Emmelle Aspid 24 speed, cant find any pictures online, any details about it?

[Vluurz]

i have an emmelle aspid 24 speed mountain bike when i try to google it nothing comes up, id like to know a bit more about it or such how much it would have been new etc as i think its unique and i personally havent seen another like it

 

[bikeworkshop]

Emmelle (ML) was the brand owned by the parts wholesaler Moore Large, who went bust a couple of years ago. They also owned the trade cycle cash-and-carry H&J.

They marketed bikes at the lower end of the industry, from BSO up to the occasional cromo frames with shimano exage or mountain LX kit.

Your Aspide is down at the BSO end, with pressed steel hubs and unicrown suspension fork, plastic coated steel cranks, seat clip and almost no aluminium anywhere at all apart from the rims.

Probably from around 1996, and costing as little as £99!

This is a survivor for sure, most of these bikes got ridden a bit, rained on, and needed more spending on them than they cost in the first place, so ended up as scrap.

 

[Vluurz]

Emmelle (ML) was the brand owned by the parts wholesaler Moore Large, who went bust a couple of years ago. They also owned the trade cycle cash-and-carry H&J.

They marketed bikes at the lower end of the industry, from BSO up to the occasional cromo frames with shimano exage or mountain LX kit.

Your Aspide is down at the BSO end, with pressed steel hubs and unicrown suspension fork, plastic coated steel cranks, seat clip and almost no aluminium anywhere at all apart from the rims.

Probably from around 1996, and costing as little as £99!

This is a survivor for sure, most of these bikes got ridden a bit, rained on, and needed more spending on them than they cost in the first place, so ended up as scrap.

thanks for the info! i rode it a couple times and idk its really nice to cruise keeps its speed and easy to gain speed again, its growing on me but it could just be me being blinded by its retro look thanks again though, i searched and couldnt find anything anywhere

 

[bikeworkshop]

thanks for the info! i rode it a couple times and idk its really nice to cruise keeps its speed and easy to gain speed again, its growing on me but it could just be me being blinded by its retro look thanks again though, i searched and couldnt find anything anywhere

The geometry of this period of bike is absolutely bang on for an all purpose bike
Emmelle did use the current geometry - so although the components are low quality, if you overlook the weight, the handling will be nice