11/4/2022 0 Comments Eye candy los angeles![]() ![]() The frame itself is a 1990 but the fork is most likely from 1994. When Martin received the batch of Yo Eddy frames that mine was part of, he also got a huge pile of Chris Igleheart-built segmented forks. And, for this frame in particular, I won’t be using the original fork and painting will allow me to easily color match the two. So why would I embrace the patina on my Mountain Goat but want a new paint job on the Yo Eddy?Įveryone loves beasuage, or beauty through usage, but when you want to keep a bike rolling for another thirty years sometimes a respray is in order, as paint acts as a protective buffer for the frame and prevents rust. There are two options when you encounter a frame like this: ride it with the patina as shown or get it resprayed by a painter. A price was negotiated, the frame was shipped and it arrived… in pretty rough shape. Since I already had a lot of parts and knowledge and respect for this particular frameset, Martin decided to sell me the frame. Due to the difficulty of sourcing and the more lucrative nature of creating era-replicas, he rarely sells frames or components outside of a build.īy happenstance, I reached out to Martin at a time when he had an abundance of frames with very little time to spend on each one individually. From the spoke nipples to the chain and brake pads, Martin’s builds are period-correct, catalog spec dream bikes. The bread and butter of this hobby/side hustle is being paid by clients to deliver a restored bike straight out of a catalog. ![]() Guys like Martin at Second Spin spend countless hours finding, restoring, and building up classic bikes. I’m honored to have these raconteurs sharing the knowledge gained from decades of collecting vintage bikes here on The Radavist! If you’re looking for a rundown on Chris Chance, Fat City, and the Yo Eddy, please read Mike’s penned piece on the Grello. My anecdotal experience with vintage mountain bikes is a far cry from the expertise that guys like Martin, Tasshi, and Mike Wilk can offer through their writing, documentation, and knowledge. But it needed some work…ĭisclaimer: I’m no historian. I asked if he had a Yo Eddy that would fit me and, as luck would have it, he did. I casually reached out to Martin at Second Spin Cycles, who had just bought a big Fat Chance collection from out West. Since then, one elusive bike model has remained the apple of my eye: an early 90s Yo Eddy! When Mike Wilk wrote about TPC’s Grello Yo!, it made me nostalgic tailspin. I couldn’t buy one of these classics when I first started riding in the 90s (my first bike was a rigid Gary Fisher Tassajara), but I could always count of Mountain Bike Action and my local bike shop to keep the eye candy in steady supply. With flat top tubes, big tire clearance, friction shifting, and geometries still relevant today, the 1980s bikes were more geared toward exploration than the racing geometries the NORBA era brought about. This year, we’ve featured my 1982 Ritchey Tam and my 1984 Mountain Goat, representing what I love about the early 1980s mountain bike design. Additionally, I have had the time and resources to work on such restoration projects for the first time in years. Each bike is an earmark in cycling history, each with its unique story to tell. Over the past year, there’s been an uptick in the number of vintage bikes we’ve showcased, in part because joining with The Pro’s Closet gave us access to TPC’s Museum bikes, a veritable treasure trove of exciting and influential builds to unpack. #EYE CANDY LOS ANGELES MOD#From shooting Sky’s wonderful collection from Velo Cult, to showcasing stunners in Los Angeles, and basket bike/resto mod conversions in Austin, there’s something about these 26″ wheeled, friction shifting, hand-made beauts that have always caught my eye. Vintage bikes have always had a home on The Radavist. ![]()
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