Author Topic: mongoose replica pics (Read 4892 times)

Sanmarcopizza · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2005, 06:32 PM »

now who's gonna be the first to buy & race one

theRuler · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2005, 06:36 PM »

old school or no old school, that stem blows

the rest of it is dope on a rope though. i'd have one!

motomagII · « **Reply #3 on:** September 14, 2005, 06:36 PM »

nice but it really does need motomags

SAND N DIRT · « **Reply #4 on:** September 14, 2005, 06:37 PM »

FLAWLESS!!! AWESOME!!!

theRuler · « **Reply #5 on:** September 14, 2005, 06:38 PM »

the year when the bike had step down dropouts, weren't the stickers on the downtube?

i am being too picky?

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #6 on:** September 14, 2005, 06:55 PM »

what a shame they didn't make it with new skool geometry

kdw712 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 14, 2005, 10:53 PM »

ah heck i can hear the money trying to escape from my wallet
and get to Alans ......

that looks a lot better than the early pics
but as said before mk1 rear drops, motomags and full on decals would have been that extra bit special

still wouldn't kick out of your garage though, would ya ?

retrogeezer · « **Reply #8 on:** September 14, 2005, 10:56 PM »

I'm gonna have me one of them.....the only thing I don't like is the rear dropouts look a little odd....don't like the step down ones much anyway but they don't look like the proper step down ones either.

R Palmer · « **Reply #9 on:** September 15, 2005, 08:11 AM »

Si,

Is this the reason for selling your second Aero Pro.....

Rich...

mongoose · « **Reply #10 on:** September 16, 2005, 03:29 PM »

Sweeeet!!!

I could really take that home to meet the family!

ORB · « **Reply #11 on:** September 16, 2005, 05:15 PM »

Nope,

not feeling it.

You can build a real one for that money.

Bren Gunn · « **Reply #12 on:** September 16, 2005, 06:03 PM »

That's a picture of one of the first show bikes, the gussets are on the wrong sides, so the hole goes in over and not out. Think they made 2 like that...

dirtyvans · « **Reply #13 on:** September 16, 2005, 06:28 PM »

they are cheap at only £250, you cant even buy a nu skool frame for that!

i suppose those they are cheap to make, all that steel!

cant get my head round this one, they'll just be kept in boxes in the loft!

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #14 on:** September 16, 2005, 07:01 PM »

I know that you mean about the rear dropouts, Si.

retrorider.u.k · « **Reply #15 on:** September 16, 2005, 08:01 PM »

can't see what all the fuss is about and to top it all its a shite repro...

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #16 on:** September 17, 2005, 12:25 AM »

the dropouts look a fair bit thicker than the original though

retrogeezer · « **Reply #17 on:** September 17, 2005, 12:32 AM »

I know a guy in the bike trade who has seen one of these in the metal and he said that other than the black wheels and rear dropouts, this repro is spot on.

He also said that they are very limited in numbers....I'm gonna get one, it seems pretty good value to me when you consider that a good chrome job can cost £150 easily.

showtime · « **Reply #18 on:** September 17, 2005, 12:40 AM »

Quote from: theRuler on September 14, 2005, 06:36 PM

old school or no old school, that stem blows

i've still got a hole in my right knee from the original version of one of those hideous stems

Bren Gunn · « **Reply #19 on:** September 17, 2005, 01:12 AM »

Fook me, what do you want for £250. If it's built as well as the goose from 70s it's well up for a good thrashing.

It's also good to see the company that owns the Mongoose name tipping it's hat in our direction and looking back into its history, thanks for taking the time out to make this Ltd Ed, it's a nice touch and I like it.

Bren

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #20 on:** September 17, 2005, 01:40 AM »

Can't say fairer than that matey

retrogeezer · « **Reply #21 on:** September 17, 2005, 08:39 AM »

oh yeh....it's cost them more than they will sell em' for to produce in this limited number.....lots of work has gone into getting those parts re-manufactured.

Rooonga · « **Reply #22 on:** September 17, 2005, 05:21 PM »

Also the decals don't look right - they're not prismatic.

$:-\$

retrorider.u.k · « **Reply #23 on:** September 17, 2005, 05:24 PM »

a big company selling it for a loss ! dont kid yourself.there's plenty of margin in that piece of shite thanks to our friends in china

retrogeezer · « **Reply #24 on:** September 17, 2005, 05:32 PM »

they'd make money if it was a regular production bike that they were making thousands of....this bike has had to have lots of tooling made specifically for this bike and they are only making 500.

A run of the mill POS bike costs £150 using parts that are made for millions of bikes!

Retail price of £250, trade price of what? £150-£170?

minus shipping costs?

Can't see there would be any profit in it at all myself....nice of them to do it it you ask me.

Just carry on slagging them off if you like...then you can kiss goodbye to anyone making repro pads, stickers, other bikes etc...

Stuff can be made dirt cheap in China...doesn't stop people paying £150 plus for profile cranks and £250 plus for frames that all come from the same factory as the cranks you can buy for £50 and the complete bikes that cost £200.... whats in a name eh!