A good collectors friend in Hamburg sold the frame to me. I must confess, I only identified it´s beauty after the sales, enjoy the pictures, a 3.4kg master piece (incl fork and head set)

The build plan to do something time correct was clear after a friend recommended this add from Keith Bontrager and Ross Schafer. Btw, I took teh chance to also buy the Salsa in parallel.

So we started a back to future photo shooting and this build thread

After this first fascination, I found the Mountain BIke Action article: Steel fights back from 1990 in the magazine issue: June - the built plan was born

Most of the parts where clear, I aimed for NOS Shimano XT 732. But, I wanted to invert the colors (Black XTs instead of silver)

Some of the parts where unclear (Stem, bar), so I decided for Salsa Pro Moto bar and stem.

The Bontrager OR behaves as a real steel bike. The tail kicks (reacts) with all the power you put it when standing up on hills or just from cold start.

First this feels a but wobbely, but if you know this, the Bontrager Off-Road turns into a full responsive machine which climbs like a goat thanks to the longer top tube but moves fast on trailes. ride with the ability to jump above roots and turns quick around stones and cliffs. Well done Keith, this is a keeper and already used for many many rides.