My buddy is into MTBs and he does a "vintage" ride every year in Marin County. Basically, 90s-era mtb bikes and components are considered vintage. Last year he picked up a fairly rare Fat Chance (Yo Eddy?). All of these bikes have 26" wheels and tires (559mm). This is basically outdated technology and he loves it. Granted, he's an mtb/cross type guy and has 4 other bikes with proper 700c wheels aka 29ers and a bunch of dedicated road bikes. So if you're into vintage, look at 90s-era mtbs! Good Luck1
On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 8:41:08 PM UTC-8, Jason Fuller wrote: > > So, I've been into bikes for three full decades now but I also spent more > than a decade being really into older Volkswagens. I definitely gravitated > towards the historically significant models: I had a 1992 Jetta GTX 16V, a > 1984 Rabbit Pickup diesel, and perhaps most notably a 1975 Golf swallowtail > with carbureted 1.5L. > > My 1992 XO-1 reminds me of that '75 Golf in a lot of ways. It's > historically significant, really exciting to a very select few people. It's > fun to operate, raw and agile, but the vast majority of people would not > understand the attraction. It's geekery at its purest. > > I've tinkered with the build, trying to balance doing it justice while > also keeping the investment reasonable as my Hillborne is the "nice bike" > of the fleet. I'm happy with where it's at. The only planned update is Rene > Herse Elk Pass tires to replace the touring Pasela's. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/47e994b3-0a04-4295-ba2a-ee2f021f4983%40googlegroups.com.
