Do you still have your first MTB?

[Sam R]

Seems to me the majority of riders on this site have always had a fair amount of parent's cash based on how many reasonable to quite nice bikes seem to have been their first :shock:

to add balance, mine was a 1988 24" wheel Universal with side-pull calipers, steel rims and 12 gears - did a lot of miles and many woodland, moorland and footpath jaunts.

 

[jimihendrix]

Seems to me the majority of riders on this site have always had a fair amount of taste based on how many reasonable to quite nice bikes seem to have been their first :shock: Also a bit of spare wonga to pay for them !

Alternatively your all fibbers and are not prepared to own up to the cheapo POS that actually was your first bike

Well i'll buck the trend , my first was a Raliegh Dakota which was a P.O.S, bought in 1990 for about £160 i think, had a Bomber before that but i dont think that's really a mountain bike, more Cruiser really.

Gave the Dakota to my sister about 17 years ago, as far as i know it's still buiried in her garage where it can stay for all eternity

 

[kaiser]

a pink hardrock in 1990 I think .

became a rent bike , so probably dead by now .

That sounds like a true life movie

 

[kaiser]

Still have my 1991 Kona Lavadome. Restored to original condition with original tyres etc.

I still have my original Cannondale and some bits for it, this sounds like a great idea, though not a fan of the catalogue builds.

 

[Andy R]

Alternatively your all fibbers and are not prepared to own up to the cheapo POS that actually was your first bike

I don't have my first or second or third or fourth or fifth or sixth etc but many were of the 'what a heap of sh*** ' variety

I suppose that I'm in quite a minority then, insofar as I've only had five bikes and I still have (and use) all of them. None of them were/are heaps of shit either
Actually we have six bikes (3 x Kona, 3 x RM) but one of the RM's is my wife's, so I'm not counting that.

 

[jez-4-bikes-max]

Fluo Yellow Townsend Country was the first bike. Had Exage Country.

Not sure if that counts.

 

[WD Pro]

Fluo Yellow Townsend Country was the first bike. Had Exage Country.

Not sure if that counts.

Dad had the same - I think it had 501 main tuges and was lugged construction ?

 

[24pouces]

My fist bike was a very cheap moutain bike, stolen a few years ago… :cry: :cry: . But I still have first really good mountain bike, my cannondale EST (actually in respraying)

 

[James]

I suppose I do, but then again I don't. I still have my first 26" wheel mtb but my 22" wheel apollo triple triangle avalanche and 24" wheel scott junior racing have long since gone. My first mtb isnt really a keeper either, just an alu giant.

 

[utahdog2003]

My first mountain bike was a POS Fuji Odessa...if I still had that thing I'd burn it to the ground and then slit my wrists. :shock:

I have my 13th bike (white EWR) , and replacements for my 4th (Beast of the East) and 5th (Klein Rascal.)