Who am I kidding anyway - these bikes are not recent. We're into summer '23 and older now.
1. Marin Eldridge Grade. Amazing paint on this. Low level bikes got paint like this in 1990. I don't know how companies made any money on them. Well, I suppose I do - they paid the Taiwanese labourers peanuts.
2. Kona Lava Dome. I bought this as a heavily used and scraped up bike, repainted and redecaled it, and it became a gorgeous vintage machine. Maybe the only thing I've done better lately is...
3. GT Zaskar. This was an awful thing when I got it - no paint, mismatched wheels, 130mm Marzocchi Dirt Jumper fork - it was just all kinds of wrong. So, it got fresh paint, new decals, Shimano XTR bits, and it became what it was; an incredible vintage bike that rode beautifully. I probably should have kept it.
1. Marin Eldridge Grade. Amazing paint on this. Low level bikes got paint like this in 1990. I don't know how companies made any money on them. Well, I suppose I do - they paid the Taiwanese labourers peanuts.
2. Kona Lava Dome. I bought this as a heavily used and scraped up bike, repainted and redecaled it, and it became a gorgeous vintage machine. Maybe the only thing I've done better lately is...
3. GT Zaskar. This was an awful thing when I got it - no paint, mismatched wheels, 130mm Marzocchi Dirt Jumper fork - it was just all kinds of wrong. So, it got fresh paint, new decals, Shimano XTR bits, and it became what it was; an incredible vintage bike that rode beautifully. I probably should have kept it.
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