>Finally finished that 90s MTB resto conversion mod>It rides badly
>>2067561Maybe you should have just bought a new Specialized instead of being poor.
>>2067561Yup they all suck to ride
>>2067561should 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.
>>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
>>2067574No, the one I did before it was great.
>>2067576Store it well until your in the mood for the job.
>>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.
>>2067561How does it ride badly? What does that even mean?
>>2067561Any 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.
>>2069140The 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.
>guise I spent 1000$ putting 1X purple shit from aliexpress on my kurahara grasshopper >people who buy new bikes are just drones
>>2069153If 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.
>>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
>>2069172why are you carrying stuff on your body?
>>2069172Just fucking put a short bmx stem on it and cheap motorcycle bars. There, problem fixed.
>>2069255Just use proper length bolts.
>>2069264
>>2069255thats 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
>>2069278Post the bike
>>2069283
>>2069284you 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
>>2069286>terrible advice don't bother posting anything ever again
>>2069286How 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?>>2069286That can completely ruin the steering and make it worse.
>>2069284Raise 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.
>>2069284i 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>>2069283no
>>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
>>2069359>>2069313why motorcycles don't need 9 foot long stem ?
>>2069359>>2069360Not with swept back bars you fucking retard. You really don't know shit do you?
>>2069360Because motorcycle have very slack headtube geometry you fucking mongrel
>>2069144I always assumed the long stems were for more steering leverage with the narrow-ass handlebars.
>>2069379Why don't motorcycles have drop bars and very few have aggressively swept "touring" bars?
>>2069447big 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
>>2069449A crotch rocket with drop bars would be hilarious
>>2069467now that i have a job that pays a whopping 18$ per month im tempted to buy a shitty pocket bike and try this
>>2069449how are you gonna engage the throttle on drop bars
>>2069483thumb throttle
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.
>>2069503They're a different kind of fun. You don't ride them for the same reason you ride your carbon bike.
>>2069503They'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
>>2069503people have always liked retro shit. fashion is cyclical, etcmost "shitbikes" aren't shit and are just a frame with outdated styling but still 10,000$ of parts on it
>>2069178because my pannier rack was made of cheese and broke off.
>>2069517don'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.
>>2069284That’s a really aggressive posture, and my ass would never be satisfied on a saddle tiled forward that muchI say raise the stem, level your saddle.It looks good in any case
>>2069118you 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
>>2067561This is on the road?
>>2070656It'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.
>>207293195- 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
>>2069284HAHA 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.
>>2073074*tired outBut I guess fired would also work considering the disgusting feeling
>>2069171You can get legit Izumi and KMC chains off there
>>2073137how can you tell? bootleggers duplicate the packaging and the engraving on the links 1:1
>>2072933>You'd struggle to find a bike from 98 or 99 that's steel unless its a niche brand or product lineAre 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?
>>2073151even 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
>>2073151>are you really saying most 90s weren’t aluminum because the first few years they were all steel yes
>>2073890Man 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.>>2074524How 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.
>>2074533how many models were steel in 97?
>>2074539See>>2073151
>>2074539most of them, zoomie
>>2074524>Posting top of the line low volume made in usa model to prove that most bikes were alloyHow many Taiwanese steel single tracks do you think were made vs those easton tube 8000s?
>>2074539How many of those bikes were fully rigid in 97?
>>2074533>I'll concedeyou are a brain fried idiot and should get off the internet instead, go enjoy your borderline BSO that you built
the post clearly said>most are made out of early low quality piece of shit aluminiumyet 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
>>2074557Nah I bought my first gt in 96/97 and the only steel mtbs they made were low end models like the palomar
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.
>>2074598>>2074601I'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.
Actual OP here.I haven't made a single comment in this thread. You guys are completely out of your minds, lmao. Fascinating read.
>>2074826>Actual OP here.Maybe you should have just bought a new Specialized instead of being poor.
