Brettoll Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 (edited) So after riding trials now on and off the best part of 14 years I have been accidentally collecting parts off many of my rigs. Was going through the shed and found a host of old stuff like flat bars / short cage road mechs / massive 22th bashrings for middleburns / gripshifts / all sorts of stems and it got me thinking about building a retro rig up again. How many of you have done the same and just thought, sod it I am going to re-build a bit of history for some fun!! Edited June 1, 2014 by Brettoll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 The only retro thing I've got currently is Echo Supa Trial tyres with white strips. Sometimes put them on full builds though admittedly I haven't done this for about 2 years now 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 All the f**king time. Its a problem ive got... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gale30jawa Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 I am building up a mad 2 for street use! With onza cranks with a 22 tooth chain ring 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettoll Posted May 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Ross I can tell from the pic you sent me of the cellar!! Loving the old mark 1 Ashton frames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old boy chez Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Yep last year built a giant team trials and a Planet X zebdi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otacon Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Greetings I still to this day can't believe you've got a set of virtually Brand new echo supa trial tyres.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) I’ve still got my muddy fox klimax full build working i go out on it now and againmine looks like this but with a couple of different parts http://www.davedennis.freeservers.com/page5n.htm Edited April 3, 2016 by Earl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david509allen Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Im currently rebuilding my ddg shooter ive had for atleast 14 years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echohifi Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 lol this thread makes me laugh , this is all i do , i now have 3 pashleys , a leeson, 2 megamos, a heavytools, an about 10 planet x,s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettoll Posted September 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 lol this thread makes me laugh , this is all i do , i now have 3 pashleys , a leeson, 2 megamos, a heavytools, an about 10 planet x,s But no Echo HiFi's?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echohifi Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 ended up selling it blew my car up at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettoll Posted September 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Rubbish.. I have got one knocking about in the loft I am thinking of building up again!! Lovely high bb frame back in the day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clerictgm mk2 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Osom hub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echohifi Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 theres a cheap one going around ebay at the minute i keep getting tempted by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettoll Posted September 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Ha ha, I saw that.. there's one which is about £30 in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza1414 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Love the brake booster on the Hi-Fi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echohifi Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 yeah your right man great riding frame , an yeah the one for £30 , money tight at the moment though as itl cost me a fortune to build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 here is My Muddyfox 16 years old now she is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 The footjam plate on my brakeless inspired in made from a vee booster I ran on my old univega MTB I started trials on. Before I got my Hope rear hub last year, i I was running the same Chris King I got in 2002. When I moved to America I brought my Shimano carbon vee booster, just in case... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) I tried to put grip shift, 5 speeds and a road mech from back in the day (tightened with a cut spoke) on my hex... But I couldn't fit the cut down grip shift with my lock on grips on the arcade bars  Wheels are 16 years old- hubs are both King, dx32 in the back and tioga dh in the front... 10 year old echo fork as well.. For now.. Edited April 3, 2016 by AndyT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Song Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) Just to be sure, before what year is it considered "retro"? I rebuilt my 07 Echo Control short, which is my first trials frame. I moved back to a +15 bb bike out of nostalgia! Other than that, I am riding on a 7 year old king hub that I got at the start of my trials riding. It's been very reliable. Edited April 4, 2016 by Sam Song 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettoll Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Well that is still retro, a whole 9 years old!! Makes my late 90's / early 2000 set ups seem positively ancient now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwtrials Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 A few years back I tracked down my first three trials bikes, not just the same model, but the exact ones I owned. Â A 1999 X-Alp, a brisa B26, and a PX Zebdi I had ridden for about 7 years. Â It was kinda fun. Â Also bought a Manifesto that Ryan Leech had owned, even had some custom parts for him on it. Â While I enjoyed looking at them and the occasional ride, I was a bit too pragmatic to hold onto them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 I sold one of my frames but have most of the rest of my stuff. A lot of the components are no good, and I've already binned some. Like crates of ruined bashguards, destroyed cassettes, broken Magura bits, old PowerPro cranksets with the tapers gone, all completely obsolete now. I do have a brand new set of the flexy USE forks, a new Fatty R (in the less-common red) and a couple of pairs of the old chrome Sunn trials/Bmix forks. Oh and a load of wheels, but even those are mainly destroyed - D521s on LX hubs, DDG hubs and Hope hubs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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