What makes you a fan of a certain brand....?

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When i cracked my '94 Kula (gutted) i needed something else and my LBS had this beautiful Candy red Amp Research B4 with F3 forks 2nd hand for sale. I sealed a monthly payment deal and built it up with the parts from my Kula ( V's not disks) .
It was the best bike i have ever owned and i would love another ( although i weigh a lot more now than back then i'm not sure one would be strong enough!).
 
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Oh yes, now you're talking...keep missing out on them on here! I'm light, perhaps I should pursue that idea again.... :facepalm:
 
Exposure in the late 80s..

Marin and Muddy Fox. I only had a pants Raleigh. Always wanted either.
 
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My first EVER mountain bike was a 1988 Dawes Jackal. Found a pic of it ages ago, would love to find another one for old times sake. At the time, it felt like the pinnacle of cycling achievement after a single speed BSA roadster from a neighbour that i tried putting big tyres on to go off road... :roll:
 
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I like Dave's.

Yates because they are fun to ride and Lloyd because they are fun to ride.

Yates you can feel his sense of humour, they really make me smile. Lloyd you can feel his competitive nature, they just make you want to push on the whole time.

I'm quite partial to a DeKerf too, they are more sure footed, stable and quietly confident that anything else I have ever ridden.

Rourke's are just classy, I have had three pass though my hands and they are just pure classy, plus they ride brilliantly.

My Roberts because it is so easy to ride, on anything, at anytime, day or night.

And lastly my Zaskar, cos it's just a bit bonkers.... which takes me back to the Dave's.
 
More of the same here, there were two LBS's I frequented as a kid, one was a Cannondale house, the other a Rocky house. The Cannondales were always a little less expensive, and the head mechanic at that shop was a true wizard among men, so I bought big C's as a kid. A few years later I rode my first Rocky and fell in love, my Cannondale felt "dead" by comparison, and the Blizzard I picked up fit me like a glove and really felt like an extension of my body (still have it :)). I always loved Rocky's catalogues as well, by profiling their designers and builders you always had the feeling that someone handbuilt the bikes for you, even if the reality was a bit different.

Cheers, Ted
 
retroyetiguy":2tnqyd85 said:
I love my Zaskar. A bike which handles brilliant and just has attitude .
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I chose mine back in the 90's as I couldn't afford the steel bikes I saw in the mags.

Now I have some of those steel bikes, it is scary how similar the Zaskar is to some of them.
 
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