Geoff_SS Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 1028 Location: Derbyshire UK
Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 6:27 pm
Just noticed this. I have a Mercian mountain bike I had built (to my specification) over 25 years ago. It's built with 531 All Terrain tubing. It's still in regular use as my winter/shopping bike. The frame angles were copied from some Ritchie specifications I found in a magazine. It is of course without any suspension.
It was very early in the mountain bike's development and components were difficult to source when I built the bike up. I used a triple TA chainset (46/36/26) with a 13-28 6 speed screw-on block. I've replace the chainset and rear mech with more modern components but the wheels are more or less original (I replaced the rear rim 10 years ago but the spokes are original).
Geoff
Old cyclists never die; they just fit smaller chainrings ... and pedal faster
Sounds good. The one I saw was a Dawes Countryman.
I've since bought a 531 road bike with triple chainset and clearance for CX, the seller says it's 11.4kg, it's due around the end of the week.
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