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most of what i have now is related to having it back in the day
in 90/91 i had a muddy fox alu pro, so i f i see a nice fox i'll get another
in 92 i had an offroad proflex with mag20's and almost full m900 (i did alot of paperounds for that!) hence last year doing a proflex build, i still have that frame but i remain unsure what to do with it.
in 94 i had my explosif, which i sold then bought back 2 years ago, my first race ever was on that bike and i won so as a result i naturally have a soft spot for kona but only the pre paligap stuff.
then in 95/96 i got my first orange, p7 nickel xt/xtr mix, i loved it but sold it too soon :roll:
then i got in the bike trade and started buying stuff that i sold in the shops, so first of all i bought a bunch of gt's, zaskars,psyclone, lts etc then i moved to a giant dealer, so had all the team models, atx,nrs,ac, tcr,mcr, dh team the whole lot!
then i finally came full circle when i started at an orange dealer, i got to know the guys at orange, then found a 93 clockwork on a scrapheap and realised i liked and missed that fast aggressive retro race geometry and restored the bike.
but i have stuck with going after orange stuff for many reasons, i like the ride, i like the look, they're not daft money to get hold of, they're not too rare but rare enough, the british thing, and the fact that i think they are a good bunch of people up there, eventhough i have left the trade i still find them helpful with advice and happy to chat, they're a riders company and i like their history and how they have developed over the last 20years from being a shed operation to building one of the most versatile bikes of today (the orange 5) . . . is that enough reasons?
that's not to say i don't hold other brands in high esteem aswel, it's just i haven't got round to getting those bikes/brands yet!! at some point i'll sort myself out a couple of GT's, a muddy fox and do something nice with the proflex.
the american super high end stuff doesn't massively appeal yet for me to chase after as i wasn't aware of it back then in 90-95 except for fat chance coz of dave hemming, so at present i'm happy chasing after what was considered to be good higher end stuff from the more mainstream producers from that period, hence the brands i have or want.
in 90/91 i had a muddy fox alu pro, so i f i see a nice fox i'll get another
in 92 i had an offroad proflex with mag20's and almost full m900 (i did alot of paperounds for that!) hence last year doing a proflex build, i still have that frame but i remain unsure what to do with it.
in 94 i had my explosif, which i sold then bought back 2 years ago, my first race ever was on that bike and i won so as a result i naturally have a soft spot for kona but only the pre paligap stuff.
then in 95/96 i got my first orange, p7 nickel xt/xtr mix, i loved it but sold it too soon :roll:
then i got in the bike trade and started buying stuff that i sold in the shops, so first of all i bought a bunch of gt's, zaskars,psyclone, lts etc then i moved to a giant dealer, so had all the team models, atx,nrs,ac, tcr,mcr, dh team the whole lot!
then i finally came full circle when i started at an orange dealer, i got to know the guys at orange, then found a 93 clockwork on a scrapheap and realised i liked and missed that fast aggressive retro race geometry and restored the bike.
but i have stuck with going after orange stuff for many reasons, i like the ride, i like the look, they're not daft money to get hold of, they're not too rare but rare enough, the british thing, and the fact that i think they are a good bunch of people up there, eventhough i have left the trade i still find them helpful with advice and happy to chat, they're a riders company and i like their history and how they have developed over the last 20years from being a shed operation to building one of the most versatile bikes of today (the orange 5) . . . is that enough reasons?
that's not to say i don't hold other brands in high esteem aswel, it's just i haven't got round to getting those bikes/brands yet!!
at some point i'll sort myself out a couple of GT's, a muddy fox and do something nice with the proflex.the american super high end stuff doesn't massively appeal yet for me to chase after as i wasn't aware of it back then in 90-95 except for fat chance coz of dave hemming, so at present i'm happy chasing after what was considered to be good higher end stuff from the more mainstream producers from that period, hence the brands i have or want.
