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gallery of recent bikes 2

12/12/2024

I thought I would post a few pics of bikes I had built over the years here. I can't remember if I had said anything about them here or not, so apologies in advance for any repetition.

1. Iron Horse ARS 4.0. I went out to buy one of these bikes, and I guess the guy saw me coming, because I came home with two. I swapped a Shimano CUES drivetrain on to it, and could not sell it for $150. I've torn it down and I'm going to repaint it in the spring.

2. Kona Lava Dome. I think this is an '89, and whatever year it is, the paint on it is mind-blowing. It was original, with some pretty worn out SunTour parts, so I took all the Shimano LX stuff off the Fusion from gallery 1, and now I have this super clean Kona ready for the '25 show circuit.

3. Porsche Bike FS. This Votec-built Porsche seemed like a no-brainer as a flip. I had to buy new brakes for it though as the Hayes it came with were toast. I maybe made a modest amount on it.

gallery of recent bikes 1

12/10/2024

I thought I would post a few pics of bikes I had built over the years here. I can't remember if I had said anything about them here or not, so apologies in advance for any repetition.

1. Rocky Mountain Fusion. That's a '92 Fusion I bought for next to nothing that seemingly had never been used. It was incredibly clean. I put a new Shimano CUES drivetrain on it, and actually sold it for a small profit.

2. Kona Kilauea. I think this was a '93 or '94 that I got as a singlespeed. I redid it with as much of the black Shimano LX group as I could, and put some Marzocchi XC500 lowers on the XC51 fork it had. I did eventually sell it, but it was way harder to sell than I ever thought it would be.

3. Cannondale M200SE. The Moose. I thought the Viper red Cannondale was an iconic bike that would be a cool project, and I turned it from a commuter into a period-correct 'roll around' bike with Shimano LX cantis, Ritchey Logic cranks, and ethereal Innova tires. However, other things came along, and I ended up returning it to its commuter roots and selling it.

fila teton

8/13/2024

You are looking at a 1994 (?) Fila Teton mountain bike. And this is all I really know about it...

pack it up, show's over....

5/22/2024

Friends, I believe the COVID gravy train has left the station, possibly never to return. I have all these bikes for sale, and have had ZERO interest in them. It's genuinely baffling....

iron horse ars 4.0 - part 2

4/30/2024

You are looking at a 2024 Hyper Viking Trail. Why? Because this, is my competition...

iron horse ars 4.0

4/24/2024

You are looking at a 1999 Iron Horse ARS 4.0, and I had to look that up because these were not all that popular. It is unusual though, and we're going to find out if that makes it desirable...

specialized fsr elite

4/11/2024

You are looking at a 1998 Specialized Ground Control FSR Elite - with a dodgy homemade shock linkage, and double-crown Girvin fork, this is peak freeride.

rocky mountain summit max

2/14/2024

You are looking at a 1991 Rocky Mountain Summit Max. In the '91 catalog, the Summit RL was referred to as 'a bike as rare as the summit it reaches.'

So what does that make this Summit, which was so rare as to not even appear in the '91 catalog?

rocky mountain pipeline

2/9/2024

You are looking at a 1998 Rocky Mountain Pipeline, the original Frorider bike. For me, it's a legendary bike in Rocky's history.

specialized s-works steel

2/5/2024

You are looking at a 1993 Specialized S-Works steel, and it's another example of how sometimes what seems like an impossible deal maybe has some caveats on it...