Nuke Proof Cockroach

The logo from the brand Nuke Proof is a Cockroach, because it is the only living creature that would survive a nuclear explosion
The logo was occasionally clued to the headtube but not every frame left the factory with one, and it they did the chance is big that during the year it fell off
I have 2 nuke proof frames without the badge but trough my good Nuke Proof friend David (this and this one)
i now have 2 brand new logo's

Thank you so much David! i owe you one,..again,..

Tioga "the underrated brand"

On the Brooklyn flyer which is on it's way, it was posted last monday from the US, there are 2 parts from Tioga.
It's a Tioga Mountaineer Carbo and Tioga Carbo seatpost.
I was looking on the internet to find some info about these parts and there is little written about these parts.
I guess Tioga is the brand from the famous Tioga Disc and the Psycho tires,..(and the T-Bone stem, revolver cranks) and not so much about the loads of other great stuff they made.
Somehow Tioga is more affordable and less bling then the other brands like Ringle and Kooka and therefore less wanted i guess,.....
When i found the info in the catalogue which is mentioned below i realized that these Carbon parts are from the early 90's. 92/93,..this has to be one of the first production carbon parts available,..

the catalogue is 30 pages and i only show the pages with the well known info

and my new Nuke hubed wheels with the Amber Psycho K tires

Old-Metal blogspot youtube channel

just an experiment,..

http://www.youtube.com/user/OldMetalBlogspot

Nuke Proof carbon Wheelset

came in today for the new Nuke Proof project,..

NICE ! :)

It's for this Bike : Nuke Proof titanium Brooklyn Flyer

Let's try this,..

I have been trying some different parts on the Goat

A Youtube clip from this bike: Mountain Goat on Youtube

Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer finally at home,..

Today i got my Mountain Goat Whiskeytown racer
It's a really nice frame, Black with orange panels and new decals and yellow splatter like we know from Mountain Goat
Obviously i couldn't wait to build this one right way with some parts that i had ready to be used.
I do not like the stem and the grips, also i thought that the Brooks would look good but i do not like it.
It's an early 90's Goat so therefore i am using the XT M732/735 parts in combination with some other period correct parts.
My main issue is that the bike could be to small for me.
The seatpost is long enough but i am 182cm tall and not a lightweight,.. :$
I might want to build this one for my GF, maybe she can use it, on the other hand she also has got the Nuke Proof titanium so i might have to go and use it myself, atleast try it  

Parts:

- Shimano XT M735 hubed wheelset with Araya rims and DT spokes

- Shimano XT M732 Thumbies

- Shimano XT M735 rear and front derrailleur

- Shimano XT M735 cantibrakes

- DiaComp 005 Levers

- Stronglight headset

- Cook Bros RSR cranks

- IRC Seatpost 

- Brooks Swift saddle (it is going to be replaced)

- Rock Shox Mag 21 fork

- Mountain Goat stem (is going to be replaced)

- Mountain Goat Granola barends

Barracuda Urban Assault Vehicle

A nice find by my friend David.
He found this one on Craigslist, thank god i do not live in the Us otherwise i would have bought all the bikes from CL,.so much nice finds on there ;)

This is a mint Barracuda specially made for the police force.

Other Barracuda items on this blog: http://old-metal.blogspot.com/2009/06/barracuda-by-mark.html

Mountain Goat Whiskey Town Racer article

An article about the bike i hoping to receive today.

Was rather an expensive bike according to the article ;)

also nice to see the other ad's like CQP and ProStop,...

Mountain Goat Granola Barends

found myself a pair, would look nice icw the orange panels on the frame

Michelin Wildgrippers

Because this bike is going to be used by my GF i put some other tires on, these are Michelin Wildgrippers
I think the green looks great with the Titanium :)
Unfortunately 1 spoke broke yesterday and another bolt in the shifter so when i replace these we are going to get some miles under the wheels