High-end vintage Mt. Bikes?

WutApex · Aug 22, 2017

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I still ride my '97 steel Bontrager.
- Full XTR 8 speed
- Custom hand built wheelset w/ Chris King hubs
- ti bb, Raceface cranks
- King headset, Raceface hb

blackbolt2003 · Aug 22, 2017

I still occasionally ride my '97 Trek Y11. It was one of the first carbon frame bikes. Back in the day it was around $4,000 with all the add-on components and upgrades. I wonder what it's worth now?

03Sssnake · Aug 22, 2017

coposrv said:
Ktm. Cool! I've really thought about a new ktm 300xc I love 2 strokes and the reviews on those are great. I've taken my RM250 on some slow single track trails that's all around me but it doesn't like to be lugged around. I put on a gnarly pipe 8 oz flywheel weight and it helped bring some power in lower but It's way more of a MX bike than enduro.

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I wish that was mine, have an 01 CR125R. I definitely want more bike, but not in the cards at the moment, between car projects and will be putting a new motor in my f-boat soon.

MaximumSVT · Aug 22, 2017

98 svt said:
Mt Bike? No
But I was into BMX bikes when I was a kid. Had a beautiful GT Mach 1 team model with all kids of goodies (3 piece cranks, titanium handlebars and seat stem, lightweight aluminum wheels and spokes... etc).
Then....someone stole it.

I always wanted a 2 piece Auburn frame though from the early 90s.
This is the exact frame I've always lusted after.

http://bmxmuseum.com/image/p9070020_blowup.jpg

I still have my '91 Auburn CR-20RX that my parents bought for me when I was a kid. Think it cost $550 at the time. I can say I felt like a rock star on that thing. Had other kids asking me all kinds of questions about the two-piece chromoly / aluminum frame and bright green paint.

98 svt · Aug 22, 2017

MaximumSVT said:
I still have my '91 Auburn CR-20RX that my parents bought for me when I was a kid. Think it cost $550 at the time. I can say I felt like a rock star on that thing. Had other kids asking me all kinds of questions about the two-piece chromoly / aluminum frame and bright green paint.

Damn Auburn owners are coming out if the woodwork.
Post some pics!

96 cobra · Aug 22, 2017

blackbolt2003 said:
I still occasionally ride my '97 Trek Y11. It was one of the first carbon frame bikes. Back in the day it was around $4,000 with all the add-on components and upgrades. I wonder what it's worth now?

Check craigslist or search some of the mtb forums for your model, they should have at least a few versions for sale.

I used to ride a Giant Cadex CFM-3 about 10 years ago, it was a interesting combo of carbon's springiness, but not nearly as harsh as a modern carbon hardtail.

Sonic605hp · Aug 22, 2017

Not a mountain bike but I was rocking this bad Jesse when I was a kid. I had a 'gooseneck' on mine though with front and rear pegs.

coposrv · Aug 22, 2017

Sonic605hp said:
Not a mountain bike but I was rocking this bad Jesse when I was a kid. I had a 'gooseneck' on mine though with front and rear pegs.

Hutch is serious old school bmx and worth decent coin.

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Sonic605hp · Aug 22, 2017

Yea wish I never got rid of it....I think I let it go for $75 when I was 16 and got my license...had poon on the brain!

coposrv said:
Hutch is serious old school bmx and worth decent coin.

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coposrv · Aug 22, 2017

Sonic605hp said:
Yea wish I never got rid of it....I think I let it go for $75 when I was 16 and got my license...had poon on the brain!

I somehow managed to hold on to my last GT interceptor. I think its a 96? It was up in the rafters in my parents garage. I'd love to clean it up and make it some cool garage art.

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SweetSVT99 · Aug 23, 2017

blackbolt2003 said:
I still occasionally ride my '97 Trek Y11. It was one of the first carbon frame bikes. Back in the day it was around $4,000 with all the add-on components and upgrades. I wonder what it's worth now?

This guy thinks it's worth a lot!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gorgeous-Tr...401321?hash=item440407e0e9:g:d6IAAOSwImRYfqjU

blackbolt2003 · Aug 23, 2017

Holy crap! Maybe I should try and sell mine? I bought it off a friend for a couple hundred. lol

08mojo · Aug 24, 2017

I recently rebuilt my first mountain bike that is from the late 90s. It is cool to look and it does a good job of sparking memories, but it sucks to ride! It now is more 'art' in the bike room as an homage to the past.

coachL · Aug 24, 2017

Pure pedal power 30 mph easy on the flats , got it from germany , a tad pole trike with a carbon fiber body

TP03 · Aug 24, 2017

This cracks me up. Hutch, Auburn, Redline, GT, Robinson, ELF, all so familiar to me. I haven't talked bikes for years, but myself or some of the neighborhood buds had all the above at one time or another. I used to race BMX 91-93 in the upper midwest.
Going back even further, my older Brother raced BMX back when the big bike names were, Panda, Scorpion, Torker, Diamond Back (harry larry), SE, to name a few. My dream bike when I was a youngster was the SE PK Ripper.

I still have my last bmx bike hanging in the garage... S&M Holmes. I'll have to get a pic on here.
Sorry OP not mountain bikes but definitely vintage bike related.

TP03 · Aug 24, 2017

Here we go. My bike is identical but the frame is green. BTW that bmx museum website is awesome! A lot of good memories.

FromGTtoSVT · Aug 24, 2017

this thread makes me sad, becuase those bikes pictured I coveted when i was 12 - 15 years old. Now they are considered vintage, ugh

RX1Cobra · Aug 24, 2017

TP03 said:
This cracks me up. Hutch, Auburn, Redline, GT, Robinson, ELF, all so familiar to me. I haven't talked bikes for years, but myself or some of the neighborhood buds had all the above at one time or another. I used to race BMX 91-93 in the upper midwest.
Going back even further, my older Brother raced BMX back when the big bike names were, Panda, Scorpion, Torker, Diamond Back (harry larry), SE, to name a few. My dream bike when I was a youngster was the SE PK Ripper.

I still have my last bmx bike hanging in the garage... S&M Holmes. I'll have to get a pic on here.
Sorry OP not mountain bikes but definitely vintage bike related.

I used to have a PK Ripper. I wonder if I have any old pics of it anywhere. I traded some kid a bag of change for it lol.

The frame was cracked in the rear from the crank hitting it. Had my uncle weld it up and was good go. I don't remember what happened to it...

96 cobra · Aug 24, 2017

I'm digging that bmx museum site more and more... the bikes can be sorted by number of 'fave' votes, some awesome bikes I'd long forgotten about:

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/?sort=num_faves&d=desc&pg=1

ON D BIT · Aug 25, 2017

I remember when the top of the line full xtr bikes were $400 brand. Like the 88 Stumpjumper....

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