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    Wanted GT RTS alloy chainstay piece

    Nice one cheers for your help👍
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    Sold Tatty 92 Orange Clockwork

    Hi im only 15 miles away....is it good to ride as (and i may upeset some purists here :D ) i want to get a retro bike i can use occasionally on my group rides so would need something thats solid enough for some light xc duties. Any dents or cracks etc to worry about? i know its cheap as chips...
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    Wanted GT RTS alloy chainstay piece

    cheers for the info....i need to find this person :)
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    Wanted GT RTS alloy chainstay piece

    i am looking for a spare chainstay (left and right side) piece of the alloy type as mine was cracked around the bolt that connects to the rear dropout. I dont need the seatstays as they are all ok.
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    what retro bikes are best to avoid if looking to use regularly off road?

    the bike had a small crack in the chainstay where it mounts to the rear dropout piece....i still got the bike as it was much cheaper than others and have orederd a cheap rts 3 frame for its steel rear triangle which i notice does not have pivots so is more of a flex stay design. unsure if i...
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    what retro bikes are best to avoid if looking to use regularly off road?

    Thanks very much ishaw you've already been of help as i was quickly scouring the old messages to learn what i could before buying so i already know that its a non US manufactured 7000 series frame with with the alloy rear end unlike the early 6061 main frame and cro-moly rear models with the...
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    what retro bikes are best to avoid if looking to use regularly off road?

    sorry must be tired.....i got a new swing arm for the alpine trail not the nail trail :D anyways despite my better judgement and impatience a clean looking (well as best as i can tell on the ebay photos) gt rts 2 just appeared on ebay and i wanted one back in the day and its local enough to me...
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    what retro bikes are best to avoid if looking to use regularly off road?

    i have owned a 1998 alpine trail and a 2005 and 2007 nail trail. i cracked the alpine trail and the 2005 nail trail but amrin sorted me out with a new better swing arm for the nail trail and a whole 2 year newer 2007 nail trail frame after the headtube developed a crack and the newer versions...
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    what retro bikes are best to avoid if looking to use regularly off road?

    i would like a kirk revolution for its weird looks and i used to have an empire ap1 cast downhill bike that i loved and regretted selling but i gather the kirk is rather flexy and overall not a good riders bike.
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    what retro bikes are best to avoid if looking to use regularly off road?

    cheers for the bike suggestion spanky but im in suffolk so its still quite a drive for me unfortunately. I was looking at an unbadged random bike with pace forks and xt groupset that i was hopeful was a titanium frame of some sorts as it had small neat welds and had that sort of shade of colour...
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    what retro bikes are best to avoid if looking to use regularly off road?

    cheers ishaw there is some great info for me especially the fork servicing and spares stuff. i have considered a retro bike for some time and recently a chap in my cycle group brought a nice retro gt out (not a zaskar but similar looking) and that really made me want a retro bike even more. I...
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    what retro bikes are best to avoid if looking to use regularly off road?

    wow some great ideas and info already thanks. i had a kona fire mountain so fairly inexpensive. I would ideally like a klein adroit but thats obviously overkill for my intended use and also too expensive although i have more expensive modern bikes i wouldnt intend to spend anywhere near that...
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    what retro bikes are best to avoid if looking to use regularly off road?

    Firstly a quick hello as this is my fist post. Ive been into mountain biking since it first became popular in the uk and had my fair share of bad bikes that were not up to the task before getting my first half decent kona and then later a zaskar LE (wish i kept that now) and im now looking to...
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    wanted pace rc40/41 fork

    they've been serviced but there is a small leak on them. the seals are stopping the oil escaping and the oil is getting out where the brace is bonded to the lowers...very odd i know lol.
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    wanted pace rc40/41 fork

    hi im after another set of pace rc 40 (or 41) forks for my new build as the set ive just purchased are leaking from the brace!! so if you have any that are in good order or even a shot pair but with good condition lowers please let me know. steerer length wise im after anything 170+
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