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http://alans-bikes.blogspot.co.uk/2009/ ... r.html?m=0 here . have a browse around here. if you look around the archive a bit , its the blog I did for Alan.

Yea , exactly. I was running the demo's at Alan's a while back . Scott sent us some amazing bikes . 3 grand Scales and Geniuses. Absolutely amazing bikes , in every respect , BUT , just so damn good that they were missing something. It takes away the very thing that attracted me to MTB ing in...

Handles like a fish. I guess it's up for interpretation . I'm sure Alan coyld clarify , but , I always thought it this way. Grab a fish. How does it handle ? It's a handful. FWIW , I like that handful. It was of its time. The experimental period .MTB geometry hadnt settled down to a...

M+L. Moore + Large. Emmelle. Yea. UK distributors back then . Arent they a Raleigh brand now? I always liked DBs as a kid. The coolest kitted out BMX team. OK , they were mass produced , not as cool as , say , the Torkers and Robinsons ( that Alan bought in ), but hey. Good decent bikes...

A veritable quiver. I'm just about to start a light resto of my '87 Courier. I'll share it in the hope of your approval. Its in my gallery should you wish to see it before i go mad with a rattle can or two.

The old green Apex is cool. Dont reckon M+L brought many of those in. 87 /88 ? I have two Axis'. ( axii , ha ? ) Got one of the first to come in in '89. Basically , two came over in the first container load. I got one through Alans at wigan , and the other went to Harry Halls. The one at HH's...

Looks later than '89. Not sure meself though

Hey . i've be coming on here infrequently for years , and i dont have a clue where to post what either. dont worry about it. i've just put one or two earlier courier pics up. In my gallery. Get me . I'll be after a job in I.T. next....[/list]

Yea , It's like meeting an old friend . I bought a Courier as my first MTB in '87 , but sold it to fund my next bike , a DB Axis in '89 . I wont say I obsessively scoured the ads /Ebay , but last year I found a courier on Ebay that I was fortunate enough to win . It's in great shape , with...

Yea . I think 90 . My Brother in law had an '89 . Unicrown rear end , but in that crackle effect . Red / black ? Those long stems were wack ,alright .

It's definitely a 90. The 88s had a Ubrake and curved forks . 89 had cantis and straight forks . 90 had brake booster stays . Cantis , O/size headset , first gen' piano shifters , and went back to curved forks . Yea .The golden age of DBs . I retired my'89 Axis after 20 yrs of use /...

OK , I'll let you off then . But let this be a warning ,to you all. The muddyfox courier is watching ... BWA HA HA Ha Why dont you just concoct some fantastic story that all that patina was caused on a 1989 pilgrimage along the silk road.....

Right ,mr credit crunch special Am I too late . is that next Tuesday ? What is wrong with you .( In fact you all need to have a word with yourselves) In the pictures on here it looks really cool . If you must gain plaudits off here simply take some photos leaning against a tree or something...

Nah . It was the 'proper ' team burner. Different ,ie , useable geometry.

For those that are interested my story is here, http://www.stealbikes.blogspot.com I also babble on a bit here.Old bikes ,new bikes ,bikes bikes.... http://www.alans-bikes.blogspot.com Definitely not for sale.

I AM the muddyfox courier. That is cool .Wierdly niche enough to maybe be worth some money.But ,as above,not as cool as ,say a '85 stumpjumper.Just because it doesnt say ,er ,'stumpjumper' on it.Deffo worth a spot in UK MTB history. I would bet in the flesh it's a very nice bit of kit.Werent...

I actually remember the first ever MTBing on telly.V.Early 90s I guess. I remember thinking " YEEESSSS!!!!! Everyone will know how cool I am too. " Because ordinary people ,not weirdoes,didnt even KNOW what MTBing was. It was a Grundig in Scotland.John Tomac,who was fairly good,was climbing up...

Yea,there;s no answer to it.I'm afraid of coming home with the 'full retro ' broken collarbone.

Hmm.It looks OK .You've deffo got a mix of decades going on though.Which is not a problem in my book,if it means getting it up and running. How do you intend using it? Dont tell me it's just for polishing ? I had some Ibex's (ibeces ? )on my Muddyfox courier and binned them off . In the...

With purple? Gogol Bordello. "all your sanity and wits they will vanish ,i promise.It's just a matter of time." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_81l4DXlwM