Fillet Brazed 1984 Bontrager

Many recent riders will know the Bontrager name from his work designing parts for Trek and Fisher bikes. Many don't realize that Keith started out building bikes under his own name.

This one has been through a few different collections before it landed on our doorstep. EL was guessing 1984 from the seatpost that came with the bike (date coded 1984) and it seems pretty close based on the frame details. Anyway, we tried to improve a bit on the build with stuff we had here at the shop. "Upgraded" a few parts and replaced a few with better examples.









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1985 Mountain Machine 20" x 24"

Very unusual design from 1985.  Made in Colorado from 4130 cro-moly.  The frame is New Old Stock with all original parts on it including the optional rear rack.  The front wheel is a 24" and the rear is a 20" but the bottom bracket is at normal height.  Notice the chain roller to keep tension on the chain and the large "bash guard" under the bottom bracket.  Bicycling magazine did a large article on the Mountain Machine when they came out.  We have a copy of the article as well as a couple of pieces of original sales literature.  We also have two NOS frames and another bike built with modern parts.













More details @ 1985 Mountain Machine

1985 Fat Chance mountain bike

This is the other Fat Chance that came with the yellow Slim Chance road bike. It had been updated over the years but we were able to put mostly original parts back on it. I would still like to find a yellow Fat Chance fork for it and XC shifters. The Ritchey Unifork and Suntour Power shifters were the closest parts we had in stock.








More details and pictures 1985 Fat Chance

MOMBAT in Bicycle Times

Our Salsa prototype town bike is featured in Bicycle Times issue #6. Neat publication. If you get a chance, pick up a copy. They have some interesting stuff for folks who aren't worried about the latest plastic bikes and team "kit".

MOMBAT goodies

Had a couple of semi-local guys come by this week and trade in some vintage goodies for some new bike stuff. All kinds of good usable stuff in this batch. We'll probably list a few of the items for sale but many of them will go into the private stash and get sat back for future restorations. Probably the most exciting item for us was the appearance of Dirt Rag issue #21. This was the only issue that we had been missing so now we have a complete collection!

Mountain Goat Lombada Goat tandem w/ Campy parts

OK, this bike fits both the Mountain Goat and MOMBAT categories so you may see this one more than once. I'll try to use different photos at least! We've had this bike for awhile now but never took any good photos. We were switching the tires to something more appropriate and hanging it up on display at the shop so we took the opportunity to take some better pictures. The Campagnolo off-road tandem group has to be a fairly rare beast. More pictures and details here.

The MOMBAT time sink

As seen in the June 2010 Mountain Bike magazine: