First MTB's
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Spikes
Retro Guru
I bought a Cannondale R2000 (if I am not mistaken) in 1989 or 1990 with the first Dura-Ace STI road group. It looked stunning, but rode like shit. I never enjoyed riding it, so I sold it and bought my first mountainbike: a Rocky Mountain Summit RL from 1991. Highly expensive those days naturally. Still have it and recently restored it to it's original state.
Wow, some memories really bring brought back on this post 
My first ride was an '87 Peugeot Alpina* from Halfords.. Shimano Tourney friction gears [that I later indexed], metalic gun mteal paintjob in an 18" variety.. Saved up all Summer to pay for it, loved it.. Then crashed it into a ditch and bent the frame about a year later :roll:
* I think it was renamed the Lynx a year or so later and had crappier stickers etc.
My first ride was an '87 Peugeot Alpina* from Halfords.. Shimano Tourney friction gears [that I later indexed], metalic gun mteal paintjob in an 18" variety.. Saved up all Summer to pay for it, loved it.. Then crashed it into a ditch and bent the frame about a year later :roll:
* I think it was renamed the Lynx a year or so later and had crappier stickers etc.
ringlatron
Dirt Disciple
this thread is amazing!
nostalgia isnt what it used to be huh?
mine was an 87/88 saracen tufftrax, my dads 1st Gen Muddy Fox courier and then the original Kona Cinder Cone with the yellow and red splats!
i loved those bikes!
nostalgia isnt what it used to be huh?
mine was an 87/88 saracen tufftrax, my dads 1st Gen Muddy Fox courier and then the original Kona Cinder Cone with the yellow and red splats!
i loved those bikes!
My first MTB was a Universal Super Slicker that I bought from Charlie Browns (like Halfords) in Poole. It cost £200 and had a Shimano Exage groupset. First time out I fell off it and buckled the back wheel. CB's replaced it FOC. Next time out I bent the frame which CB again replaced FOC. I never got round to swapping the frame and rode it for years with a bent frame until I got my Alpinestars frame . I swapped all the components from the Universal onto the AS and the chainset is still going strong. Everything is worn out or broken. I recently I built up the 'new' replacement Universal frame with a 1950's Cyclemaster. What a hoot!
Vindec trekker in 1986, then a Raleigh something grim and next a 1988 Cinelli 'Mountain' bike with a 7 colour neon fade paint job. About 22" frame (I'm 5'7" so it was a real good fit). Eventually I had it resprayed in S-Works maroon and fitted decent bits and purple bolts. It got stolen, bought a Titan 1/2 trak (20" frame - I hadn't learnt much), then the slippery slope began...
Somewhere in the dark recesses I have a photo of me proudly stood next to it in it's original state with my specialized airforce lycra covered helmet on, like that will ever see the light of day again!
Somewhere in the dark recesses I have a photo of me proudly stood next to it in it's original state with my specialized airforce lycra covered helmet on, like that will ever see the light of day again!
