What’s the groupset on the Bridgey?
If it’s all stock, I’d stick with it as it is personally. Looks rad.
Keep it stock, sell it to me next year as a kid carrier.
Shimano DX [see catalogue post above]
Yeah all stock except for the seat post. Tubes even have Bridgestone stamped on them.
V nice Gypsy
I love this Ti Team Marin dripping in Syncros.
^^^^^ me Too
like.
Fat Chance on prolly.
Thought I’d post a few pictures of an incredibly nice MTB I picked up a few years ago. It was too small for me so I moved it on to a friend, still ‘in the family’.
Reynolds 531 triple triangle, unknown builder but likely local. Gorgeous fade paint, mostly Suntour XC Pro components. XC Seat post was cracked so I replaced it, and it originally came with a Rolls saddle. Haven’t seen anything as nice since.
_MG_2148 by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
_MG_2160 by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
_MG_2180 by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
_MG_2176 by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
26" → 650b convertable, 4 water bottle mounts…
I remember seeing that on BNA (?) I think. Rad frame, that FORK though!!!
I wanted a pair of these so bad for aaaaages! Now they come up in my size, locally, and I’ve lost interest. If anyone wants them I can grab them for you and send em on.
Yes please! Pmd
I had the camera out today and took the opportunity to take photos of my bikes, been meaning to do it for a while.
Here’s my 1984 Miyata Ridge Runner. Mostly original mix of Suntour, Sugino, Nitto and Dia Compe, with a newer 7 speed Deore LX/Ritchey wheel set and super wide Phil BB. I retired the Mountech derailleur as they had a reputation for throwing themselves into the spokes, and the original suede saddle was peeling. Also replaced the seat post with a Suntour XC.
Definitely my favourite bike.
1984 Miyata Ridge Runner by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
1984 Miyata Ridge Runner by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
1984 Miyata Ridge Runner by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
1984 Miyata Ridge Runner by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
This is great.
Also took some piccies of Brooke’s Apollo Everest MTB commuter. It’s probably an '87, maybe '88 or '89. There was a lot of screwing around to get the BMX standard head tube and stem size to work with anything but flat bars, and I gave up on it for a while. But after reading about this 1988 cross Australia MTB adventure on the same bike, I found an SR slingshot stem and made it work with some Nitto Bosco bars. Rebuilt with a 7 speed thumbie group set, fenders and racks.
1987 Apollo Everest by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
1987 Apollo Everest by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
1987 Apollo Everest by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
Such good fun. Super weird handling in comparison to a modern 29ers.
And for good measure, here’s my MTB loaner - A 1989 Giant Escaper with a 7 speed thumbie group set and sweet paint. I decided to leave the frozen stiff Girvin flex stem and Velocity bar ends, because matchey matchey. Hopefully I can get somebody along on a dirt ride soon.
Giant Escaper by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
Giant Escaper by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
Giant Escaper by Samuel Kilner, on Flickr
The Giant is my favourite
FTFY. Grab the BB code on Flickr and post that instead.
I saw this somewhere, super nice. Can’t beat a fleck paint job.