the coolest mtb's...

[sinnett177]

When I was 6 this was the coolest bike on the planet...

The Raleigh dealer near my mothers has one of these in his backroom collection, it still looks cool today. He also has Raleigh Burners and a Raleigh Mag 20 as well as some of the coolest old Raleigh road bikes I've ever seen (probably over 50 bikes in total). Last time I popped in I was there for 2 hours!

 

[Augustus]

When I was 6 this was the coolest bike on the planet...

Raleigh Vectar...

I wonder how many owners ended up in casualty having crashed whilst 'programming' the missile defence system on the top tube?

 

[B3]

Funk


These are definitive for me.


Cool = Rare

Despite the avatar, Jez is right, in order for something to be cool for me it would have to from the smaller companies, those that puhed the boundries of MTB's because they loved the sport, not because there was a $ to be made.

Sorry Pickle, but for me, Zaskars are the Ford Mondeo's of the MTB world!

ATB

John

 

[Archangel]

I find Kleins (especially Adroits), Merlins, Mantises and Yetis very cool

 

[Kona Paul]

hmm, cool bikes would be things like cruzers and stuff, none of the bikes we're into are cool... we're all geeks just for being on this website and our bikes are just geek-bikes

I second that motion.

 

[BarneyRubble]

When I was 6 this was the coolest bike on the planet...

The Raleigh dealer near my mothers has one of these in his backroom collection, it still looks cool today. He also has Raleigh Burners and a Raleigh Mag 20 as well as some of the coolest old Raleigh road bikes I've ever seen (probably over 50 bikes in total). Last time I popped in I was there for 2 hours!

If Lancashire wasn't so far away I'd be tempted to pop into the shop myself! Ahhhh the memories!

 

[scant]

Easy.....Trek

don't go there mate

the cunningham trek is exceptionally cool

 

[scant]

I find Kleins (especially Adroits), Merlins, Mantises and Yetis very cool

ditto that list & add mountain goat

 

[gibbleking]

the merlin newsboy bike is sooooooo cool......

 

[theboy]

Salsa (pre 1996)

and cruisers as someone rightly pointed out at the start of the thread