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Following on for the what car thread, I thought I'd start one for mountain bikes. I've included what I've owned since I got back into riding as TBH I can't remember exact the make and model of old stuff.
Past
1996 GT RTS
1998 GT LTS 2000DS - with Rock Shox Judy XL triple clamp forks! I thought I was Mike King or Steve Peat on this!
1998 Specialized Stumpjumper M2
1999 GT Zaskar - custom build with LX. Mavic 521 rims and Rock Shox Judy 100 forks. Wish I still had it.
2002 Santa Cruz Superlite - LX/XT, Hope XC4's, Rockshox Dukes, Easton finishing kit. Now my dad's bike.
Present
2000 Gary Fisher Supercailiber - Ex magazine review bike, bought cheaply direct from Trek when I worked in a bike shop. Full XTR, Manitou Mars Carbon or Marzocchi Marathon forks. Approx 22lbs. Fast but a bone shaker, XTR V-brakes don't seem as good as they used to!
2004 Intense Tracer - Fox Float 130 forks, LX/XTR, Hope Mono Minis, Gold Pro Taper bars! Still rides really well, much tricker than the Specialised FSRs that donated the four bar rear suspension design.
1998 Intense Uzzi SL - frame only at the moment, most bits went on the Tracer. Was my dream bike, but the bottom bracket always seemed too high to me.
1999 GT I-drive 1000 - In bits at the moment.
2005 Kona Kula - Easton Ultralight frame, Fox Vanilla forks, Hope X2. Light and responsive, doesn't beat you up as much as older alloy frames, it's my main bike for the winter.
2008 Rocky Mountain Slayer SXC 50 - Stock build with Fox Float 36's, SRAM X9, Race Face and Avid bits. Absolutely fantastic 6" travel bike, pedal well and only feels heavy when lifting it over things. The maple leaf red and white paint job is too nice to scratch so doesn't see much mud!
Hmm, this is a toughie. Can't remember what I had before the M-Trax, but I've had:-
M-Trax Titanium rigid thing - Crazy light, and pedalled all over the Pentlands whilst I was a teenager, after being passed down from my Dad
Trek 4300 2003 (with silly heavy RLT forks)
Trek 6500 2005 (to replace the 4300, which was subsequently demoted to commuting)
Specialized Epic Expert 2008 (to replace the 6500, which was subsequently demoted to commuting)
On-One Scandal (built with bits from the Epic, as I thought a hardtail would require less maintenance)
Giant Anthem X2 2010 (current bike, after deciding that full-sussers are quite nice after all)
On-One Inbred singlespeed (current bike, to save some wear n tear from the full susser)
I have only owned 2:
I bought a Kona Lanai 4 years ago and then bought a second-hand Cotic Soul around Christmas time for my 40th birthday.
better than a boring old car thread and I have a longer list 🙂
91ish emmelle californian - broke first day, warranty replacement was stolen
93ish Kirk revolution - stolen
94 Kona Lava dome - broke after 10+ years
94 townsend cheapo something - uni hack bike, stolen
97 GF Montare - nice, broke, warranty replacement frame was...
00 GF supercaliber - nice light broke after 8yrs or so
03 SC Heckler - flinkin excellent still running in a burly manner.
04 OO inbred - v.good recently retired may be built as a hack bike soon
07 RM etsx 70 - v.good currently doing xc duties
07ish - SH Kinesis xc 120 - chuckable+light=broke
10 Ragley Mmmbop - to replace the xc120, not bad so far
11 OO c456 - mmmmm ss lightness.
Fairly short list for me..
- Mongoose Rockadile of some description, circa 2003
- GT Avalanche 0.0
- Mongoose Black Diamond - the bike that really got me into it
- Kona Pahoehoe, in various guises
- Evil Sovereign in full Alpine destruction build
I see big bouncy things in the future, but I'll be keeping hold of the Evil...
not many in 20 years of mtbing ...
past
91 raleigh yukon - 520 frame, 200gs groupset, biopace chainrings
current
94 marin indian fire trail - used for 1st mtb race in '95 and first road century in '05
05 trek fuel 80
10 giant anthem x3
Raleigh Striker
Raleigh Grifter (red, glittery logo, stolen, sniff!)
No name road bike
Specialized Stumpjumper (fully rigid)
Diamondback Axis (fully rigid, upgraded to Bombers)
Specialized Allez Sport road bike (still in use)
100 ton old tandem (skipped)
Cannondale Super V900 (some maniac paid £200 for it 3 years ago)
Giant Anthem 2
That's it.
TS
00 GF supercaliber - nice light broke after 8yrs or so
D0NK, did you get a replacement frame? I'm sure GF frames have a lifetime guarantee.
1991 Giant Coldrock - nicked
1995 Orange P7 - still got it
1996 Specialized S-works M2 - sold to fund flight from oz to UK
2000 Specialized stumpjumper FSR = sold as i didnt like it
2001 Litespeed - sold as it was a bit too big for me really.
2006 Pace RC303 - given away
2008 to now - Orange P7
GT avalanche -1990
Marin Indian Fire Trail -1993
Klein Adroit Pro - 1999
Marin Mount Vision - 2000
Cannondale Raven - 2001
Cannondale Jekyll - 2003
Marin Attack trail- 2004
Klein Attitude - 2006
Marin Team Titanium - 2007
Yeti 575 - 2007
Airborne Lancaster - 2007
Van Nicholas Zion - 2008
Orange E8 - 2008
Maverick ML7/5 - 2008
Cove Handjob - 2009
Van Nicholas Mamtor - 2009
Ellsworth Epiphany - 2010
1989 Raleigh USA Technium Chill
1991 Kona Cindercone
1993 Kona Lava Dome
1996-ish Kona Hei_Hei
2004 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR
2006ish Sanderson Breath
2007 Yeti 575
2007 On One Inbred 853 (still got)
2008 On One inbred DN6 SS
2009 Specialized Pitch (still got)
19922 Kona Cindercone, retro SS (Still got)
2011 On One Carbon 456 (still got)
2006-ish Specialized Hardrock (Just bought for £50 as a project bike)
So mostly Specialized, On One and Kona then!
For someone who has been riding mountain bikes for 20 years my list is fairly short:
Emmelle Laser - Everything was worn out so replaced with a...
Trek 930 - Frame broke and replaced under warranty by a...
Trek 920 - Loved this bike bike but again the frame broke so replaced under warranty by a...
Trek 4500 - Fairly uninspiring frame but solid enough and now ridden by my dad as I wanted a...
Orange P7 - The bike I had wanted since I was 14, it is wonderful, I love it, howeever I fancied something else in the garage so bought a...
Planet-X Jack Flash - Initially built with light kit as a steetbike/big BMX but now has big forks and brakes and is my downhill hardtail
Muddyfox - Cannot remeber model
Peugot - Again no idea of model
Marin Muirwoods - 1991
Marin Muirwoods - 1992
Marin Bear Valley - 1994
GT Zaskar - 1997
Yeti kokopelli - 1998
Cove Handjob - 2005
Yeti 575 - 2006
On One inbred 2006
tricycle
raleigh singlespeed
rather big gap
Giant Terrago, now a mates gf horse bike
Univega 509
Marin MV round tube, now a mates wifes bike
Orange 5
Orange 5
Unknown steel fully rigid: Mid '95 to Dec '96 (GBP 10) - given away
Slightly better unknown steel hardtail: Dec '96 to Dec '97 - sold
Alpinestars Alloy hardtail: Dec '97 to Feb '98 - stolen
Cannondale M900: Feb '98 to July '05 - sold
Santa Cruz Blur: June '03 to Oct '03 - bought for a season in the Alps then sold
Intense Uzzi XC (yes really): March '04 to June '04 - stolen
Airborne Lancaster: Sept '04 to Sept '08 - cracked
Independent Fabrication steel Deluxe: Dec '08 onwards
Orange Alpine 160: June '10 onwards
That's 9 bikes in 16 years of riding.
Raleigh Mustang - Overbuilt and unwieldy but huge amounts of fun.
Dawes Kickback - LX bits, toeclips, biopace rings and came with purple bar ends as standard.
Giant XTC SE - After a few years not riding, my first bike with disc brakes, suspension forks and clipless pedals. What a difference.
On One 456 Summer Season - Overbuilt and unwieldy but huge amounts of fun 🙂
marin rift zone (still have with slicks on it)
scott strike (dead)
scott spark (current)
3 bikes in 14(?) years but the current one should do another 5.
Way too many to list or remember (some to forget too)
Various grandad sit up and beg bikes ridden over the downs before I got my first mtb
91 Saracen Killi Ultra Flyer Comp Race Pro with Magura rim brakes
92 Marin Bear Valley - upgraded from rapidfire to rapidfire plus shifters!
93 Specialized Stumpjumper with syncros pace and cooks brothers
94 Mountain Cycle San Andreas with prostops etc
95 Specialized Stumpjumper M2 with Manitou 2s
96 Verlicchi
98 Klein Rascal with RS Judys
03 Cove Stiffee with Marzocchis
06 Giant AC1 Marzocchis
08 Giant Reign RS Revs
10 Ragley mmmBop RS Revs
10 Specialized Pitch RS Pike
Favourite bikes from all those would have to be the Pitch, Klein and Stumpjumper.
I think the Mountain Cycle is probably the most advanced in its time bike I've ever owned. No one had anything like it and its a shame that suspension technology wasn't able to match the frame's abilities.
Current bikes are Pitch and retro steel 94 Stumpjumper and Cotic Roadrat.
91 Alpinstars cro-mega DX
Orange Sub Zero
On one 456
BMC Elite HT
On one inbred (slidey drop)
plus road, cx and bmx's
In no particular order
[b]Ones gone but not forgotten:[/b]
➡ 1984 Saracen
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➡ 1989 Ridgeback
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➡ 1991 Peugeot Black Mamba
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➡ 1994 Kona Kilauea
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➡ 1994 GT RTS 1
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➡ 1994 Clark Kent Cromag
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➡ 1997 Kona Hei Hei
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➡ 1997 DMR Trial Star:
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➡ 1998 Saracen Kili
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➡ 1998 Kona Lava Dome
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➡ 1999 Saracen Kili
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➡ 2007 GT Peace Fixie Experiment
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➡ 2008 Voodoo Canzo
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➡ 2010 Singular Swift:
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➡ 2010 Pipedream Sirius:
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[b]Then there were those that never got built up [/b]
➡ GT LTS
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➡ Specialized Rockhopper
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➡ Spooky MetalHead
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[b]Current bikes:[/b]
➡ 1993 Diamond Back Axis Pro
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➡ 2010 Cotic Soul
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Phew 😆
Wont go into those new ones awaiting to be built!
Can remember the exact year but roughly in chronological order:
Raleigh Lizard
Marin Nail Trail
Marin Rocky Ridge
Marin Mount Vision
Whyte PRST1
Kinesis Maxlight HT
Kona Lava Dome (still own)
Santa Cruz Superlight
Specialized Enduro (the '05 one)
Specialized RockHopper
Specialized Stumpjumper
Turner 5 Spot
Cotic Soul (still own)
Orange 5 (still own)
Another Santa Cruz Superlight (still own)
Norco A Line DH bike (still own)
All but the Lizard, Nail Trail and the Stumpjumper have been built up from frame only.
Um...
First: Saracen Kili Comp
Pro Flex Beast
Specialized Stumpy Comp
Cove Handjob
Cove Stiffer 4x
Kona Stinky
Santa Cruz VP Free
Orange Patriot 66 FR
Scott Ransom
Orange 224
Commencal Supreme
Orange Patriot 66 (Frame only)
Commencal Meta 6 (Frame only)
Kona Ziong Road bike
Felt Compulsion (Frame only)
and now...finally, after all this time and money. One to Rule them ALL
Specialized S-Works Carbon Enduro (Frame only)
Only 2 bikes in the garage now. MTB and Road.
Jesus...thats a great Coke habit I could have had!
Started with a
00 trek 7000
and then a 08 Cove Handjob
and that's it
Childhood
Raleigh Bomber 5-speed (not an MTB but looked a bit like one)
Raleigh Highlander
Adulthood
2000 Marin Bolinas Ridge (sold to a mate who commutes on it)
2002 Rocky Mountain Elevation (still owned, now a singlespeed and rarely ridden)
2003 Rocky Mountain ETS-X30 (sold and heard later that it snapped in the same way that they all did)
Cotic Soul v2 (sold to one mate, who sold it to another mate, who eventually sold it to a stranger)
Pace RC303 (cracked at the seat tube/top tube brace weld)
On-One Scandal (late model Scandium frame, I think, sold to a mate who stuck a hub gear on it and uses it for touring)
Pace RC305 (warranty replacement for the RC303, never built up before selling it to someone on the classifieds)
2007 Orange 5 Pro (sold last year to someone on the classifieds)
2007 Giant Anthem 1
Santa Cruz Chameleon (EBB type)
Ibis Mojo SL
That's quite a few bikes for barely over a decade of (adult) riding!
Well i've not had as many as some people on here , first up
Peugeot ranger 10spd Late 80's
Pro bike Centaur early-mid 90's
Trek 820 00's
Saracen dirttrax 2003?
Giant VT2 05
Specialized pitch pro 09
Specialized enduro 11 ( and a kona blast 09)
some random steel frame which we didn't know what it was (looked something like an alpinestar or muddy fox)
marin pine mountain - 2003
solitude custom 853 - 2006 (still main bike)
on one inbred 29 SS
soma juice 29er SS
kona A SS (for sale)
kona kula 29 SS (race bike)
pinnacle cross (er, CX)
couple of road bikes
think thats it. solitude will remain with me for a loooong time. mebbe get a FS one day too
Feeling old now (Dates are when I got them)
1987 Specialised Stumpjumper
1990 MS Racing Comp XT ([b]still have it as a SS[/b])
1994 Merlin UK WCS with LX & XT
1999 Ribble R8 (853 & XT) stolen
2005 Cove Handjob ([b]still have it[/b])
I don't change bikes very often anyway
claud butler something or other
edinburgh bikes contour 300
iron horse flagstaff - snapped
Emmelle Cheetah (cheap paperround bike bought for 15 quid) - heavy as owt but i beat shit out of it ! and it kept going - think i eventually skipped it
marin b17 - snapped
specialized hardrock - still got it at my parents
coyote dh3 - frame replacement of the b17
Dmr trailstar - snapped
Dawes oxide
Mr Big st10 - snapped
kona mcrae (skip rescue SS conversion)
santa cruz heckler - to replace the dawes
gary fisher rig to replace the kona
sold all but the rig ..... bought a kona jake in nz
came back
merida flx3000
Thorn raven enduro rohloff
ragley td-1 (with the bits off the thorn)
Sandman Gobi SS
and thats my current crop acrued over 15 years - all get regular use except the merida as ive not been racing. - most fun and most used atm - sandman gobi 😀
Marin Bolinas Ridge 98 (still have the frame and forks)
Marin Nail Trail 00
"Brand X" alloy frame
DMR Trailstar mk2
DMR Trailstar mk2
DMR Trailstar mk2
Orange Patriot LT 05
Fly Pantera BMX 05 (still have this)
Specialized Supercross 03
Dialled Alpine mk1
Cotic BFe mk2 (still have)
Fort road bike
Planet X Carbon superlight (still have)
Trek 800
Marin Palisades Trail
Scott Octane FXpro
Orange5*
Trek 1000 Road*
On-one Inbred S/S*
*Still have
Only been into it for a few years, had a spec myka expert as my first real mountain bike.
The built up an Inbred (now ss), and just finished my Scandal.
Have an itching for a full susser amongst other things, but have no real need for it and need to save up some money!
http://pickled-hedgehog.com/?p=373
That's till 2007, don't have any of those anymore obviously. But at least I've slowed down a bit!
Kona lavadome
GT I drive 5.0
Kona Coiler
Kona Caldera
Stumpy HT
Zesty 314
87 Tufftrax
88 Rockhopper Comp
89 Sumpjumper Comp
90 Etumpumper Epic
92 Fisher Prometheus (still got it)
95 FSR
Various Giants: early full suss, 2 ally hardtail and an AC
00 Ibis Mojo
Marin ful suss
Trek Fuel
Nomad
Heckler x 2
Superlight
Jamis jump bike111
Shand steel
brandless prestige thing (broke it)
DB Alpine
I've probably forgot a few...
1988 dawes ascent 1992 marin eldridge grade 1994 specialized stumpjumper m2 2002 cannondale f 800 2005 mongoose fireball 2007 specialized stumpjumper fsr comp swapped components from the fsr comp to a 2008 specialized s works carbon ht frame 2010 specialized stumpjumper fsr comp (140 mm travel one) 2010 giant anthem x2 which is my current ride (and the best bike i have owned so far 😀
'93 Kona Lavadome
'95 Kona Explosif*
'02ish SC Chameleon
'05ish SC Chameleon*
'08ish One One Ti 456*
*still have, still make me smile
approx 1988 - 1990
Muddy Fox Courier
Spesh Rockhopper
big gap 😀
2008 on
Merlin Malt 1
Carrera Zelos
Scott Genius Mc40
Lapierre Zesty 314 (my current F/S)
One One 456 (My current HT)
Couple of cheap Emmelle and British Eagles
Early 90s Claude Butler
1998 Raleigh M-Trax 150
1996 GT Zaskar LE
2000 Cannondale Super V 1000
2002 GT LTS 2000
mid 2000s Dawes Edge SS
2003 Specialized Stumpjumped HT M2
2006 Giant Reign 2
2005 Specialized Stumpjumped HT M4
2005 Iron Horse Mkiii
2004 Cannondale V10
???? On One Inbred 456
2006 Turner 5 Spot
88 Emmelle Dolomite
93 Clauld Butler
97 Specialized Rockhopper Comp FS
2001 - Marin Rock Springs
2005 - Cannondale Prophet
2005 SWORKS HT
2006 Dialled Bikes PA
2006 Giant Trance
2006 Turner RFX
2007 Cove Handjob
2008 Cove Stiffee
I think that's it. A few didn't even get built up before being sold on, such is the fickle nature of bike buying.
Bugger! no I didn't. I was retiring it anyway so didn't really think about it. Respect to GF the montare had a hard life, running bigger forks than I should and they upgraded it when it broke, I then abused the supercaliber in a similar manner for years, then a few more years commute duty, all this from lightweight xc frames. I got my moneys worth I reckon. Both frames cracked too, no catastrophic failures.D0NK, did you get a replacement frame? I'm sure GF frames have a lifetime guarantee.
Oh yeah and I completely forgot a brief dalliance with a merlin (see also CRC brandX) jump/slalom frame, silly small, great for hops/drops but too small to pedal, now used by a less tall mate for SSing.
Emmelle something or other, first mountain bike brought in 1987, was stolen and replaced with:
Raleigh Montage
Spesh stumpjumper (steel)
GT Avalanche (steel)
GT Zaskar LE
Orange E3
Spesh Rockhopper
SC Chameleon
Marin Mount Vision
Kona Caldera
Spesh M2
Kona Stab
SC superlight
Cove Hummer
SC Heckler (x2 - regretted getting rid of so brought another a few years later)
SC Bullit
DeKerf Team SL (x2 - one with V brakes and sold to get one with discs)
Intense Tracer
Spesh Big Hit (24" wheel)
Spesh Big Hit (26" wheel)
Yeti ASX
Devinci Frantic
Curtis FR
Giant Trance X0
Bianchi Nerone 7
Rocky Mountain Switch
On One Inbred SS (still got)
Cotic Soul (still got)
Commencal Meta 5 (2010 - still got)
Devinci Johnstone (still got)
Bianchi Infanito (still got)
Spesh Langster (still got)
Seems like a huge amount of bikes but I do ride a lot and dont really spend my money on much else.
Tiny list compared to others...
92 - Diamondback Sorrento
97 - Diamondback Topanga (circa 92 - handed down from my Dad)
06 - Giant XTC SX
09 - SC Superlight (Still got)
09 - Inbred
10 - Commencal Flame Ti (Still got)
1997 - Specialized rockhopper
1998 - Kona cindercone
1999 - Stumpjumper FSR
2002 - Santa cruz Juliana (current)
2004 - GT timberline commuting bike (current) trying to sell
2007 - On one inbred (current)
2010 - Dawes tandem (current)
Maglite BMX
Grifter - Awesome Bike
Trek 6500 - Ha a good innings but now just a sorry frame with a seized BB and cranks that wont budge
Orange EVO8 - Sold on Flea Bay
Felt Virtue Team - Deceased
Genesis IO singlespeed - Bullet Proof and still going strong
Cotic Soul - My Favorite bike
Cannondale Rize - Awsome bike still got it
Orange P7 - currently building this
lost count at well over 100 bikes owned at least 10 years ago. currently own 8, most at one time was 14.. CBA even contemplating listing them.
I'll just list this year's 😆 . . .
Commencal Absolut SX
Subrosa Salvador BMX
Cotic BFe
Kona Dudu
Intense Tazer VP (revisited)
and an old SC Heckler on the way
Shitty mountain bike shaped thing
1997 Specialized Rockhopper (still have)
2005 Schwinn Mesa GSD (Stolen)
1994 Mongoose Amplifier (Still have)
2009 Carerra Kraken
2002 Kona Lava Dome
That's not counting me BMX's mind you.
Meanwhile, in a house 'oop north' [b]ton[/b] started typing out his list 10 hours ago.....
😉
Cove stiffee
Cove gspot
Cove Sanchez
Cove handjob
Charge blender
Dialled bikes prince Albert
Nicolai helius fr
Nicolai helius st
Nicolai helius am
Nicolai UFO st
Ibis tranny
Now have a nicolai argon 29 er coming!
DMR Trailstar
Specialized Rockhopper
DMR Trailstar LT
BFe
Only one I have left is the Trailstar LT.. the first Trailstar was built up with parts from the Rockhopper (brakes, wheels etc) but cracked at the head tube. So all those parts are now on the LT. The BFe lasted a couple of months but I sold it whilst it was still worth something as I needed the money!
Hmmm not many tbh -
Raleigh Lizard
Saracan Rufftrax
GT Aggressor
Santa Cruz Vp free
Santa Cruz Nomad
Charge Duster
DMR Sidekick
Genesis Io
Ragley Mmmbop
+ couple of bmx's. Seriously contemplating a roadie or cyclocross for C2W / fitness duties....
1988 - cinelli shitfest
then, diamondback axis team
then, kona explosif
then, minds blank, 2 bikes lost in a mental fog
then, caldera
then, giant NRS
then, kona dawg delux
then, NRS carbon
then, on one SS
then, maverick ml7
now, cotic soul
next, i have a cunning plan....
Carrera 'somethingorother'
Cannondale F500
Diamondback 'somethingorother'
Klein Fervor (long term loan'18 months)
Carrera Zelos
Merlin WCS
GT LTS 1
GT LRS 1
Marin Mount Vision
Airborne Lancaster
Rock Lobster TIG Team SL
Carrera LRS1
Trek Liquid
Mountaincycle San Andreas
GT Zaskar
Carrera Zelos
Haro EX1
Scott High Octane
Klein Fervor (my own this time!)
Plus about a dozen road bikes over the years, from a Dave Marsh 531 through to a Focus Cayo Expert.
Raleigh Mustang (black & white) x 2 (both were stolen from me)
Raleigh Mustang (marbled Purple) x2 (both were stolen from me)
Falcon cycles steel ATB from the factory shop
Universal ATB, the worst bike I have ever owned! Returned to shop for a full cash refund after 6 weeks)
Claud Butler Vantage
Ridgeback 602
1997 Scott Peak
2003 Orange Gringo
2006 Orange 5
2007 Orange 5
*1998/9 Orange Clockwork 10th Anniversary Edition
*2010 Cube AMS100 Pro R1 Mag
*1995 KHS Montana Pro
*1995 Marin Team Titanium
*I still own these bikes.
That I rememeber
1998 Specialized Rockhopper (the Ritchey steel one)
1999 Kona Kula
2000 GT I-Drive
2002 Club Roost XC-4
2004 Whyte PRST-4
2004 Marin East Peak
2006 On-One 456 that green
2006 On-One 456 that blue
2008 On-One Inbred
2010 Lapierre Zesty 214
Still have the Kona and the Zesty
1989 - Giant Stonebreaker (a right paddy's hammer by the end - only the frame was original)
1997 - Specialized Stumpjumper - reborn below
2000 - Surly 1x1 Rat Ride
2004 - Specialized Stumpjumper - chopped and dropped into a ss by Ben @ Kinetics
2006 - Voodoo Wanga
2009 - Genesis iO
2010 - Giant Anthem x3
plus a Curtlo custom steel frame on top of the wardrobe that I bought off a friend that's never been built up.
1990 Carrera Quattro 2, long gone
1994 Marin Bear Valley SE, started off rigid then added Rock Shox Judy, gone
2001 Orange Evo2, later singlespeeded, gone
2005 Scott Genuis MC40, now stripped down and ready to be sold
2008 On-One ScandAl
2011 Yeti ASR5c, on the way
Plus a Kinesis crosser and a Flandria road bike still in the garage
I was a late starter:
1994 Diamondback Outlook (inherited from my Dad in 2002)
2006 Giant XTC SX
2007 Sanderson Life
2008 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR
2008 Litespeed Ocoee
2009 Specialized Pitch
2009 Cotic Soda
2010 Ragley MmmBop
2011 Cotic Soda
No plans to change now I know what I like.
91 Marin Eldridge Grade (Dad sold it for Fifty quid 2 years ago)
96 Marin Eldridge ( sold to a lad at work for 125 quid)
98 Jamis Dakota 631 (sold to a mate for $400)
Still have:
04 Kona Coiler Dee-Lux
96 Marin Pine Mountain
1 Aluminium FS bike in 20 years; 8) the rest- all slim tubes baby 😉
2006 - Marin Wildcat trail - still in use
2007 - Commencal Minidh - still in use
2009 - DMR Reptoid - still in use
Did have a purple Claud Butler in the early 90s, but it didn't last very long.
tushingham b52 - 1987
fisher hookooekoo - 1990
orange p7 - 1994
marin mount vision - 2000
one one scandal 29er - 2006
current bikes (not counting road or cross)...
yeti arc
yeti dj
intense 5.5
and i still have the orange in all its shiney nickle plated rigid lovliness. great times on that bike.
Dawes Edge
Trek 970
GT Zaskar
Santa Cruz Chameleon #1
Pashley 26MHz
Kona Cindercone
Orange MsIsle
Santa Cruz Bullit
Curtis SX26
Specialized Big Hit
Tomac 204 Magnum
Santa Cruz Chameleon #2
Santa Cruz Heckler
Cotic Soul
On-One Inbred SS
Pashley 24MHz #1
Santa Cruz Blur 4X (current)
On-One 456 Summer Season (current)
Pashley 24MHz #2 (currently being renovated/built)
1987 scarecan trekker stolen
1990 Al Carter Black Panther
1991 Clockwork Orange Ace bike alas stolen
1994 Orange P7 got my money back
1995 Specialized S/works Steel sold last year
2001 Sub 5 frame broke
2002 EBB Inbred sold
2005 Trance sold
2007 Cotic Simple still got
2009 456 still got
And a load of road bikes
past - 24seven dh1, haro bmx
present - dawes shuniah (first mtb and in bits), merlin malt, Joey McLoughlin Cougar, GT Hans 'No Way' Rey signature bike, Marin Quake
future - canyon nerve am, gt zaskar
pashley piccolo
chopper sprint
carleton corsair
dawes galaxy
townsend something or other
muddy fox explorer
peugeot hybrid
diamondback apex
diamondback axis
fisher tassajara
fisher hookoohekoo
saracen eiger
dawes super galaxy
dave russel fixie
bontager privateer
raleigh max 1
cannondale tourer
on one 456
on one inbred 29r
on one sand 29r x 2
on one 456 ss
fisher fat possum
kona hoss deluxe
haro mary ss
haro mary geared
karate monkey x 2
surly lht x 2
fisher pro calibre 29r
fisher paragon 29r
nicolai helius fr
orange sub zero
kona hoss
specialized rockhoper x 2
singular swift
mm bop
blu pig
specialized sirius
specialized tricross
aravis tourer
chumba hx2 29r
brodie holeshot
redline 29r
ventana el capitan 29r
there are probably more, but my memory is shot.
1989 Emelle Alpine
1998 GT Pantera
2001 Kona Stinky
2002 Kona Scab
2003 Edge Blade DH
2003 GT Brian Lopes
2006 Giant Anthem 4 (current ride - new to me)
Half a dozen or so roadbikes, some good, some bad, some indifferent
2001 Appollo Slamshot, bought when skint. Junk but kept for nine years.
2010 Trek 4500, love it used it more than I ever used Slamshot.
99 GT ruckus 2.0
04 Ventana X-5
06 Dialled Bikes holeshot
08 fit series 3.5 bmx
got the ventana, dialled and fit still, love them all lots and lots
best £10 bmx a 10 year old can have (bloody loved that bike and cried when it got carted off to get my)
Raleigh Maraurder (stolen)
A.N Other Raleigh
GT Palomar...used this for a commute then took it on a gravel path once. It was 1/4 mile long, flat and a little bumpy....and it died after going up and down the path 20 times in my first off road experience!
Schwinn Moab. Great bike with a crappy Manitou fork. Slowly got upgraded to some nice XTR kit, when I decided to build my
Orange E8. Ultimate contradictory lightweight HT. Full XTR, with a Fox Vanilla RLC and Hope XC on Mavic X3.1 UST rims....climbed like a rocket!
Last bike was a Cannondale Jekyll which was upgraded with a few nice Thomson & Hope bits and an XT chainset.
Only bike now is currently being build - a Marin Attack Trail which spec isn't decided on but is being built on a budget
I missed: SC Bullit & Genesis IOID
1995 Diamond Back Apex
1998 GT LTS 2000
1998 Marin Mountvision
2000 Cannondale Super V 700
2004 Specialized Enduro Expert
2006 Santacruz Heckler
2006 Scott Genius Ltd Carbon
2010 Yeti 575
2010 Lapierre 714
Spookily donk and I almost have the same chronology...
Peugeot road bike
Raleigh montage
Raleigh dynatech (broke)
90 kona lava dome
92 Dave Yates diabolo
Specialized rockhopper
04 kona kula (Easton ultralight)
Giant nrs
Rocky mountain etsx 70
On one inbred 853
Cotic soul (still own)
Chameleon
Cotic hemlock (still own)
Carbon 456
Scandal
Charge blender (still own)
Salsa el santo
Chameleon (still own)
Ti 456 (still own)
Chumba hx1 (still own)
And lots of others I've probably forgotten !
crikey-some old school cool here.my list is
Past
early 90s Diamondback Topanga
early 90s Scott Boulder
1994ish Univega Alpina
1997ish Orange X2 (terrible bendy bike,lasted about 6 weeks,credit note and swapped for)
1998 Spesh FSR Comp (one of my favourites)
1999ish Bontrager Privateer
2000 Fisher Xcaliber (started working at McBikes)
2002 Trek Fuel
2003 Fisher Sugar
2004 Fisher Cake (awful)
2005 Trek Session 7 (very heavy but fun)
2005 Fisher Ged (lots of jumpy fun)
2007 Trek 69er SS
2007(8?) Trek Top Fuel 69er
Present
2001 Fisher Supercal 29er (SS/CX/pub duties)
2000 and something Trek 9.8 (nice light fast but needs parts for a build)
Ragley Blue Pig (one bike to do it all)
Have had a couple of tandems,loads of cx bikes and a few carbon Trek/Lemond road bikes and still keep a Madone for the road also a few bmx but that always ends in tears (and a&e for me)
Lots from the Trek/Fisher stable but did work there for a long time.
Probably forgot a couple.
Always wanted a Spooky Metalhead
Still have a pair of 1998 Z1 Bombers with spiders living in them (who needs a big stick?)
Peugeot lynx 1985
Ridgeback (blue and White 302 I think)
Raleigh m trax 1500
Trek zx3000
Cannondale 700fr super v
Specialised big hit (24 " back wheel version)
Trek remedy
Cannodale f700 with headshox
Speacilized demo 8
Foes fxr 2:
Genesis vapour
Orange clockwork 2007 re issue
Yeti 575
Orange clockwork 1990 mint original from retro bike
Titus el guapo
Bianchi nirone road bike
Now gone back to basics with a cotic soul and loving it though tempted by some more rear end squish
1995 Carrera shockwave-
1998 Mongoose nx 8.0-
2004 Specialized Enduro-
2007 IronHorse mk3-
2008 Gary Fisher big sur-
2008 Commencal Mini DH-(still got and going strong)
2008 Kona paddywagon-single speed-(still got commuter)
2009 Commencal super 4-
2010 Planet X superlight-(still got)
2010 Cotic BFE-(still got and loving)
86 Sarcen Tufftrax
88 Pine Mountain
89 Kona Explosive
91 Trek 8900
93 Orange P7
06 Marin Mount Vision
11 Orange R8 Pro
Me
1999 Specialized Rockhopper Comp - rebuilt several times with upgraded parts. Still riding as a commuter singlespeed!
2009 On-One 456 Inbred
2011 - Lynskey Ridgeline SS (In build stage still, saving up for parts!)
Wife
2004 Specialised Rockhopper Pro (Frame cracked on HT)
2008 Cove Handjob (which she is too embarrased to say on the phone to the Insurers..so I have to do it!)
1995 Univega Alipna 502, stolen
1997 Saracen Protrax s.e.
2001 A horrible far eastern Alu custom build, it was Easton Elite tubing but really proved that "It's the frame builder, not the material."
2002 Rock Lobster 853 custom build
(time off bikes and getting fat)
2007 Giant XTC 4.5
Hopefully selling the Giant soon and getting a 2010 Charge Duster Mid.
from the 80's to early 90's
raliegh mustang
chas roberts white spider
dave lloyd custom frame
early stumpjumper
Long break from cycling whilst recovering from a big crash racing in clocaenog and then I discovered sex drugs and rock n roll which completely messed up my fitness for years but was immense fun
more recently:
gary fisher sugar
felt virtue
marin mount vision 5.7
sinister splinter
ellsworth epiphany
Merlin Malt 2
voodoo hoodoo
Voodoo sobo
voodoo bakka
on-one inbred ss
on-one 29er ss
on-one scandal 29er ss
on-one prototype scandal 29er ss
salsa selma 29er ss
there have been more that have passed through my hands, but these are main ones