Coolwall June 2011 - Girvin Flexstem

[BarneyRubble]

I lusted after then bought a fluro yellow one BITD and it was COOL. My friends were jealous and I rocked (in my mind). Were they as good as "real" suspension? No. Were they slightly scary if they compressed at the bottom of a drop off tipping you much too far forward? Yes. Do I still love them? Most definitely.

If we review all the stuff we thought was cool BITD by today's standards, then the majority of it would be uncool! Stick with your 14 year old self and vote Cool.

 

[DaveP_retro]

Girvin

BITD, if you didn't have mega money the choice was either a Flex-stem or nasty sus forks that were a nightmare to fit.

I spent my hard earned cash on the easy to fit and cheap stem.... Then saved up for Girvin forks on a Proflex. ;-)


COOL!

 

[Tazio]

Cool BITD.

I remember buying my first decent MTB (Kona Fire Mountain) and bought one when I picked the bike up, cycled home and fitted it straight away. So apart from the 4 miles home from the bike shop I never knew how a Kona on Project 2's steered anyway.

God I was dumb in those days.

 

[Neil]

I remember buying my first decent MTB (Kona Fire Mountain) and bought one when I picked the bike up, cycled home and fitted it straight away. So apart from the 4 miles home from the bike shop I never knew how a Kona on Project 2's steered anyway.

Found that bit most amusing!

 

[Tazio]

I remember buying my first decent MTB (Kona Fire Mountain) and bought one when I picked the bike up, cycled home and fitted it straight away. So apart from the 4 miles home from the bike shop I never knew how a Kona on Project 2's steered anyway.

Found that bit most amusing!

Not as amusing as I found it when I eventually got rid of the flexstem in the name of weight saving to make it into a lightweight commuter. It felt like a different bike.

 

[Drencrom]

If we review all the stuff we thought was cool BITD by today's standards, then the majority of it would be uncool! Stick with your 14 year old self and vote Cool.

+1

Hugely, hugely uncool then.

 

[siamesekatz]

I VOTE COOOL will post pics of the one my my sisters giant soon

 

[feetabix]

my mates offroad had one and i borrowed his bike at lunch to try it out......the first step toward proper suspension, and i would have sold my nan for his bike back then......COOL!.....

 

[clockworkgazz]

So uncool, wanted one bitd, got one 2 years ago and quickly sold it, as others have said they are heavy and ugly and pretty useless. Ti ones look better but i suspect tgey are just as pants if a bit lighter.

 

[Rally_cat]

Nevermind suspension forks, I couldn't even afford these when they came out. I bought my first one three years ago and I'm thirty years old. Cool.

Off topic - Gazz, love the avatar I remember that episode when it first came out, I chuckle every time I look at that picture.