Cracking retro mtb on ebay

[ChrisEyles]

Found this while looking for forks on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-18-G...764392?hash=item41a3c979e8:g:QxgAAOSw-zxWn6ei

If anyone's into their 90s mtbs, it's well worth a look, nice condition and an awesome 90s paint job

I would be sorely tempted even though it's a bit of a drive to pick it up - but my wife has said strictly no more bikes!

 

[ChrisEyles]

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

Love it
Well worth the 90 quid asking price.
Bring some of the components into the 21 st century and you have great bike for pennies.
Really like that

 

[Ciar]

defo worth it, i had a blue and white tequesta many moons ago, that was also a rather funky paint job

my money is currently going to upgrade my modern MTB so nothing spare for a retro one even if it is this good.

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

defo worth it, i had a blue and white tequesta many moons ago, that was also a rather funky paint job

my money is currently going to upgrade my modern MTB so nothing spare for a retro one even if it is this good.

Yep,doing the same thing with mine most of the time.
If I did buy it,Hmmm,what would I do ?
Shorter stem.
Measure what width tyre I could put on.Bigger the better.
See if it was feasible to make it a 1X set up.
Wider bar.
New seatpost(raw Thompson Elite),to keep in line with the silver wheels.
Not sure if I could all that,it all depends on the measurements of modern day components to the yesteryear components.
But it would be fun to try and complement a great frame

 

[Levo-Lon]

looks like my old Alstare 600.. if you squint a bit lol

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

looks like my old Alstare 600.. if you squint a bit lol

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I don't think I would need to tinker about too much with that

 

[ChrisEyles]

If I got it it'd be simple: new tyres, swap the canti brakes out for vee's.... and polish up the flames on the paintwork

 

[Firestorm]

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looks like my old Alstare 600.. if you squint a bit lol

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Hired on of them for a couple of days of hooning around Salisbury plain and surrounding areas . That will be 15 years ago.....gulp