FAO of those forumites riding ancient bikes

sheepsteeth

i didnt want to clutter up the my rides threads so i want to ask some questions here.

1. what the hell are you planning to ride on those bikes

b. why

iii who are you trying to impress

nicklouse

ridden most things. well it had to start somewhere.

sheepsteeth

true, i can only assume riding an old bike (i mean one of those which would be considered retro by some) is about nostalgia? it surely cant be about pleasure can it?

El Capitano

sheepsteeth wrote:

i didnt want to clutter up the my rides threads so i want to ask some questions here.

1. what the hell are you planning to ride on those bikes:
HONC, SITS, Mountain Mayhem

b. why:
Because it's awesome

iii who are you trying to impress:
No one in particular...

Answers refer to my 2000 NRS.

Northwind

Mine is rubbish but it made for a very cheap commuter that's not likely to ever get stolen. I was going to stick proper tyres on it and go to glentress or something and see how it goes then I rode it round the block and remembered what old bikes are like.

Andy B

sheepsteeth wrote:

i didnt want to clutter up the my rides threads so i want to ask some questions here.

1. what the hell are you planning to ride on those bikes

Whatever I want to ride on em

b. why

Why not? a bike is a bike is a bike, you can have a laugh on any bike

iii who are you trying to impress

Why would I be trying to impress anyone? I certainly don't need your approval or anyone else's.

sheepsteeth

said the person who wants my approval.

sheepsteeth

Northwind wrote:

I was going to stick proper tyres on it and go to glentress or something and see how it goes then I rode it round the block and remembered what old bikes are like.

now to be fair i havent ridden one of these retro mobiles but i just cant imagine them being fun to ride compared to their more modern counterparts thats why i wondered if it was more to do with reminiscing about the bad old days than being an enjoyable experience?

Northwind

It's useful to own one just in case you ever thing "Oh my modern bike isn't all that good, I'll buy another one"- just ride the 90s bike and realise what bad actually feels like.

People have rose tinted glasses. I stopped mountain biking in the 90s because it was SHITE and because the most incredible, unotainable, stunning bike in the world was about as good as a £300 Halfords bike today. Retro people will be queing up to restore Apollos in 20 years.

cooldad

You wouldn't understand as it requires some riding talent.

cooldad

Although for real riding I ride a modern full sus.
The retro ('88 Rockhopper) gets used to go to the shops as nobody would be stupid enough to steal it.

Gerryattrick

sheepsteeth wrote:

now to be fair i havent ridden one of these retro mobiles but i just cant imagine them being fun to ride compared to their more modern counterparts thats why i wondered if it was more to do with reminiscing about the bad old days than being an enjoyable experience?

That's your problem, you have no imagination. Biking is all about fun and imagination, not just nuts and bolts or titanium & carbon.

At least you'll never get a seat tube up your a**e, you're so far up it yourself already. :roll: :roll:

thekickingmule

Gerryattrick wrote:

That's your problem, you have no imagination. Biking is all about fun and imagination, not just nuts and bolts or titanium & carbon.

Try tellin El Cap that!

At least you'll never get a seat tube up your a**e, you're so far up it yourself already. :roll: :roll:

Welcome to the forum!



:twisted: Sits back and awaits the bomb disposers response :twisted:

sheepsteeth

i wonder where he came from.

sheepsteeth

cooldad wrote:

Although for real riding I ride a modern full sus.
The retro ('88 Rockhopper) gets used to go to the shops as nobody would be stupid enough to ride it off road.

this is more like what i assumed.

were those old pre 2000 bikes fun to ride bck in the day or were they just the best thing available and folk made do?

cooldad

Pre 2000? You are such a baby.
Back in the 70's when there were no such things as MTB we used to get old kiddies bikes to 'scamble' on, or just turn the bars on our racing bikes upside down.
I remember when motorcross bikes started having laid down shocks. We hacksawed through the seatstays, bent them down and bolted them back onto the seattube. Screwed up the structural integrity, but looked really cool.
And it was all a load of fun.

Gerryattrick

sheepsteeth wrote:

i wonder where he came from.

Been lurking for a while,and the erudition and open-mindedness of your thread just dragged me in.

sheepsteeth

Gerryattrick wrote:

sheepsteeth wrote:

i wonder where he came from.

Been lurking for a while,and the erudition and open-mindedness of your thread just dragged me in.

i am quite legendary like that.

im glad you joined just to be a bellend though. welcome along.

cooldad

sheepsteeth wrote:

Gerryattrick wrote:

sheepsteeth wrote:

i wonder where he came from.

Been lurking for a while,and the erudition and open-mindedness of your thread just dragged me in.

i am quite 'special' like that.

im glad you joined just so I'm not the only bellend though. welcome along.

sheepsteeth

said the other bellend

taffy_RB

I have as much fun on my "old" bikes as i do on my modern.

Dare I say it you need some skills and finesse to ride a rigid bike instead of letting you umpteen inches of front and rear squidge over the obstacles in your path.



1. what the hell are you planning to ride on those bikes

Umm everything as normal.

b. why

why not?

iii who are you trying to impress

No one, i'm grown up now and dont need to brag that i've a £6k bike
Though i do wish the many hundreds on full bounce hydraulic braked uber"crap on your old Steel rigid POS bike" in Epping forest of a Sunday would stop bimbling along at 5 mph and get ouy of my way occasionally or at least move aside and let me past.

Oh and please get a life and quit calling everyone a bellend.

For someone who's made fourteen thousand post on an internet forum in two months you should get out and ride.

sheepsteeth

haha, awesome.

cooldad

sheepsteeth wrote:

said the other bellend

I think it's a requirement for posting in stupid threads in Crudcatcher.

cooldad

I think the Retrobike crowd have been alerted to your blasphemy. Good thing I post under an assumed name there.
Troll 2, RB 0

drummondjhn

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... highlight=

what we think

sheepsteeth

cooldad wrote:

I think the Retrobike crowd have been alerted to your blasphemy. Good thing I post under an assumed name there.
Troll 2, RB 0

i know, i love it. i wish i hadnt eaten my tea tonight, this is nourishing me more than food.

i like this response the bestest:

Why build up a well made retro frame from scratch
using some imagination and ingenuity when you can
just throw wads of cash at a bike shop for something
shiny.

These are the sort of people who ask me how to fix
their bikes when I'm out on mine. Funny how us Retro-ers
know our way round a set of spanners !!!

considering the person who started the thread over there works in a bike shop selling those exact bikes i hope he feels very bad about it.

edit, i got the wrong bloke, but i still enjoy it none the less.

blister pus

I am now shaving my ball bag and anus for tomorrows ride if that's any use to this thread?

Gerryattrick

Thanks for the welcome.

Putting insults aside for a moment there's no doubt that there's been great technical improvement in MTBs in 25 years - it would be strange if there hadn't, so which is better, retro or modern, is a sterile argument.

You may as well ask why many people collect, renovate and drive old cars - the simple answer is they enjoy it.

You can have great fun buying, renovating and riding retro bikes (road and MTB), you ought to try it. Although to be fair, taking rider ability into account, a retro MTB would never match a modern bike down a black run

Northwind

taffy_RB wrote:

Dare I say it you need some skills and finesse to ride a rigid bike instead of letting you umpteen inches of front and rear squidge over the obstacles in your path.

See, I have a rigid bike, and it's great fun, just that it's not a museum piece. I also have an old bike, which was not bad at all in its day but which has now been exposed as being rubbish by progress. Though I do like the assumption that anyone who doesn't like old bikes must be rubbish themselves, and obviously totally dependant on suspension, that's classy.

OTOH it's still on its original hubs which is good going and the square taper BB lasted longer than some people on here have been alive, whereas I've had modern BBs that lasted about as long as a good wank. So it's not all progress.

(though I would still like a Xizang, saw a Retrobike guy on one of those at 10UTB, sent me right back)

MountainMonster

My favourite post in their thread was about how modern bikes have not changed in the last 10 years. That made me giggle quite a bit. Hmmm, more efficient suspension, better performing components at lighter weight, and shiny colours must not be an improvement. Neither is the use of carbon now in parts a change.

cooldad

blister pus wrote:

I am now shaving my ball bag and anus for tomorrows ride if that's any use to this thread?

Riding with Andy?