That's more my preference. Other ides for mine would be Ritchey Annapurna, Mountain Goat Escape Goat or Mantis. No roller cams, please. (The mud here in the midwest piles up too much).
Realistically - a 1983 Specialized Stumpjumper, biggest frame (24 or 25 inch.) Owned one. My favorite. Maybe not really a great bike, but it is a great memory. For 1955, English bike, whatever Raleigh made that had both the internal hub and derailer system. A local rider has one. It's a cool looking bike. Eric Platt St Paul, MN On Apr 12, 3:39�pm, Jeremy Till <[email protected]> wrote: > While not at all "retro" or exotic compared to a 1950's Herse or a > 1970's Taylor, and considering i've never been much of a mountain > biker, something about the Norcal mountain bikes of the 1980's-- > especially the drop bar ones--speak to me. �Ritchey, Potts, Ibis, > Cunningham, old Salsas. �Especially if they had rollercam brakes and a > LD stem. �Those would be pretty cool. > > I would beg, borrow, and steal whatever i needed to if i ever had the > chance to own an original Ibis Scorcher. > > On Apr 12, 12:16�pm, William <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Clearly the bicycle industry has a lot of history, much of which is > > from outside the US. �Especially the Rivendell community gets a great > > deal of inspiration from the cycling heritage of France, England, > > Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and yes, the USA. �Other places as > > well.... > > > Hypothetical question: �You get into a time machine to say, 1955. �You > > can bring any one bicycle back with you from your trip to 1955. �What > > country did your bike come from?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
