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magura raceline

9/10/2026

If you are not watching Dylan Tremblay on Youtube, you should be. He has a ton of bikes, one of which being a '95 Rocky Mountain Edge t.o. - just like mine.

Except not because mine's silver. I've never seen another silver one.

He ran a bunch of pics of Rocky Mountain racers on their Edges back in the day and I was pretty happy to see they were all running Rock Shox Judy DH forks - just like mine. However, they also had Magura Raceline hydraulic brakes. Turns out, I have a set, so get comfy, this is going to take a while...

all blizzards ranked - 2

9/8/2026

All Blizzards ranked - numbers 20 through 16 - let's get it.

1992 rocky mountain experience

9/3/2026

You're looking at a '92 Rocky Mountain Experience, a fine example from the golden age of elevated chainstay bikes. Let's dig in...

all blizzards ranked - 1

9/1/2026

The other day I was reminded that I had come up with a Top Five Rocky Mountain Blizzards a la Nick Hornby. I had forgotten about that, and I realized pretty quickly that what I needed to do, was rank all 28 Rocky Mountain Blizzard models. So, that's what we're doing...

what's good - $125 edition

8/20/2026

I see a lot of posts on IG about scoring old mountain bikes for US$200, or 200 pounds sterling - I don't know how to get a pound symbol here - and I think, 'Are you made of gold?!' Those are insane prices. Decent bikes are available here for peanuts...

1. That's a Gary Fisher HiFi, from near the end of the run for Fisher. It sounds like the fork could be in trouble based on the ad, but I've found pretty often that the average rider doesn't know the minutiae of 'modern' suspension forks. I once bought a bike with a Rock Shox SID and was told it was toast. I emptied the main and negative chambers, refilled them to spec, and it was fine. I guarantee the seller didn't know there was a negative chamber and I think that it was empty and messing with the fork's proper operation. Anyway, $125 for this seems like a giveaway.

2. It's a Cannondale Super V. Is this a good bike? A polarizing one I think. I think that's a Mag20 on there, and for sure someone has swapped in headset spacers allowing regular 1 1/8" forks to be used rather than a Headshok. I have a Cannondale Moto freeride fork that might fit this, so I just might go pick it up.

3. Yessir that is a damn Ritchey for $125. It's not one that Tom himself welded or brazed, but it's got his name on it. And I read once that even the overseas made ones had some braze-on work done by Tom. No idea if that's true though. I also read that Tom just took tubes to a muffler shop in the morning and came back in the afternoon to pick up the completed frames.

We've just having fun.

what's good - rocky mountain edition

7/9/2026

Not long ago I complained that there was nothing out there. Things have changed drastically almost overnight.

That's a very nice Fusion there, seemingly original apart from a nice hi-rise bar and a comfy seat. For $100, it's insane this has been for sale for 10 weeks. It's even a '96, so when you roll up to your hipster ride after putting an 800mm klunker bar on it, everyone can marvel at the special 15th anniversary decals.

And another Fusion there, with custom paint and fresh decals for only $150. Hard to say from one picture, but it seems to be quality work.

Finally, the big score, that I can't believe is still for sale, a 1993 Metro for only $100. 1993 was a special year because every bike in the lineup had a custom font for the model name.

30 year old bikes that I guarantee will work better than anything you buy at Walmart at twice the price.

what's good - those are not bicycles edition

7/2/2026

So what the hell man - these are not bicycles.

I know, but they're still cool. That's a Honda CB350 Four, the first motorcycle I ever rode. I think anyway. The one my dad had, had a sissy bar on it that I never liked, so this one looks way better, but sadly doesn't have the excellent 4-into-4 stock exhaust it came with. Would be super fun to get around town on that. $2300 is maybe a little pricey compared to other motos currently out there, but it's a little rare, so, you know; 'I know what I got.'

Next is an Isuzu Impulse Wagonback, and I bet you do not know what's he's got. You don't see these much at all anymore, and certainly not the Kammback / shooting brake version. It's got a sporty little 1.6L 16V four cylinder and suspension tuning from Lotus. $5500 and it's just what you need to get some attention at your local Cars and Coffee meets.

And finally, for $250 we have a Radio Shack TRS-80 hard drive. It has a laughable - by today's standards - 15 megabytes of storage. That's mega, not giga. I've got PDFs bigger than that. But, pretty damn rare I expect, and it sounds like it works.

what's good - nothing edition

6/25/2026

We're fully into summer now, is there anything good for sale out there?

Well, it's not looking great, but there is a nifty Lemond steel/carbon - I think called Versailles? It's unfortunately one of the TREK ones, but is still available at the giveaway price of $450. True Temper OX Platinum and TREK's OCLV carbon makes this - I'd assume anyway - a nice superlight bike.

Then there's a Giant AC2 at $325. I used to have one of these when I worked at a Giant dealer. First thing I did was swap out the heavy Michelin DH tires on it, which was by far the hardest tire to remove that I've ever had the misfortune of dealing with.

And then we have a Cannondale Jekyll for $200 - a giveaway price. I've always wanted to ride a Lefty to see if I could ride with no hands. I've heard people who owned them say they couldn't, but didn't know if it had something to do with the fork design, or of it just in their head somehow.

rocky mountain edge t.o.

6/23/2026

You are looking at a 1995 (probably) Rocky Mountain Edge t.o. and it is yet another mystery bike that has found me.

what's good - ritchey edition

3/31/2026

Spring is coming, so is there anything good for sale out there?

How about a murdered-out Ritchey SwissCross? Do they kids still say 'murdered-out?' I guess if I'm asking, that's my answer. Anyway, this bike is hot - you better believe I've considered selling everything so I can grab this at $1800.

Or maybe a P-650b with Fox forks and tanwall tires for $1299? This is also hot. If I didn't already have a Chromag I'd be after this one.

And finally this barely used P-23 circa 1993. It still has the little sticker on the lower jockey wheel of the rear derailleur. It's very nice and the seller is asking $5000, so do with that what you like.