3738 3 года назад

Looks awesome! This is why I still ride a Proflex with a Girvin fork

@stephenturkLA 5 лет назад

I still have my 2001 Gary Fisher Paragon aluminum hardtail, and it's still an excellent bike for the fire roads in the local mountains around Los Angeles where the front suspension (Manitou SX-R, recently rebuilt with some new seals) gives it a big advantage over modern gravel bikes.

@323johnnybravo 5 лет назад

I had those hubs on my GT box series BMX. I wish I still had that bike

@doctajuice 5 лет назад

I remember back in my bmx racing days (late 90s - early 00s) a few of the faster guys at my local track had those bomb shell hubs. I also had some xtr brakes on one of my old bmx race bikes. They're definitely the best v-brakes I've ever used

@SignoreMassimo 4 года назад

Excellent solo in the background

@timbennett6644 4 года назад

Great video. August 2019, my Trek 9800 OCLV which I bought from new was retired. Gave in to the new geometry bikes. As much as I loved the Trek. The new bikes are incredible.

@amfearliathmor8213 5 лет назад

Gorgeous Retro Bicycle. The head angle on my early 1990s Mountain bike head angle was 73 degrees when using rigid forks. The frame/forks were silver fillet brazed Columbus Niva OR. 26 inch wheels. I use it to tow a BOB Ibex. 7 speed Suntour XC Pro under bar Thumbshifters with XT brake levers and TRP Cantilevers with friction shift mode if required. Sachs New Success hubs and Brooks B17 saddle and Cinelli Spinaci handlebar TT extensions, 13cm 3T Bone stem and Shimano 600EX headset. Schwalbe Marathon Dureme 26 x 2.0 Inch tires.

@geddy1972 5 лет назад

I have a handsome dog frame from 1998 still in my shed. I used it for many years commuting and now it is gathering dust in my shed.

@Ifyouseekyle 5 лет назад

Very cool bike, and rare! Love your retro ride segments.

@wadepratt9654 5 лет назад

96-97 gt backwoods was a pretty sweet bike back then. I also have a 2001 or 02 trek 800 but that backwoods was pretty sweet back in the day.

@bridgetkurr1776 4 года назад

Love the comparison. What a cool looking bike! I think it is great that they are "remaking" it.

@lorenzodegrandi7193 5 лет назад

Every old MTB rides like hell ! I have a 1992 Alpinestars AlMega XTR and I only ride once a month ! My stem is also huge and the bike feels so flexy and springy ! but everywhere I go you can see someone looking over or asking questions :)

@Indarow 5 лет назад

That is such a beautiful bike. I absolutely love it.

@MonsterBicycles 3 года назад

Sweet Nukeproof! I've got a `1998 Specialized S-Works M2 which I am building up with modern components on my channel currently! Love the old Kleins, Cannondales, Gary Fishers, GT, Specialized ETC. They don't make them like they used to. Handmade in USA! Those were the sweet times. ;)

@carloswithac 5 лет назад

Ha, I remember the "oversized aluminum" phase!

@coachcurt7606 3 года назад

I love bikes. I watch your videos and think, wow, he really loves bikes!! 18 year old me, could only look at those in the magazines.

@BeetleBuns 5 лет назад

Such a sweet bike, with a groovy paint job!

@JerryWDaviscom 5 лет назад

That Reactor is awesome. What a gem.

@EarthSurferUSA 3 года назад

The riding in our area was different to, lots of slower tight trials. The steep head angle was great for tight turns, (but the bike was stable at speed too), and the narrow bars were nice between the tight trees of the Michigan trails we rode back then.

@EarthSurferUSA 3 года назад

I understand the word "stiction" is a combination of the words, "static" and "friction" from my old Motocross days. It takes a little extra force to move a seal from a stopped position.

@briarboy8959 4 года назад

Always lusred after the Nuke Proof brand back in the day, had a bull horn style handlebar thin aluminum inner bar wrapped in woven carbon fiber, first spill they were toast. Love the fork on this bike.

@jameslakeman344 5 лет назад

I’ve got a 2000 GT avalanche 0.0 with the same rear mech, I still love riding it

@trelane751 5 лет назад

I've had that rear Derailleur as a rapid rise version and those brakes and they work well in all conditions. It's all about the pads and levers that you use that make the difference

@snowysteve 4 года назад

OMG , That instantly reminded of my look fournales fork , except on the Nukeproof the bike has partially swallowed it! Sweet

@glynparry5796 5 лет назад

Smoke and dart tyres. 👍 had them on my 97 GT outpost

@vagasduke 4 года назад

me too,,,but on a 94 diamondback

@vlad973 5 лет назад

now this is content !

@seventysevenfiji 4 года назад

This thing is awesome, especially with those Browning like forks. Absolutely gorgeous. Although the original XTR is still my favourite, lookswise at least

@borthwey 4 года назад

I had the XT version of those parallelogram brakes. Yes, they were more powerful but with Kool-stop pads they created an infernal howl. It was really a deafening screech, for which I had to stop using them. I also have to say that they were more powerful than necessary in the way I was using them, with cantilever levers and the Kool-stop pads. Regular v-brakes in that configuration were really vary satisfactory and noise-free. I stayed off disc brakes for a long time because of how good this setup was, more powerful than the existing disk brake options at the time in fact. The cantilever levers pull less cable, thus generating more pulling force, and the kool-stop pads were simply the best (and probably still are).

@DilbertMuc 3 года назад

Had the same experience. The very first XT model (M739 in 1996) was silent, but the small levers broke the inner casing due too much stress. I tried the newer parallelogram models M750 and M750. In the back they are silent, but on my Rock Shox fork they howl like a freight train. Tried everything, brake booster, different pads. No chance. Then I discovered that my old fork was ISO2000 compatible and I bought a modern hydraulic disc brake just for the front. A revelation in brake power and silence.

@EarthSurferUSA 3 года назад

Same XT V-brakes and with stock pads, (what ever they are called), but I did not have that problem until I tried a ceramic rim. It was a noise I was not willing to get used to, but I bet it would scare the heck out of your buddy in front of you when jamming into a corner. :) it was Loooooud.

@Jimskateuk 4 года назад

That scout looks so sick

@Romin.777 5 лет назад

I absolutely loved my smoke dart combo, i rode the amber ones. :))

@markturner-smith5309 5 лет назад

Superb retro - oh the memory's.

@promodsteve7882 5 лет назад

So cool with the retro.

@monztrluvr 5 лет назад

I remember this bike!!

@sanzioberti9170 5 лет назад

Just beautiful...

@sebastianfs3825 5 лет назад

4:05 amazing!

@Dan23_7 4 года назад

In 1993 I got a GT Timberline .... BUT !!! My mate got the Pantera AL, in red with "oversize Alu tubing" I was so jealous 😂

@willbennett7107 5 лет назад

Wow Nukeproof have come a long way love that linkage fork we need hardtails with dual crown forks

@the_spanner_ch7mp 5 лет назад

Great looking bike that Nukeproof. My first mtb was Team Raleigh Suvivor in Panasonic colours Then I had a Raleigh Apex with Flexi Stem 😮 Then a Titanium Marin and I added Rock Shox Judy XC's to it, got that in 1995 👊 Didn't know retro stuff was so sort after as I threw away my Judy XC only a couple of years ago 😭 Marin frame scrapped too as bottom bracket was seized into it, 3 bike shops tried to remove it. If only I knew to keep it all. Great stuff Doddy and #GMBNTech 👊🤙

@badlarry172 5 лет назад

still looks cool today

@fmc6338 5 лет назад

Dam, nice retro Nuke Proof!!!

@w_jk3554 5 лет назад

now that is great content

@lancehatch4475 5 лет назад

Beautiful bike!

@Anybloke 4 года назад

I'm still riding my hardtail Handsomedog (2001) which has a cheapo RST sus fork and 26" wheels. I originally set it up in 3x7 mode but it's now a road commuter and 1x1 with mudguards, Schwalbe City Jet slicks and drop bars (!) with special Tektro levers for V brakes. In the old MTB config I rode the Marin Trail (Llanrwst) on it 3 times and it was a decent off roader with WTB tyres.

@sarabear1238 Год назад

Wonderful

@fallenhobbit6554 5 лет назад

I had a friend in the 90s who ran nuke proof hubs on his BMX race bike. Very popular hub in bmx too.

@thim8009 5 лет назад

Wish I would have kept my giant boulder from mid 80's. That is what started it all when I moved to Durango Colorado. All my friends would hike but I would take that thing everywhere.

@thebikehippie6562 4 года назад

Oh man, do I ever want to ride that bike👌

@jonbda 5 лет назад

Love a funny front end on motorbikes as well as mountain bikes. Really want to own a Whyte PRST-4 one day... :)

@kingrat738 5 лет назад

It's the Trust fork!! Dave just moved the linkage from the top to the bottom of the fork.

@Slipperygecko390 5 лет назад

Its better.

@vieuxacadian9455 Год назад

Futuristic to Us Old guys that rode full rigid in the 1970s !

@questeusher 5 лет назад

What a beauty

@ROBINAXE5150 5 лет назад

Retro is cool, I still take my 2003 Brodie 8 Ball to the mountains whenever I can.

@KDog2264 5 лет назад

What a cool bike, I really like it. I use to have set of the smoke tires, panracer also had the Timbuktu’s they were amazing tires, those were on the Nishiki Kodiak that I own in the late 80’s early 90’s . It had one feature on the shifters that you didn’t see on too many other bikes. The shifter could switch from click shifting to friction shifting, so if your shifting messed up you could switch too friction and still be able to shift. Also because of the curve in the front fork I think it was a fairly slack head angle for its time. And oval chainrings( all three). I would love to see a retro video on some of the fully ridged mtb that were out in the late 80’s. There were some good bikes out. My Kodiak I was taking off of 3’ and 4’ drops, and riding some of the early North Shore trails.

@markablett4571 5 лет назад

Great looking classic bike I had 3 GT zaskar’s in the 90s Bike manufacturers should remake classic bikes but with updates

@jess1ncase 5 лет назад

I have a 2017 GT Zaskar Comp, a 1998 GT Karakoram, a 1994 GT Tequesta, and even a handmade in the USA Early 90's GT Edge road bike.

@michaelhayward7572 3 года назад

That front end is stunning.

@EarthSurferUSA 3 года назад

Yea, the guy who designed and built the first one, (Scott Roerig. not a part of Nuke Proof. Still a friend of mine), now makes all the gas tanks and fenders for Indian Motorcycles. So if you see one,---you have made a connection the Indian owners know nothing about. :)

@peterrichardson9521 5 лет назад

Back in the same period I had a Gt Tequesta, but I dreamed of the rock lobster or salsa frame. If you find one please share on the channel!

@daytch9485 5 лет назад

Mine, is my 1994 Cannondale Delta V 1000, high polish, and has(had) a remote lock out for the fork

@EarthSurferUSA 3 года назад

There were some bikes that came out that really turned heads, and that was one of them. I interviewed for Cannondale back in 2000 when they were trying to make motocross bikes, but I turned down the offer, (not enough money for the move). Glad I did. The Motorcycle division was shut down about 6 months later. Bummer.

@StaggerLee68 3 года назад

Oddly, my 93' Fischer Big Sur has turned out to be my go to bike for everything. Set up as a 26x27.5 mullet. The geneseis geometry worked out well with the new school front end somehow, slackened things up perfectly. New school biz up front and full old school party out back. Did the same with a Kona Explosiff, Schwinn Sweet Spot, and a KHS Team. Keep the old bikes on the dirt!

@jonnythelegs2597 5 лет назад

Those xtr brakes worked great but the linkages always developed rattle so I used to tie them with an elastic band . Some great kit there though and I'm loving that fork reminds me of the Girvin and AMP forks back then but in way better by Integrating the shock into the headtube. Bit like a headshox and an amp combined.

@rupedog 5 лет назад

Cool bike. Interesting fork, and that DW just now doing linkage fork, similar but with links at wheel end. Saw a Cannondale headshok bike (f600 I think, in blue) from 90's on Saturday in Bath...dont tell Martyn!

@seanstoker86 5 лет назад

i love that fork

@hansen904 4 года назад

I ride a 90's Kona Cinder Cone Race Light, full XT and whilst I have modern bikes nothing is as fun as the classic!

@techjunkie68smusicandtech56 2 года назад

ah the Flite Titanium saddle was amazing, I had one on my GT Zaskar LE (1993)

@alfa916romeo 3 года назад

Cool bike...I have a Marin Rocky Ridge 1994 in 20,5" with a Rock Shox Mag 21 SL Ti Long Travel fork. I tuned the compression valve and the rebound plate according to Rock Shox tuning manual instructions. . Second bike is an Indian Fire Trail 1995 in 19" with a Marzocchi XC 600 fork. I love those nineties Marin Aluminum bikes with a massive oversized downtube frame. 🚲🐗😎