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>>2067561
should have gone for 80/70s road bikes, those as long as cromo will guarantee to ride smooth. The 90s rigid meme I always considered an elaborate troll post since most are made out of early low quality piece of shit aluminium you meant to throw away after a single ride.

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Anonymous Thu 12 Mar 2026 22:08:40 No.2067576 Report

Quoted By: >>2067634

>>2067561
>got a wheel with a seized shimano inter 7 for free
>rebuilt the hub myself over the course of a week
>culprit is the coaster brake that disintegrated, deleted it, also happens to be a common mod to improve rolling resistance on these hubs
>works perfectly, got 150 km of testing out of it on my beater
>decided to build a period correct bike around it
>a year of stalking marketplaces and garage sales for parts
>finally it's done
>hub started skipping right on the very first ride
>read that you are not supposed to regrease it at all (the fuck i was going to do, the original lube was full of sparkles from the brake), and if you do, you should use shimano's super special grease
>don't have the guts to take it apart, completely clean it out and regrease it all over again

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Mar 2026 13:27:23 No.2067633 Report

Quoted By:

>>2067574
No, the one I did before it was great.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Mar 2026 13:28:46 No.2067634 Report

Quoted By:

>>2067576
Store it well until your in the mood for the job.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Mar 2026 01:12:42 No.2069118 Report

Quoted By: >>2070656

>>2067575
>The 90s rigid meme I always considered an elaborate troll post since most are made out of early low quality piece of shit aluminium
>Most
>Aluminium
You're a fucking idiot who doesn't know what he's talking about.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Mar 2026 01:13:44 No.2069119 Report

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>>2067561
How does it ride badly? What does that even mean?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Mar 2026 04:18:57 No.2069140 Report

Quoted By: >>2069144 >>2069172

>>2067561
Any bike rides badly if its not fit for you and if you use shitty tires/grips and don't take the time to true the wheel and so on.
90s MTBs are also sized bizarrely and you have to account for that. They originally were intended to use super long stems.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Mar 2026 04:37:27 No.2069144 Report

Quoted By: >>2069447

>>2069140
The idea behind the long stems was to keep the weight forward for climbing. It's completely unnecessary and nearly everyone takes off those long stems when doing a restomod.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Mar 2026 08:22:30 No.2069153 Report

Quoted By: >>2069171

>guise I spent 1000$ putting 1X purple shit from aliexpress on my kurahara grasshopper
>people who buy new bikes are just drones

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Mar 2026 14:31:41 No.2069171 Report

Quoted By: >>2073137

>>2069153
If it costs you $1000 off AliExpress you're doing it wrong. Also you can buy legit derailleurs and shifters from AliExpress for nearly half price. Still haven't tried buying cassettes, won't try buying chains.
Also you're a fag. Let people have fun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Mar 2026 14:55:14 No.2069172 Report

Quoted By: >>2069178 >>2069255

>>2069140
>90s MTBs are also sized bizarrely and you have to account for that. They originally were intended to use super long stems.
v true, i got a shitty used mtb myself and it actually hurt to ride home. i "fixed" it by swapping the seat and post with the longest one i had sitting around and it is now kinda adequate but still results in minor back strain if i'm carrying heavy stuff

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Mar 2026 15:51:58 No.2069178 Report

Quoted By: >>2069551

>>2069172
why are you carrying stuff on your body?

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Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2026 05:30:52 No.2069255 Report

Quoted By: >>2069264 >>2069278

>>2069172
Just fucking put a short bmx stem on it and cheap motorcycle bars. There, problem fixed.

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Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2026 10:36:51 No.2069264 Report

Quoted By: >>2069276

>>2069255
Just use proper length bolts.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2026 14:36:05 No.2069276 Report

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>>2069264

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2026 15:22:41 No.2069278 Report

Quoted By: >>2069283

>>2069255
thats literally what i did. i took the seat and post from a much larger bike i had sitting around but was overall a little *too* big for start-stop traffic, and ordered cheap motorcycle style riser handlebars off of amazon. i think i just unironically have a bad back

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2026 17:30:55 No.2069283 Report

Quoted By: >>2069284 >>2069347

>>2069278
Post the bike

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2026 17:32:52 No.2069284 Report

Quoted By: >>2069286 >>2069311 >>2069339 >>2069347 >>2069897 >>2073074

>>2069283

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2026 18:53:27 No.2069286 Report

Quoted By: >>2069307 >>2069313

>>2069284
you could still go much shorter on the stem. or a bar with more sweep-back, like maybe a northroads or greater. or both.
personally I would be uncomfortable riding that saddle nosed down so much. maybe leveling it could help

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2026 21:40:29 No.2069307 Report

Quoted By:

>>2069286
>terrible advice
don't bother posting anything ever again

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2026 22:22:42 No.2069311 Report

Quoted By:

>>2069284
How tall are you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2026 22:27:21 No.2069313 Report

Quoted By: >>2069359 >>2069360

>>2069286
How tall are you? Is the bike too small for you? Also maybe the bars are the problem. I tried swept back bars like that twice and didn't like the feel. Switched to a wide BMX bar and it made all the difference. Maybe that's your problem?
>>2069286
That can completely ruin the steering and make it worse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Apr 2026 00:36:05 No.2069339 Report

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>>2069284
Raise the stem by an inch or two.There's too much weight on your arms as it is. Then the seat angle can and should change after that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Apr 2026 02:46:28 No.2069347 Report

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>>2069284
i am the a and that is not my bike. my bike is electrified. that one is not even full sus, nor are those moto handlbars. but it is proof that "gravel bikes" are just road bikes they slapped non-bald tires on

>>2069283
no

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Apr 2026 03:22:58 No.2069359 Report

Quoted By: >>2069360 >>2069379

>>2069313
>That can completely ruin the steering and make it worse.
Nah shorter stem is better because it makes the handling spicy, dangerous, and snappy

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Apr 2026 03:25:17 No.2069360 Report

Quoted By: >>2069379 >>2069380

>>2069359
>>2069313
why motorcycles don't need 9 foot long stem ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Apr 2026 04:31:44 No.2069379 Report

Quoted By: >>2069449

>>2069359
>>2069360
Not with swept back bars you fucking retard. You really don't know shit do you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Apr 2026 04:33:49 No.2069380 Report

Quoted By:

>>2069360
Because motorcycle have very slack headtube geometry you fucking mongrel

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 00:20:37 No.2069447 Report

Quoted By: >>2069451

>>2069144
I always assumed the long stems were for more steering leverage with the narrow-ass handlebars.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 00:32:06 No.2069449 Report

Quoted By: >>2069467 >>2069483

>>2069379
Why don't motorcycles have drop bars and very few have aggressively swept "touring" bars?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 00:40:15 No.2069451 Report

Quoted By:

>>2069447
big leverage means big steering force but thats generally undesired since it doesnt take much to move the front wheel on a bike and you want fine control for both high speed downhill as well as uphill trial points

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 02:27:43 No.2069467 Report

Quoted By: >>2069471

>>2069449
A crotch rocket with drop bars would be hilarious

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 02:45:46 No.2069471 Report

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>>2069467
now that i have a job that pays a whopping 18$ per month im tempted to buy a shitty pocket bike and try this

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 07:41:37 No.2069483 Report

Quoted By: >>2069500

>>2069449
how are you gonna engage the throttle on drop bars

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 17:43:42 No.2069500 Report

Quoted By:

>>2069483
thumb throttle

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 20:51:09 No.2069503 Report

Quoted By: >>2069517 >>2069548 >>2069549

i'm convinced these luddite trends are cope. i was falling in to hipsterthink from riding shitbikes all winter and then it all instantly flew out of my head the second i got back on my full carbon electronic hydro-disc road bike. it's so nice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 02:37:37 No.2069517 Report

Quoted By: >>2069820

>>2069503
They're a different kind of fun. You don't ride them for the same reason you ride your carbon bike.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 13:47:51 No.2069548 Report

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>>2069503
They're a mix of cope and trolls. Rivbikes proved that there is a lot of insecurity in the market that can be milked by telling people shitty is good and having shitty things makes you a better person than having nice things. It's a combination of fear of being perceived as trying to be competent and failing (hence "tryhard" being an insult), and the classic american tall poppy syndrome where enjoying a thing sincerely on its own merits without waiting for the approval of others is subversive and dangerous

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 14:10:21 No.2069549 Report

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>>2069503
people have always liked retro shit. fashion is cyclical, etc

most "shitbikes" aren't shit and are just a frame with outdated styling but still 10,000$ of parts on it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 14:30:26 No.2069551 Report

Quoted By:

>>2069178
because my pannier rack was made of cheese and broke off.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Apr 2026 22:28:38 No.2069820 Report

Quoted By:

>>2069517
don't get me wrong i still like my old bikes, i think it's this argument that modern bicycle have zero merit that's silly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Apr 2026 22:22:13 No.2069897 Report

Quoted By:

>>2069284
That’s a really aggressive posture, and my ass would never be satisfied on a saddle tiled forward that much
I say raise the stem, level your saddle.

It looks good in any case

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 09:31:44 No.2070656 Report

Quoted By: >>2072931

>>2069118
you sound like OP and so far reading the whole thread you come off as incompetent unhinged retard, don't post ever again if you don't know what people are talking about also you deserve what you got dumbfuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 May 2026 13:50:30 No.2072910 Report

Quoted By:

>>2067561
This is on the road?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 May 2026 14:41:25 No.2072931 Report

Quoted By: >>2072933

>>2070656
It's my only post in the thread you fucking moron. Most 90s mtbs were not aluminium so shut the fuck up and take your own advice.

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Anonymous Sun 10 May 2026 15:35:45 No.2072933 Report

Quoted By: >>2073151

>>2072931
95- they basically switched to aluminum
You'd struggle to find a bike from 98 or 99 that's steel unless its a niche brand or product line

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 May 2026 23:32:07 No.2073074 Report

Quoted By: >>2073075

>>2069284
HAHA THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME SETUP I HAVE ON MINE.
On mine the bar doesn't get further up so I'd have to buy parts for it that allow that. My saddle is also tilted down like yours because I HATE bike saddles fucking with my balls so I tilt it down extremely.
Needless to say my hands and wrists are fired out as fuck after every ride with the massive load on them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 May 2026 23:33:20 No.2073075 Report

Quoted By:

>>2073074
*tired out
But I guess fired would also work considering the disgusting feeling

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 May 2026 20:03:07 No.2073137 Report

Quoted By: >>2073149

>>2069171
You can get legit Izumi and KMC chains off there

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 May 2026 23:13:42 No.2073149 Report

Quoted By:

>>2073137
how can you tell? bootleggers duplicate the packaging and the engraving on the links 1:1

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 May 2026 00:01:09 No.2073151 Report

Quoted By: >>2073890 >>2074524 >>2074541

>>2072933
>You'd struggle to find a bike from 98 or 99 that's steel unless its a niche brand or product line
Are you really saying most 90s MTBs weren't steel because the last 2 years of the 90s they switched to aluminium. Are you actually fucking retarded?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 May 2026 06:22:17 No.2073890 Report

Quoted By: >>2074533

>>2073151
even the 90s steel ones ride like shit because the frame is cramped and "compact" so the tubing needs to be thicker to compensate (not to mention cheap shit steel used for mass production) which makes them stiffer than thin tubed classic road frame and you know.. fucking cramped. Trying to make a 90s rigid comfortable is a fools errand even as turbo manlet and the fact that you insult people who pointed it out ITT confirms your mongoloid status. Also funny how you admit it yourself but went into defence mode for some reason? brainrot dumbfuck lmfao

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Anonymous Thu 28 May 2026 17:06:42 No.2074524 Report

Quoted By: >>2074533 >>2074574

>>2073151
>are you really saying most 90s weren’t aluminum because the first few years they were all steel
yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 28 May 2026 18:20:09 No.2074533 Report

Quoted By: >>2074539 >>2074598

>>2073890
Man there's so much to address here that I won't even bother. I'll concede simply because you're pointless and don't know shit. I need like 4 paragraphs to go into how wrong you are.
>>2074524
How many models out of the 1994 catalog were aluminum vs steel lmao. It's like a ratio of 2:1 steel vs aluminum. Posting the exception doesn't disprove the rule lmao.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 28 May 2026 19:01:40 No.2074539 Report

Quoted By: >>2074541 >>2074557 >>2074579

>>2074533
how many models were steel in 97?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 28 May 2026 19:46:44 No.2074541 Report

Quoted By:

>>2074539
See>>2073151

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 May 2026 00:18:29 No.2074557 Report

Quoted By: >>2074602

>>2074539
most of them, zoomie

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 May 2026 03:07:00 No.2074574 Report

Quoted By:

>>2074524
>Posting top of the line low volume made in usa model to prove that most bikes were alloy
How many Taiwanese steel single tracks do you think were made vs those easton tube 8000s?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 May 2026 05:28:06 No.2074579 Report

Quoted By:

>>2074539
How many of those bikes were fully rigid in 97?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 May 2026 19:25:22 No.2074598 Report

Quoted By: >>2074609

>>2074533
>I'll concede
you are a brain fried idiot and should get off the internet instead, go enjoy your borderline BSO that you built

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 May 2026 19:50:33 No.2074601 Report

Quoted By: >>2074609

the post clearly said
>most are made out of early low quality piece of shit aluminium
yet OP went on a tantrum for the rest of the thread since his garbage happens to be steel? so everything is supposed to be steel now? News flash fucktard there are far far FAR more 90s rigids made from aluminium than steel found today so the >>2067575 statement is correct, you simply picked a losing fight and now won't stfu about it

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 May 2026 19:52:48 No.2074602 Report

Quoted By:

>>2074557
Nah I bought my first gt in 96/97 and the only steel mtbs they made were low end models like the palomar

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 May 2026 20:04:19 No.2074603 Report

Quoted By:

Bikes used to be hand made even the cheaper brands so you were getting something that at least would fit you, after the 90s rigid meme a whole department store trash out the door wallmart BSO trend started that is still ongoing today. The fact that cheapest BSOs are 90s rigid shaped should fucking give you a hint how mass produced and shit they are, attempting to make one comfortable is insane and recommending one for anything but a pub/shit bike is literally trolling.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 May 2026 21:56:25 No.2074609 Report

Quoted By:

>>2074598
>>2074601
I'm not OP I don't know how you retards came up with that idea. Literally nothing in my posts indicate I'm the OP.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 01 Jun 2026 13:34:03 No.2074826 Report

Quoted By: >>2074967

Actual OP here.
I haven't made a single comment in this thread. You guys are completely out of your minds, lmao. Fascinating read.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Jun 2026 23:54:18 No.2074967 Report

Quoted By:

>>2074826
>Actual OP here.
Maybe you should have just bought a new Specialized instead of being poor.

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