Cinder Cone in the wild....

[stepawayfromthemachine]

Well after spending some time putting this together over Christmas I finally got a chance to ride this properly last night.
As the weather was so amazing I thought I’d get a few pics of it in its natural habitat.

Enjoy

 

[Duxuk]

Old mate of mine, sadly no longer with us, had one which I'm fairly sure was identical. He bought it '94 or '95 and fitted his first suspension fork in early '96. Unless I'm wrong and it's a totally different year!

 

[stepawayfromthemachine]

Sorry to hear he’s not with us anymore

It’s a 92 frame (was solid red) painted in the 93 Cindergold just for clarity

The STX RC groupset was ‘borrowed’ from an old Claud Butler Pagan I had in the shed.

 

[Duxuk]

I see, like me, you're not a slave to originality. My mates had Gripshift. I wrote a little story about my good friend Mark on my blog a couple of years ago. https://mountainbiker.online/2019/0...nce=7a504480b0&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=365 He would have been on the Cinder Cone at the time.

 

[stepawayfromthemachine]

Thank you for posting that up Duxuk. Mark sounded like a great friend and cycling buddy, so sorry that he passed away.
Hope seeing my bike has given you plenty of positive memories in some small way of your time riding together with him for you to keep his memory and spirit alive.