Retro bikes are incredibly beautiful compared to modern-day bikes. Those crisp triangles with straight tubes.. no-nonsense mechanicals.. simply gorgeous and reliable.
A classic bike with a Shimano XTR group that I consider the best group of the 1990s. It was sensational and you can be sure that this bike with the XTR configuration is faster than those with a 29" wheel size. My greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Beautiful! I miss those days! The handlebar should be "half" of the width as back in the 90's. Also we really didn't need a suspension fork and the ahead set did not exist at the time. I had a Checker Pig with an Easton alu super lite frame.
Lightweight cross country WEAPON! I bet that thing carves like a knife with that ridged fork & climbs like a billy goat. Good ol’ lightweight V-brakes getting the job done just fine on a XC machine. 🔥
Glad to read comment like that, thank you 😎 Bike together is around 10 kilos, so yeah pretty light ☺️ Unfortunately testing at its best will be in 2-3 months when the winter ends here in Poland 😭 But I had some similar bikes before and I know how it works I think, true pleasure to ride a bike like this nowadays 🥰 That’s the main reason I’ve built it, I want to have an option to go back in time, sometimes for chilling, sometimes to show some “racers” that carbon and 29” doesn’t make you a better rider 😂😂😂
the frame is in great shape for it's age. I have the same bike in a different color and it's beat to hell, but still an awesome bike. I want to convert it to a gravel bike somehow.
looks like the frame is in pristine condition....I have a 98 mango yellow Stumpjumper that I'm working on restoring....how much did you spend on XTR group set parts? I just noticed that they seem to be used, but in great condition...
Lovely that mate. I’m definitely putting 950 on something in the future. Stumpjumper also on the wantlist. Do you ride it? That would be my problem when it’s that nice 😅
Dziękuję za miłe słowa. Szczerze to ciężko policzyć, zbierałem graty z całego świata przez parę lat. Rama to myślę koszt ok. 1000 zł, grupa cała w takim stanie ze 2000, koła to temat nie do zdobycia a jeśli już to kwota rzędu 2000 zł(nowe obręcze ceramiczne mavic(nie ma w tej chwili dostępnych nigdzie), nowe piasty xtr 950, szprychy sapim, nyple w 4 kolorach), siodełko ok. 1000 zł - rzadki model z limitowanej serii, komponenty wcs ok. 800 zł za całość, pedały ok. 200-300, reszta drobiazgów do 1000 zł się zmieści. Czyli jakieś 7-8 tysięcy w zależności od fartu, okazji i umiejętności jak zrobisz go sam. Jak ma to zrobić ktoś inny, np. przyjdziesz do mnie za robotę oraz czas indywidualna wycena, myślę że nie mniej niż 800 zł w tych czasach.
