Downhill retro MTB bikes :)

[retrowrongun]

As title curious if anyone else into downhill bikes or just MTB
Used to love the trials when younger and my lad spotted one of my old frames and asked to build it up

Quite enjoyed helping him build it back up as reminded me how much I used to love downhill at his age

Can't beat a good retro bike mucho coolness

So what you all got wanna see those retro MTB

My lads scott high octane one
Almost built up

[Davey]

Love an older scott!

Still lusting after an older giant glory or santa cruz v10 and can't beat a orange patriot.

I like this thread!

[retrowrongun]

I actually have a few bikes davey
All hoarded from my younger days
Have a scott high octane one pictured

And also a nitrous 30 which can just about be spotted in pic above
Pretty cool bikes at the time and the high octane was pretty dear when new think was around 2.5k lol
Both Scott's are 2005 bikes so pretty retro now

Also have a specialised big hit and funnily enough have a v2 frame and shock here but never really got on with the Santa Cruz tho

[Davey]

If you feel the need to sell anything feel free to pm me!

[kelvfoozinda]

Mine is fairly retro, currently waiting for new swing arm bearings before heading to the Alps in the summer.
Rocky Mountain RM7 complete with Shivers

[retrowrongun]

Shivers look well on that
Nice bike too

[kikiichiban]

Yes me. I moved to France in my 20s to ride/race more. None of mine would be considered retro even today. Sadly my last DH bike, a Devinci Wilson suffered a horrible death and cracked in a few places.





My current bike is a brand new (only 4 rides old) Santa Cruz 5010 V2C, oh and I ride a road bike too, Wilier GTR SL, but you probably don't want to know about that either.

[retrowrongun]

Nice bikes ^^^ at least you know you ride em properly when they crack the frames eh haha !!

[awoo]

I love old school bikes. I have a Klein Mantra which is hella 90s. But I can't figure out for the life of me how to get a photo on here from my phone.

It's a cool bike anyway. Total death trap of an early downhill bike

[retrowrongun]

Death trap = fun tho surely hahaha

[awoo]

sure, its fun but this thing actually tries to kill you!

here it is

[BT]

I remember when those Scotts were new. I used to ride at PORC most weekends and that headtube gusset fascinated me massively.

The most retro thing I had was a Intense M1, I also had the obligatory Kona Stinkys amung other things.

Ride a boring Norco Fluid now.

[retrowrongun]

Feb 10, 2017 19:15:02 GMT BT said:

I remember when those Scotts were new. I used to ride at PORC most weekends and that headtube gusset fascinated me massively.

The most retro thing I had was a Intense M1, I also had the obligatory Kona Stinkys amung other things.

Ride a boring Norco Fluid now.

Hahha yes the head tube is a pretty cool feature and would say out there even for today
Both removable and adjustable too

[retrowrongun]

Such a bizarre shape frame that Klein

That's why I love the older type frames when they were all still experimenting with frame geometry and pivot points lol

I'm after a lefty setup just because they still look epic today haha

[awoo]

Yeah I remember seeing a lefty fork being ridden and being blown away by it. Even now on the rare occasions I see one, it still has the same effect.

That Klein frame is pretty bonkers, they did some awesome bikes though.

Here's an interesting read on the Mantra for anyone interested m.pinkbike.com/news/1996-klein-mantra-pro-now-that-was-a-bike.html

[goingfinn]

I've always liked Orange but I wouldnt consider the UFO to be one of their greatest

But I'm building this one up for the giggles only. Released in 1998 I think...

[BT]

Was it orange that built the Mr O? I had an orange 5 a few years ago which I loved, my youth was spent lusting after the Patriot!

[rustydan]

Feb 11, 2017 15:09:42 GMT BT said:

Was it orange that built the Mr O? I had an orange 5 a few years ago which I loved, my youth was spent lusting after the Patriot!

Yeah orange built the Mr O, I too also wanted a patriot, black with red boxxers on it, also wanted a kona stinky in the green/yellow/red colour from the late 90's. Sadly I could never afford one and had to stick with hardtails. I currently have an '07 commencal meta but she don't count as retro enough in my eyes. One of the best looking bikes I thought was the sintesi bazooka, the space framed one, with shivers on it



Picture stolen from google.

And there was also the brooklyn machine works bike which was so bad ass, ah man this was my childhood, before mobile phones and wasteofspacebook when kids would venture outside and ride their bikes around local shops, colleges and city centres getting chased by security...ah fond memories

[rustydan]

This is my current fleet

My commencal meta




My pashley 26mhz, shes a very early one



And my kona lava dome

[BT]

rustydan

Yes! The Brooklyn Machine Works was a thing dreams were made of! I'd still very much like one now. Doubt I could afford one even now, probably ten plus years after first seeing them.

I also liked the Santa Cruz V10, the first of the fluid frame type, seemed like such a leap ahead at the time from the old bean tin swing arm version.