Whilst digging out the 88 Pine Mountain from hibernation i stumbled across the Muddy Fox Courier lying there at the back of the cave and i started to get all nostalgic looking at the two of them.
It took me back to 1988 being a 13 year old kid again riding BMX's everyday and then these things called Mountain Bikes turned up with loads of gears,big wheels and can go anywhere i wanted some of that
It's mad but i can remember exactly where i was and what bike it was that got me hooked on mountain biking.
And it was walking into Denton Cycles in Newcastle with my mam on a mission to try and get her to buy me a mountain bike for Christmas. Walking into the shop the first thing i saw was a Marin Pine Mountain with Tange Prestige and Shimano Deore and it instantly became my dream bike and still is,it just looked amazing with the silver paint, black forks and the violet flip in the paint. There's three things from that bike what has stayed with me forever,1/ Joe Murray and the bikes he made, 2/ Tange Prestige tubed bikes and 3/ Shimano bike parts.
I asked my mam if i could have it for Christmas, there was a long wait as my mam asked the owner how much it was. And once my mam heard how much it cost,it was an emphatic NO Chris your not getting that for Christmas it's far to expensive. I'm sure it was around £400 and to a 13 year old kid that didn't seem alot of money really considering it had Tange Prestige and Shimano Deore
My mam didn't see it that way though something about having to pay bills and putting food on the table which seemed all trivial to a 13 year old me i just wanted to ride a bike 
Deflated but not defeated i had a back up plan there was some more bikes around the corner which had a cool name, what were they, they were Muddy Fox of course.
Even better my mam loved them and the colours of them,that was until she seen the price
Muddy Fox Explorer, nope to expensive what about the Courier then you love the colour of it,sadly nope. Something to do with your sister has to get presents for Christmas aswell you know Chris, in my head i was thinking why don't you just get her less presents then
We left the shop and headed for Kawasaki on Westgate Road to look at the motocross bikes and the BMX's upstairs but that was it i was hooked forever with mountain bikes and everything what went with it,Dentons became my go to bike shop from then on, me and my mates going up there on the Metro to look at the bikes every week.
So i'm gonna have a little break from my Konas for a bit and concentrate on my neglected 80's bikes starting with this 1988 Muddy Fox Courier the one my mam loved the colour of but not enough to buy me one
It took me back to 1988 being a 13 year old kid again riding BMX's everyday and then these things called Mountain Bikes turned up with loads of gears,big wheels and can go anywhere i wanted some of that
It's mad but i can remember exactly where i was and what bike it was that got me hooked on mountain biking.
And it was walking into Denton Cycles in Newcastle with my mam on a mission to try and get her to buy me a mountain bike for Christmas. Walking into the shop the first thing i saw was a Marin Pine Mountain with Tange Prestige and Shimano Deore and it instantly became my dream bike and still is,it just looked amazing with the silver paint, black forks and the violet flip in the paint. There's three things from that bike what has stayed with me forever,1/ Joe Murray and the bikes he made, 2/ Tange Prestige tubed bikes and 3/ Shimano bike parts.
I asked my mam if i could have it for Christmas, there was a long wait as my mam asked the owner how much it was. And once my mam heard how much it cost,it was an emphatic NO Chris your not getting that for Christmas it's far to expensive. I'm sure it was around £400 and to a 13 year old kid that didn't seem alot of money really considering it had Tange Prestige and Shimano Deore
My mam didn't see it that way though something about having to pay bills and putting food on the table which seemed all trivial to a 13 year old me i just wanted to ride a bike Deflated but not defeated i had a back up plan there was some more bikes around the corner which had a cool name, what were they, they were Muddy Fox of course.
Even better my mam loved them and the colours of them,that was until she seen the price
Muddy Fox Explorer, nope to expensive what about the Courier then you love the colour of it,sadly nope. Something to do with your sister has to get presents for Christmas aswell you know Chris, in my head i was thinking why don't you just get her less presents then
We left the shop and headed for Kawasaki on Westgate Road to look at the motocross bikes and the BMX's upstairs but that was it i was hooked forever with mountain bikes and everything what went with it,Dentons became my go to bike shop from then on, me and my mates going up there on the Metro to look at the bikes every week.
So i'm gonna have a little break from my Konas for a bit and concentrate on my neglected 80's bikes starting with this 1988 Muddy Fox Courier the one my mam loved the colour of but not enough to buy me one
