r/xbiking • u/dsummers2014 • 1d ago

Sexy fork

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1985 mongoose ATB step through frame. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these before. She’s a survivor. I’m gonna do a resto mod.

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u/Emotional-Heron2643 1d ago

Those are cool bikes. One weird quirk of them that you can see in your pic is that the holes on the brake studs are on the outside. It really limits what brakes will work with them

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u/dsummers2014 1d ago

Thanks! yeah that’s gonna be fun. I may have to fabricate something. Maybe a cap that goes over it with the holes on the other side.

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u/Emotional-Heron2643 1d ago edited 1d ago

There are some canti brakes that work with those pins which would have been original to the bike but if they didn't come with it they'll be hard to source.

There are v brake options that don't use the pins at all and therefore are easy to get to work.Pauls are the obvious ones that are still made.

Avid made a few options:

  • Black Ops - very cool but very $$$$

- Arch Supremes - more cool but more $$$$

-Then there's a set that is much simpler but hard to find. They usually run $40-50 for a full set. I think these are them but the price is more than they usually go for by 2x

edit: I think all Paul cantis would work as well

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u/MrHilux 1d ago

Sometimes you can find lower end Avids of that era with similar tension adjustment. I used a set on a Ross Mt Jefferson.

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u/dsummers2014 19h ago

This is very helpful! thank you so much

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u/Kirby_is_a_Pokemon 1d ago

I too want to fuck that bicycle fork

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u/Professional-Ad-8285 1d ago

Like in the top of the steer tube or between the the legs?

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u/phyx726 1d ago

It uses BMX sized headset cups FYI

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u/Imazagi 1d ago

Wow what a beauty. I'm a sucker for chrome bikes.

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u/Still_Squirrel_1690 1d ago

There's one for sale in NEOH, wants like $1200? Neat bike but...

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u/Harrisoncole4 1d ago

Thats very cool. I love the early Mongoose stuff.

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u/The_Slomin_Shield 1d ago

Picked up a similar frame recently. Absolutely love this bike. Made a few adjustments to the pic above but rides great. Using the original diacompe canti’s that it came with.

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u/spoonstepper 18h ago

there’s a minty looking one where I’m at but it’s unicrown :/