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===== Repco Cycles =====

Repco (REplacement Parts COmpany) cycles was founded in 1922 by Robert Geoffrey Russell in Victoria, Australia.  Repco originally focused on making car parts and soon branched into making bicycles.
Repco Cycles continues to exist as a brand: [[http://repcosport.com.au/our-products/bikes/|repcosport]]((It appears that Repco Cycles is currently owned by [[https://www.sheppardcycles.com/about/|Sheppard Cycles]] which is itself owned by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Sports|Scott Sports]] which owns perhaps a dozen bicycle brands.  A partial Scott list: [[https://www.team-dsm.com/equipment/scott/|team-dsm]].))
A piece of trivia from the 1986 Repco [[http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/hotfoot2_1986Cat.php#Catalogue|catalog]]: //"Repco was chosen to be the official supplier of bicycles to the 1987 America's Cup Defence [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_America%27s_Cup|1987]] Limited."//  Complete with cut n' pasted bikes w/sailboats.
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Info from [[http://www.aussievelos.net/repco-cycles/|aussievelos]],
[[http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/hotfoot2.php#catalogues|bloggingadeadhorse]] and
[[https://www.repco.com.au/en/about-us|repco]].
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{{boats.jpg?360|Boats & Bikes}}
{{fish.png?200|What is a fish without a bicycle?}}
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Bikes & Boats in the 1986 Repco [[http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/hotfoot2_1986Cat.php#Catalogue|catalog]].


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{{cat1991.jpg?400|1991 Repco Catalog}}
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Encountering the rare hill on Earth's flattest continent.
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1991 Repco Catalog
[[http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/hotfoot2.php#catalogues|bloggingadeadhorse]]

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===== 1982 Ranger 26 ====

The September, 1982 issue of [[http://www.sustainabletransport.com.au/Documents/Freewheeling26-SCREEN.pdf|Freewheeling]] (#16) included the Repco Ranger 26 in it's MTB survey, classifying it as an offroad cruiser.  It's a late transitional, off-road bmx cruiser and not a mountain bike.  Australians were aware of the American off-road craze, but who needs gears on the Earth's [[https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-is-the-world-s-flattest-continent.html|flattest]] continent?  Repco would wait until 1984 before selling their first true mountain bike.
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SunTour GT (1977-1983) 1x5, 14-32.


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{{1982.jpg?300|1982 Ranger 26}}
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1982 Ranger 26, from 1982 Repco catalog
[[http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/hotfoot2.php#catalogues|bloggingadeadhorse]]


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===== 1983 Ranger ====

Not nealry a mountain bike with sidepull brakes and only 5 speeds.
SunTour GT rear derailleur, "deluxe, hi-tensile cruiser frame," Sugino one-piece crank.


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{{1983.jpg?300|1983 Ranger}}
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1983 Ranger, from 1983 Repco catalog
[[http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/hotfoot2_1983Cat.php|bloggingadeadhorse]]


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===== 1984 Sierra ====

SunTour Mountech GTL (1982-1984)

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{{1984.jpg?300|1984 Sierra}}
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1984 Sierra, from 1984 Repco catalog
[[http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/hotfoot2.php#catalogues|bloggingadeadhorse]]


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===== 1985 Sierra =====


Nearly identical to the 1984 Sierra.  SunTour Mountech GTL (1982-1984)


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{{1985b.jpg?300|1985 Sierra}}
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1985 Sierra
[[https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/burns-beach/men-s-bicycles/vintage-mountain-bike/1287054625|gumtree]]


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===== 1987 High Sierra =====

Shimano Deore MT60, biopace, u-brakes.

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{{1987.jpg?300|1987 High Sierra}}
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1987 High Sierra
[[https://chickendrinker.blogspot.com/2010/04/22-yrs-old-and-still-rolling.html|chickendrinker]]


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===== 1990 Crackenback =====

Sakae Litage frame!  Which is a beautiful and rare thing.  No evidence that this bike exists outside of this catalog entry.  Hopefully a few are being cared for and admired.
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Full Shimano Deore XT.  Glued Al frame by Sakae Ringyo of Japan, internal cabling, unpainted.((The only other Sakae Ringyo Litage example found thus far is the 1991 [[bh:start#s1991|BH Supra]].))
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Named after a mountainous area in New South Wales next to Australia's tallest [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko|mountain]].

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{{1990.jpg?300|1990 Crackenback}}
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1990 Crackenback, from 1990 Repco catalog
[[http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/hotfoot2.php#catalogues|bloggingadeadhorse]]


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