Crescent Ilions :The Best Retro Trials Bike You Never Knew Existed (Probably)

The Pashley 26mhz was the most requested bike build I've had so here's one of the least.

Ok I'm sure plenty of you do know about this bike but I'd bet you're an older trials rider, I'd be surprised if any younger riders or non trials riders know about this one.

The Crescent was a popular comp bike in the very late 90s and early 2000s, mainly with Scandinavian riders but also north Americans oddly. In the UK I never saw any of these personally and I don't think I've ever seen one in the flesh before. They were often built into extremely light bikes and I always thought they looked so nice!

I'm quite lucky to be sent this frame as they were never known for their strength and finding one in good condition is getting harder and harder, HUGE thanks to Ralf Hesse for loaning me the frame and retro parts, also big thanks to www.tartybikes.co.uk for helping with extra parts needed.

I hope you enjoy the build, it's nice to have a bunch of older parts to try and build a more accurate era version, I'm looking forward to riding it!

If you like this build video then please check out my others...

Pashley 26MHZ build
   • The Most Requested Retro Build : Pash...  

Norco build
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Ashton build video:
   • Ashton Justice Bike Build  

Giant Trials Team build video
   • Giant Trials Team Retro Build  

GT builds:
   • Rebuilding My First Bike : Retro GT  
   • The Retro Ride Returns! MK2 Retro Tri...  

Let me know what you think!

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