|   Took the cruiser hardtail out to the trails... | Retro Rider
Sep 8, 2002 12:30 AM | | I took my cruiser hardtail for it's virgin ride on the trails yesterday.
It's a blast to ride and I enjoy it.
Took it to Sullivan Canyon and Dirt Mulholland here in LA.
The pic below was taken from one of the peaks on the single track off of Sullivan fireroad. It's hard to tell in the pic, but that's the Pacific Ocean in the far background.
I have more pics of the ride, I post those later on.
Thanks for looking. |
| Interesting perspective.... | Battman42
Sep 8, 2002 12:44 AM | | That frame brings back very old memories....
The photo also looks like you used a sepiatone..?
Thanks
Tim |
| RE: Interesting perspective.... | Retro Rider
Sep 8, 2002 1:25 AM | | I like having fun with different angles and perspective. Thx for noticing.
I love this frame. I wanted to build a retro Mt. Tam clunker with all the benefits of today's good stuff (suspension fork, v-brakes, etc).
One of my fav mtn biking pictures is the one of Joe Breeze sliding down Mt. Tam on his converted Schwinn cruiser. |
| Growing up in Marin.... | Battman42
Sep 8, 2002 1:40 AM | | and riding a 26er on cow trails, I can appreciate the bike you've built.
Is the head tube able to take a "new" fork unmodified?
Also I just spent a week in San Diego at Noble etc.
Unfortunately I popped the Memory chip in my camera so I lost all the pictures except the one I had open at the time....
Tim |
| No mods needed | Retro Rider
Sep 8, 2002 10:58 AM | | No mods needed to fit that fork.
The headtube was 1 1/8.
The frame isn't that old. It's from 1995 or 'round there.
During the mid and late 90's several bike companies started building cruisers that had a meaner mtn bike look to them. KHS made a nice line of these. Mine came from an ad in the local "buy/sell/trade" type newspaper. It's a Nashbar frame that sold for a about $100 at the time. It has mtn bike geometry suprisingly and bb clearance too.
Thx for looking. |
| You mean this pic of Breeze | 4 banger
Sep 8, 2002 1:51 AM | | |
| Proper trail ettiquete on "Repack"..... | Battman42
Sep 8, 2002 1:54 AM | | Sans helmet and lycra...
Looks like Home.
Tim |
| Yup, that's the one | Retro Rider
Sep 8, 2002 11:00 AM | | Ah, that's the picture.
The "man" himself, Joe Breeze.
Who still holds the Repack record, right?
Probably will forever hold it too since no one can ever ride it again. |
| NYC rock memorial | Retro Rider
Sep 8, 2002 1:02 AM | | Also on that same peak, someone has built a memorial out of rocks dedicated to NYC.
There's a peace symbol and NYC spelled out of rocks. |
| Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....I want one | Hollis
Sep 8, 2002 8:48 AM | | Nice shots. |
| Looks like "Retro Photographer," too... | DeRanger
Sep 8, 2002 10:34 AM | | ...that sepia tint looks awesome!
What a sweet ride - I'll bet you get a lot of interested and/or confused looks from guys and girls on their Turners, Ellsworths, and other bikes-of-the-moment" here in La-La Land.
DeR |
| LA bikes: Turners, Santa Cruz, Elsworths, Litespeeds... | Retro Rider
Sep 8, 2002 11:20 AM | | I used to live in San Francisco and rode in NorCal.
The bike scene is definitely different down here.
I have never seen so many expensive bikes on the trails and on the road.
People just rode whatever in NorCal, mostly steel hardtails of all sorts. When I say "people", I mean just ordinary folks like me and you. Racers always have slick rides regardless of where they are from.
But it seems like the people down here in LA, have very nice bikes.
It's like DeR said, lot's of Turners, Ellsworths, Santa Cruz. The Superlight seems to be the W. LA bike of choice.
I have taken my cruiser out twice now, and most people I chat with at water spots don't even notice my bike. It's not a very LA bike.
Funny, because when I used to ride my Specialized FSRxc, I would get compliments on it all the time. Personally I thought it wasn't very nice lookin', but rather a highly functionaly riding one. |
| Thx for the compliments on the photos. | Retro Rider
Sep 8, 2002 11:32 AM | | Thx for compliments on the photos.
As a photographer, I truly appreciate such comments. |
| Nice pics!... | terminaut
Sep 8, 2002 4:29 PM | | Those pics are really nice... and the bike looks great! Shoot me an email if you get down into the OC area. |
| RE: Nice pics!... | Retro Rider
Sep 8, 2002 8:22 PM | | Hey Terminaut,
Send me your email address.
Mine is: retrorider@speedpost.net
My parents live in OC and I am down there about once a month.
I saw your Breezer Ignaz single speed ride, very nice. I am fan of Breezers and used to ride a Lightning and had a Venturi frame that I never finished building. |
| hey retro - a question | rpet
Sep 9, 2002 1:16 PM | | first off, nice pics!
I'm the guy who has one of these frames too. It's been a neglected beater, but now I've been thinking of rebuilding it a single speed.
I can't deal with the rigid fork that's on it now. I was wondering if you like the Duke you put on it & how much travel it has? Also, do you think I could get away with 100mm travel?
thanks!
-rob |
| RE: hey retro - a question | Retro Rider
Sep 9, 2002 3:28 PM | | Hey Rob,
I have an 80mm Duke XC on the bike.
How do I like the Duke? It's stiff and tracks well. This is my first "air" fork, I came from coil rides. As a result, the Duke didn't feel as plush as I prefer at first, but now I have gotten used to it.
It was an '02 clearance item for $140. I needed a new fork to replace the Jett XC that came on the bike from the previous owner and at $140 I thought it was good deal.
The bike handles well for my mellow style of riding. I just ride wide fireroads and easy singletrack and I have been happy with it's steering. I wouldnt't say it's a quick steering bike, but it's a mellow neutral ride.
There are climbs on most of the trails that I ride and increased fork height hasn't hurt the front end in my opinion. It doesn't wander or anything like that. I used to ride a friend's XC hardtail with a Psylo SL and when it was cranked up to 100ish mm travel, I did notice the front end wandering, so that's why I wanted and 80mm fork.
There is another poster on this forum, Scott in Jersey, that also has one of these Nashbar cruisers. He has a 70mm Marzocchi on his bike I think. He seems to really like the bike's handling with it. I would have gone with a 63-70mm too, but's too bumpy around here.
I would hesitate to put a 100mm fork on it if want a decent handler, because it's decent at 80mm, and that's pushing it considering it was designed for a rigid.
But if you are just building a fun single speed project, then go ahead and throw on a 100mm fork, they are much more fun. I wanted to keep my ride decent handling because it's my only mtn bike.
- Nat
You can email directly if you to talk more shop:
retrorider@speedpost.net |
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