UNDERACHIEVING SINCE 1996.
T E A M C O W
  • Blog
  • About

kuwahara roc d'azur dx

3/25/2025

0 Comments

 
Picture
You are looking at a 1990 Kuwahara Roc D'Azur DX. '90 is my best guess anyway as this is a bit of a strange one.

Read More
0 Comments

1992 specialized s-works carbon

3/20/2025

0 Comments

 
Picture
You are looking at a 1992 Specialized S-Works Carbon and it is a very difficult bike to take a picture of.

Read More
0 Comments

ritchey ultra

3/18/2025

0 Comments

 
Picture
You are looking at a 1994 Ritchey Ultra, and I am really sad that this frame is too small for me.

Read More
0 Comments

spot brand

2/20/2025

0 Comments

 
Picture
You are looking at a Spot Brand mountain bike, made from steel; and those are the only two things that I can say about this bike with absolute certainty.

Read More
0 Comments

brodie rocket 2

2/19/2025

0 Comments

 
Picture
You are looking at - again - a 2001 Brodie Rocket, and it is The War Wagon - my entry to the 2025 Cheap Bike Build Off.

Read More
0 Comments

brodie rocket

2/18/2025

0 Comments

 
Picture
You are looking at a 2001 Brodie Rocket, and it is peak '00's hardtail...

Read More
0 Comments

khs montana comp

2/5/2025

0 Comments

 
Picture

You are looking at a 1993 KHS Montana Comp, and it's an entirely adequate mountain bike, not necessarily worthy of a lot of words. However, let's talk about it in the context of a current Instagram contest and how it fits in with what I do with old bikes....


Read More
0 Comments

gallery of bikes 8

2/4/2025

0 Comments

 
Just so many bikes...

1. Kona Explosif. Super cool Columbus tubed frame that I would have kept if it was larger. Built it up as in the picture, couldn't sell it, took it apart and sold the frame.

2. Rocky Mountain Vertex 70. This was a damn hot rod; super light, full XTR, Rock Shox SID, and I got it for a song because the seller felt the fork was gone. It needed a good deal of work besides that, but the fork just needed air in both the positive and negative chambers. I'm going to guess the seller didn't know about the negative chamber. I maybe should have kept this as it was the best aluminium bike they made in '11, but I just wasn't feeling it. 

3. Specialized Rockhopper. I bought this for an amount of money that I can't recall, tuned it up, and sold it for an amount that I can't remember. 

0 Comments

gallery of bikes 7

1/30/2025

0 Comments

 
Here's another trio of bikes.

1. 1992 Rocky Mountain Hammer. I should have kept this one. Bought it for peanuts, took it apart and surgically cleaned every part. It was flawless. Sold it for slightly more peanuts.

2. I don't know what this was. Probably a Nishiki. I'm pretty sure it was $10, and not working. But I made it work with some parts that were just way too good for it. Probably sold it for $50

3. 1988 Norco Bigfoot. I'm guessing on the year based on the serial number, but it seems like it's older than '88. Anyway, grabbed this for a family member after they had asked me to fix up their bike, which was not worth the effort. This guy was entirely original and only needed a bit of work to make it perfect. Super cool old Canadian steel.
0 Comments

gallery of bikes 6

1/16/2025

0 Comments

 
Would you look at that; three genuine full suspension mountain bikes.

It occurs to me, looking at these bikes, that I've never owned a full suspension bike for longer than a few months. Even when I rode trails where I might see some benefit from rear suspension, it just didn't seem to do anything for me. Anyway...

1. Rocky Mountain ETS X-70. I can't find a pic of this in the state that I got it; these pics are the 'after' with XTR wheels and Chromag bar and stem. Pretty sure it had XT wheels on it that were all black and just really looked good on my Blizzard. Tried to sell it as a bike, eventually broke it down and parted it out. 

2. Rocky Mountain ETS X-50. I bought these two ETSs as a package for an amount that the X-70 was worth by itself. Again these are the 'after' pics, and I can't remember what I did to it - apart from putting a Chromag bar on it apparently - but I feel like it involves parts on the next bike.

3. Cannondale Jekyll 800 Sobe edition. Somehow, I traded a Santa Cruz Heckler frame that I repainted, for this frame. I recall building it, maybe riding it up and down the block, and that was good enough. These pics are what I used for the Marketplace listing. 

0 Comments
<<Previous

    Author

    I'm 80. I wrench more than I ride and I like it that way.

    Archives

    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    August 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    October 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    February 2023
    December 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    February 2022
    August 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    March 2014

    Categories

    All
    Beer
    Domination
    Meme
    Mountain Bikes
    Racing
    Road Racing
    Rocky Mountain
    Specialized
    Strava
    Tires
    Vintage
    Wheel Size
    You A Fool

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly