Show us your bike history..

[delboy009]

Good lord !!!!

In order but as for dates !!!! :shock: :shock:

Falcon racer
Falcon MTB
Raleigh Mustang !!! (Really should have been the first !!)
Carrera Waikaloa
Holdsworth Ultima
Carrera Krakatoa
Carrera Team bike (cant remember the name but it had fantastic grey marble effect paint !!)
Marin Bear Valley
Kona Fire Mountain
Specialised Rock Hopper
Specialised M2
Alpinestars cro-mega lx
Alpinestars Cro-mega DX
And an Al-mega DX
Orange Aluminium 'O'
Checker Pig
Kona 'AA'
Klein Att Team colours x 2
Klein Adroit Burgundy/Blue
Klein Att Moonrise
Klein Att Coral Reef
And
My latest GT Zaskar LE
Christ ive surprised myself !!! If only I kept that little lot !!

I reckon genuinely, at least 7 of those bikes were stolen !!!

 

[dookie]

~1986 miyata terrarunner
~1989 shogun prairie breaker team
1992 paramount series 90
1999 kona king kahuna
2008 pivot mach 4

i never regressed, i just kept the paramount and the kona. componentry progressed to more modern, then regressed back to period correct however.

 

[lesta]

Not sure on exact dates, but all kicked off for me in `89/90 with :

GT Tequesta:First up grade was a Yellow Girvin Flex stem. Then went OTT!
GT Zaskar:came with suntour xc pro kit, slowly changed it all for Shimano, 1st generation Gripshift, Ringle, Cooks, Rockshox etc.
Pace RC200:Best bike ever owned, bought as frame set, tricked out with anodized blue and purple Ringle, cooks, XT/XTR mix, Tioga Disc Drive.
sent back to Pace later for frame mods and re-anodized Red. Then changed all the Blue/purple parts for black and silver.
GT LTS:custom build
Specialized S-works M4 (Full sus)nly changed the bars, Perfect off the peg.
GT Lobo:custom build
Azonic DS1:custom built for slalom in `99 and never used, recently stripped and converted to single speed and still not used LOL.

Also had two Specialized S-work M2`s some where in the middle.

 

[grundig-world-cup-90]

bike history

wow ace machines here guys

heres my rigs

TOWNSEND ??? no transfers but she was yellow and equipped with
exage country ( got nicked )

SPECIALIZED ROCKCOMBO suntour xcd 6000 equipment dropbars.

OFFROAD MASTER 1989 built off the rockcombo (still got the frame)

SCOTT SUPERAMERICA deore xt

Cannondale ??? canna remember the model

ANOTHER SCOTT SUPER AMERICA deore xt marzocchi forks

GT PSYCLONE tioga revolver m900 xtr rockshox q10 forks
that one the down tube bottle boss pulled out the frame.
so
ANOTHER GT PSYCLONE simliar spec both team scream colours.
(still got this frame)

GT KRAKORAM deore lx u brake

GT ZASKAR XTR THOMPSON

KLEIN ATTITUDE XX

SPECIALIZED BIG HIT 11

CANNONDALE PROPHET SL 2

KONA CINDERCONE 1994

The offroad is currently being brought back to life

phew

 

[greenstiles]

Townsend equaliser around 1991
Claud butler
Diamondback sorrento
Diamondback topanga
GT rictor 8
GT bravado
GT zaskar
Kona explosive 94
Kona kilauea
Saracen kili ultralight
Saracen tufftrax
Schwinn 4 banger
Schwinn sweet spot
Specialized full sussers x 3
Santa cruz heckler
Santa cruz superlight
Mountaincycle moho slix
Voodoo ezuli x2
Voodoo wanga 631
Voodoo bizango Foco 1 off frame
Setavento Ti Voodoo copy
On one old school ti
Cove hummer
Cove handjob
Sunn extract
Rock lobster fuji
Rock lobster ti
KHS montana true temper

OTHERS…………when I remember them...........plus a few road bikes too.

 

[Surfr]

Found some old photos

rod brakes baby!

Raleigh? Check the pannier!

Raleigh Striker or close relative.

Raleigh Chrome Burner and me rocking the full face helmet

Ridgeback 600 STI
No Photos

'93/4 Parkpre Comp Limited
No Photos

'00 Marin Quake 5.0

'07 Condor Cycles Italia

'94 Kona Cindercone (Work in progress)

'94 Specialized Hardrock (Commuter, built but awaiting pics)

'09 Merlin Malt 2 (purchased as a donor for an '09 black Cotic Soul Medium with wrap graphics)

 

[danpiero]

1987 Diamond Back Ascent
1988 Tushingham B-52
1990 Clockwork Orange
1991 Orange Formula
1991 Clockwork Orange
1992 Orange Formula(with disc drive and pace rc 35 forks)
1993 Dave Yates DONKIS NOB (still have it )
1993 Iron Horse F/S
1994 GT LTS (still have it )

 

[boxxer]

80's Raleigh Chipper - Kids Size

80's Raleigh Striker - Little bigger

80's Raleigh Grifter - Bigger still

80's Raleigh Chopper - Biggest and baddest - red with pennant flag!

Something or other ATB - 10 spd and thumbies - good for jumping ramps

91 Shogun Train Breaker - started with 200 GS adn rubbish generic parts and ended up with Manitou 1, XTR., Gripshift and Hope Wheels

95 Orange C16R - Nice XC light, bought as a frame and transferred the parts over

96 Marin B17 FS - upgraded to DH spec, Hopes / Big Uns etc

98 Azonic DS2 - Street / Jump - ripped mech hanger off - Now SS

01 Santa Cruz Bullitt - DH Spec

93 Raleigh M-Trax 1000 - 1st Retro Project finished, Built with Hope, Mag 20, LX, Gripshift etc stripped to build -

96 GT RTS Frame with Brake rocker - sadly RH chainstay is cracked but looking into local engineers / welders - will become pRoject masTerS

 

[john the sparky]

universal... something or other, rode to death, broke everything on it, and couldn't work out why, snapped the cast cranks, busted wheels monthly, the LBS was relieved when the warranty was up.... and then it was stolen from uni!

raleigh ..... something else, heavy and purple,,, started riding with some lads into mountain bikes... starting to realise the error of my ways.... stolen from uni!

bought secondhand diamond back apex, and built into bike, it was great, frame was a bit big... but that meant it was cheap (£30 I seem to remember) I used it for cyclocross, commuting in the summer, mountain biking... and it's still in the shed

got a '94 nickel orange P7 XT.... the bike I always wanted at uni, but could never afford!!

and then since finding retrobike, got another P& project frame, and also....

Pace RC200 F3, which will be LX group... the bike I absolutely always wanted, well probably a RC100... but the years blur the edges enough )

so I guess in my case bike theft did me a favour... the jalopies were kept in the flats bike lockup, and the raleigh was stolen one day, I collected it from the police station the next, and it was stolen the day after that!! :shock: .... after that I chained my bike to my bed

 

[Once A Hero]

Trip down memory lane then......

1989 Townsend 2000 - utter rubbish, traded in for...
1990 MuddyFox Adventurer with Suntour Groupset! - Frame snapped, got replaced under warranty, and subsequently stolen
1991 Proflex 550 - very squeaky - subsequently stolen
1992 Marin Indian Fire Trail to replace the Proflex - guess what, got stolen
1993 KHS Montana Team - Pink and Blue and still going strong!
1993 Trek 8000 - for training purposes - also still going and mostly original
1994 Specialized Stumpjumper FS (silver) - returned to sponsor part way through season
1994 Specialized Stumpjumper rigid (green) - returned to sponsor at end of season
1995 Giant Cadex CFM-1 - sold on
1996 Giant ATX990 (full suspension) - sold on
1997 Giant ATX990D - kept for years then sold on - then stolen from its new owner.

I think there was an IronHorse in their briefly somewhere aswell prob early '96, oh and few other hacks.

All of the above lived very hard lives!!