got a couple of interesting retro projects in progress. can't wait to share them with you when they're done.
i think you'll like them.

for now here's a nice 1980s atb that recently sold for $400 on fleabay, i think the double u brake is cool

>>2046442
Had a fascinating conversation once with this fella who ran a touring bicycle hire business in the alps.
They only stocked 26ers, and bear in mind this was only 4 years ago. He swore by them, waxing lyrical about efficiency, durability, reliability and comfort, he was convinced that except for racing nobody needed anything bigger than a 26, and he felt the industry was desperate to move away from 26'' as the standard partly because of these factors, in his words they just didn't fail fast enough.

Being four years ago the industry had already pretty much abandoned 26ers, so he had a firm in Germany that hand built all his wheels. He was adamant that the extra cost was offset by how much longer they lasted and reduced maintenance.

He was also big into steel frames and his were all hand built steel beasts, for pretty much the same reasons.