shed find, old MTB

[jig-sore]

pulled this thing out of my brother in laws shed today. an old style steel framed MTB.

soon had it striped down to this and i now have another pile of spare bits.

but the real reason i wanted it was to help finish off this...

chain, handle bars and shifters meant i could get this up and working....

the old style friction shifters work real well, no messing around with indexing. so i decided to use the bike as a winter commuter.

started swapping over the bits from my commute bike...

so now this...

can go back into this mode...

and be used as my winter weekend bike so that the lovely boardman can go into hibernation till next year

 

[e-rider]

I only like the boardman ;-(

 

[Goldie]

Heroic component swapping marathon ftw! What frame's your red and white commuter based on?

 

[Panter]

You've been busy! top work sir, well done

 

[rich p]

I only like the boardman ;-(

Great post - thanks for your input.

 

[jig-sore]

I only like the boardman ;-(

yeah, me too

the red and white frame is/was an Optima Corsa ???? another cheap find

 

[Globalti]

OMG! Proper thumbshifters. Can I have them?

 

[jig-sore]

OMG! Proper thumbshifters. Can I have them?

nope, using them.

trouble free shifting, old school style

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I love bikes like this. Much more interesting than that dull as ditchwater Boardman thing.

 

[jig-sore]

I love bikes like this. Much more interesting than that dull as ditchwater Boardman thing.

 

[John the Monkey]

wow - like the game with three cups and the ball, BUT WITH BIKES.

where are the components now?

I DON'T KNOW!

/weeps

Nice job though.

That Steel MTB might make a decent bike for trailer pulling, of converting into a Cargo bike, you know.

 

[lukesdad]

Those friction shifters are great converted my 7 speed winter bike to 9 speed with them ...so versatile.