Seller of the Week: The MTB Recyclist

Welcome back to another edition of Seller of the Week: the blog series where we ask our favorite sellers five easy questions!

This week’s seller of the week is The MTB Recyclist, an early adopter of BikeList who has pretty much cornered the market on 90s Trek mtb frames. Like this Trek 930 frame he sold on BikeList a few months back. Currently he is selling this super rad 1989 Diamond Back Axis Team.

How did you get into bikes?

Started riding in the '90s, road at first, then off-road. Had our first child a few years later then another and life got in the way, didn't have time to ride. Fast forward basically 30 years to 2020, I saw a rental trail bike in the lobby of a hotel I was staying at in Arizona. I didn't rent it, but thought "I should get back into mountain biking." Picked up a Diamond Back Response Elite on Craigslist for no money. Loved it. Started flipping bikes later that year when I saw how many were available and how much fun it was to rehab and rehome / resell the bikes and parts.

What bike do you ride the most?

That would have to be my '96 Trek Y11, which I bought to flip, but kept because it was my size and such an iconic 90s ride. Rebuilt it with full XT M739, ceramic Mavic Crossmax MK1s, a few other goodies. At 22 pounds, it's one of my lightest bikes, and is even lighter than my single speed Univega Alpina.

What is your favorite bike ride?

We are fortunate to have an awesome trail system just minutes from my house, a county nature preserve. It's many miles of sweet, flowing singletrack and so much fun. I rarely ride anywhere else, especially with gas prices so high.

Campy or Shimano?

Shimano

Any big plans for the next year?

Not really, other than getting into gravel / adventure cycling, maybe bikepacking. Also want to try and ride MORE and work on my bikes LESS. Wish me luck with THAT! haha!