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Bike roll call – what MTBs have you owned
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GachetFree Member
Following on for the what car thread, I thought I’d start one for mountain bikes. I’ve included what I’ve owned since I got back into riding as TBH I can’t remember exact the make and model of old stuff.
Past
1996 GT RTS
1998 GT LTS 2000DS – with Rock Shox Judy XL triple clamp forks! I thought I was Mike King or Steve Peat on this!
1998 Specialized Stumpjumper M2
1999 GT Zaskar – custom build with LX. Mavic 521 rims and Rock Shox Judy 100 forks. Wish I still had it.
2002 Santa Cruz Superlite – LX/XT, Hope XC4’s, Rockshox Dukes, Easton finishing kit. Now my dad’s bike.Present
2000 Gary Fisher Supercailiber – Ex magazine review bike, bought cheaply direct from Trek when I worked in a bike shop. Full XTR, Manitou Mars Carbon or Marzocchi Marathon forks. Approx 22lbs. Fast but a bone shaker, XTR V-brakes don’t seem as good as they used to!
2004 Intense Tracer – Fox Float 130 forks, LX/XTR, Hope Mono Minis, Gold Pro Taper bars! Still rides really well, much tricker than the Specialised FSRs that donated the four bar rear suspension design.
1998 Intense Uzzi SL – frame only at the moment, most bits went on the Tracer. Was my dream bike, but the bottom bracket always seemed too high to me.
1999 GT I-drive 1000 – In bits at the moment.
2005 Kona Kula – Easton Ultralight frame, Fox Vanilla forks, Hope X2. Light and responsive, doesn’t beat you up as much as older alloy frames, it’s my main bike for the winter.
2008 Rocky Mountain Slayer SXC 50 – Stock build with Fox Float 36’s, SRAM X9, Race Face and Avid bits. Absolutely fantastic 6″ travel bike, pedal well and only feels heavy when lifting it over things. The maple leaf red and white paint job is too nice to scratch so doesn’t see much mud!pixelmixFree MemberHmm, this is a toughie. Can’t remember what I had before the M-Trax, but I’ve had:-
M-Trax Titanium rigid thing – Crazy light, and pedalled all over the Pentlands whilst I was a teenager, after being passed down from my Dad
Trek 4300 2003 (with silly heavy RLT forks)
Trek 6500 2005 (to replace the 4300, which was subsequently demoted to commuting)
Specialized Epic Expert 2008 (to replace the 6500, which was subsequently demoted to commuting)
On-One Scandal (built with bits from the Epic, as I thought a hardtail would require less maintenance)
Giant Anthem X2 2010 (current bike, after deciding that full-sussers are quite nice after all)
On-One Inbred singlespeed (current bike, to save some wear n tear from the full susser)HohumFree MemberI have only owned 2:
I bought a Kona Lanai 4 years ago and then bought a second-hand Cotic Soul around Christmas time for my 40th birthday.
D0NKFull Memberbetter than a boring old car thread and I have a longer list 🙂
91ish emmelle californian – broke first day, warranty replacement was stolen
93ish Kirk revolution – stolen
94 Kona Lava dome – broke after 10+ years
94 townsend cheapo something – uni hack bike, stolen
97 GF Montare – nice, broke, warranty replacement frame was…
00 GF supercaliber – nice light broke after 8yrs or so
03 SC Heckler – flinkin excellent still running in a burly manner.
04 OO inbred – v.good recently retired may be built as a hack bike soon
07 RM etsx 70 – v.good currently doing xc duties
07ish – SH Kinesis xc 120 – chuckable+light=broke
10 Ragley Mmmbop – to replace the xc120, not bad so far
11 OO c456 – mmmmm ss lightness.Fortunateson09Free MemberFairly short list for me..
– Mongoose Rockadile of some description, circa 2003
– GT Avalanche 0.0
– Mongoose Black Diamond – the bike that really got me into it
– Kona Pahoehoe, in various guises
– Evil Sovereign in full Alpine destruction buildI see big bouncy things in the future, but I’ll be keeping hold of the Evil…
birkyFree Membernot many in 20 years of mtbing …
past
91 raleigh yukon – 520 frame, 200gs groupset, biopace chainringscurrent
94 marin indian fire trail – used for 1st mtb race in ’95 and first road century in ’05
05 trek fuel 80
10 giant anthem x3tartanscarfFull MemberRaleigh Striker
Raleigh Grifter (red, glittery logo, stolen, sniff!)
No name road bike
Specialized Stumpjumper (fully rigid)
Diamondback Axis (fully rigid, upgraded to Bombers)
Specialized Allez Sport road bike (still in use)
100 ton old tandem (skipped)
Cannondale Super V900 (some maniac paid £200 for it 3 years ago)
Giant Anthem 2That’s it.
TSGachetFree Member00 GF supercaliber – nice light broke after 8yrs or so
D0NK, did you get a replacement frame? I’m sure GF frames have a lifetime guarantee.
MackemFull Member1991 Giant Coldrock – nicked
1995 Orange P7 – still got it
1996 Specialized S-works M2 – sold to fund flight from oz to UK
2000 Specialized stumpjumper FSR = sold as i didnt like it
2001 Litespeed – sold as it was a bit too big for me really.
2006 Pace RC303 – given away
2008 to now – Orange P7loddrikFree MemberGT avalanche -1990
Marin Indian Fire Trail -1993
Klein Adroit Pro – 1999
Marin Mount Vision – 2000
Cannondale Raven – 2001
Cannondale Jekyll – 2003
Marin Attack trail- 2004
Klein Attitude – 2006
Marin Team Titanium – 2007
Yeti 575 – 2007
Airborne Lancaster – 2007
Van Nicholas Zion – 2008
Orange E8 – 2008
Maverick ML7/5 – 2008
Cove Handjob – 2009
Van Nicholas Mamtor – 2009
Ellsworth Epiphany – 2010PeterPoddyFree Member1989 Raleigh USA Technium Chill
1991 Kona Cindercone
1993 Kona Lava Dome
1996-ish Kona Hei_Hei
2004 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR
2006ish Sanderson Breath
2007 Yeti 575
2007 On One Inbred 853 (still got)
2008 On One inbred DN6 SS
2009 Specialized Pitch (still got)
19922 Kona Cindercone, retro SS (Still got)
2011 On One Carbon 456 (still got)
2006-ish Specialized Hardrock (Just bought for £50 as a project bike)So mostly Specialized, On One and Kona then!
lungeFull MemberFor someone who has been riding mountain bikes for 20 years my list is fairly short:
Emmelle Laser – Everything was worn out so replaced with a…
Trek 930 – Frame broke and replaced under warranty by a…
Trek 920 – Loved this bike bike but again the frame broke so replaced under warranty by a…
Trek 4500 – Fairly uninspiring frame but solid enough and now ridden by my dad as I wanted a…
Orange P7 – The bike I had wanted since I was 14, it is wonderful, I love it, howeever I fancied something else in the garage so bought a…
Planet-X Jack Flash – Initially built with light kit as a steetbike/big BMX but now has big forks and brakes and is my downhill hardtailmossimusFree MemberMuddyfox – Cannot remeber model
Peugot – Again no idea of model
Marin Muirwoods – 1991
Marin Muirwoods – 1992
Marin Bear Valley – 1994
GT Zaskar – 1997
Yeti kokopelli – 1998
Cove Handjob – 2005
Yeti 575 – 2006
On One inbred 2006gusamcFree Membertricycle
raleigh singlespeed
rather big gap
Giant Terrago, now a mates gf horse bike
Univega 509
Marin MV round tube, now a mates wifes bike
Orange 5
Orange 5eddFull MemberUnknown steel fully rigid: Mid ’95 to Dec ’96 (GBP 10) – given away
Slightly better unknown steel hardtail: Dec ’96 to Dec ’97 – sold
Alpinestars Alloy hardtail: Dec ’97 to Feb ’98 – stolen
Cannondale M900: Feb ’98 to July ’05 – sold
Santa Cruz Blur: June ’03 to Oct ’03 – bought for a season in the Alps then sold
Intense Uzzi XC (yes really): March ’04 to June ’04 – stolen
Airborne Lancaster: Sept ’04 to Sept ’08 – cracked
Independent Fabrication steel Deluxe: Dec ’08 onwards
Orange Alpine 160: June ’10 onwardsThat’s 9 bikes in 16 years of riding.
debaserFull MemberRaleigh Mustang – Overbuilt and unwieldy but huge amounts of fun.
Dawes Kickback – LX bits, toeclips, biopace rings and came with purple bar ends as standard.
Giant XTC SE – After a few years not riding, my first bike with disc brakes, suspension forks and clipless pedals. What a difference.
On One 456 Summer Season – Overbuilt and unwieldy but huge amounts of fun 🙂
5thElefantFree Membermarin rift zone (still have with slicks on it)
scott strike (dead)
scott spark (current)3 bikes in 14(?) years but the current one should do another 5.
tomasoFree MemberVarious grandad sit up and beg bikes ridden over the downs before I got my first mtb
91 Saracen Killi Ultra Flyer Comp Race Pro with Magura rim brakes
92 Marin Bear Valley – upgraded from rapidfire to rapidfire plus shifters!
93 Specialized Stumpjumper with syncros pace and cooks brothers
94 Mountain Cycle San Andreas with prostops etc
95 Specialized Stumpjumper M2 with Manitou 2s
96 Verlicchi
98 Klein Rascal with RS Judys
03 Cove Stiffee with Marzocchis
06 Giant AC1 Marzocchis
08 Giant Reign RS Revs
10 Ragley mmmBop RS Revs
10 Specialized Pitch RS PikeFavourite bikes from all those would have to be the Pitch, Klein and Stumpjumper.
I think the Mountain Cycle is probably the most advanced in its time bike I’ve ever owned. No one had anything like it and its a shame that suspension technology wasn’t able to match the frame’s abilities.
Current bikes are Pitch and retro steel 94 Stumpjumper and Cotic Roadrat.
rusty-trowelFree Member91 Alpinstars cro-mega DX
Orange Sub Zero
On one 456
BMC Elite HT
On one inbred (slidey drop)plus road, cx and bmx’s
letmetalktomarkFull MemberIn no particular order
Ones gone but not forgotten:
➡ 1984 Saracen
➡ 1989 Ridgeback
➡ 1991 Peugeot Black Mamba
➡ 1994 Kona Kilauea
➡ 1994 GT RTS 1
➡ 1994 Clark Kent Cromag
➡ 1997 Kona Hei Hei
➡ 1997 DMR Trial Star:
➡ 1998 Saracen Kili
➡ 1998 Kona Lava Dome
➡ 1999 Saracen Kili
➡ 2007 GT Peace Fixie Experiment
➡ 2008 Voodoo Canzo
➡ 2010 Singular Swift:
➡ 2010 Pipedream Sirius:
Then there were those that never got built up
➡ GT LTS
➡ Carerra:
➡ Specialized Rockhopper
➡ Spooky MetalHead
Current bikes:
➡ 1993 Diamond Back Axis Pro
➡ 1994 Muddy Fox
➡ Confused Kona:
➡ 2010 Cotic Soul
Phew 😆
Wont go into those new ones awaiting to be built!
poisonspiderFree MemberCan remember the exact year but roughly in chronological order:
Raleigh Lizard
Marin Nail Trail
Marin Rocky Ridge
Marin Mount Vision
Whyte PRST1
Kinesis Maxlight HT
Kona Lava Dome (still own)
Santa Cruz Superlight
Specialized Enduro (the ’05 one)
Specialized RockHopper
Specialized Stumpjumper
Turner 5 Spot
Cotic Soul (still own)
Orange 5 (still own)
Another Santa Cruz Superlight (still own)
Norco A Line DH bike (still own)All but the Lizard, Nail Trail and the Stumpjumper have been built up from frame only.
RHSno2Free MemberUm…
First: Saracen Kili Comp
Pro Flex Beast
Specialized Stumpy Comp
Cove Handjob
Cove Stiffer 4x
Kona Stinky
Santa Cruz VP Free
Orange Patriot 66 FR
Scott Ransom
Orange 224
Commencal Supreme
Orange Patriot 66 (Frame only)
Commencal Meta 6 (Frame only)
Kona Ziong Road bike
Felt Compulsion (Frame only)
and now…finally, after all this time and money. One to Rule them ALL
Specialized S-Works Carbon Enduro (Frame only)
Only 2 bikes in the garage now. MTB and Road.Jesus…thats a great Coke habit I could have had!
StuFFull MemberStarted with a
00 trek 7000
and then a 08 Cove Handjoband that’s it
ChrisLFull MemberChildhood
Raleigh Bomber 5-speed (not an MTB but looked a bit like one)
Raleigh HighlanderAdulthood
2000 Marin Bolinas Ridge (sold to a mate who commutes on it)
2002 Rocky Mountain Elevation (still owned, now a singlespeed and rarely ridden)
2003 Rocky Mountain ETS-X30 (sold and heard later that it snapped in the same way that they all did)
Cotic Soul v2 (sold to one mate, who sold it to another mate, who eventually sold it to a stranger)
Pace RC303 (cracked at the seat tube/top tube brace weld)
On-One Scandal (late model Scandium frame, I think, sold to a mate who stuck a hub gear on it and uses it for touring)
Pace RC305 (warranty replacement for the RC303, never built up before selling it to someone on the classifieds)
2007 Orange 5 Pro (sold last year to someone on the classifieds)
2007 Giant Anthem 1
Santa Cruz Chameleon (EBB type)
Ibis Mojo SLThat’s quite a few bikes for barely over a decade of (adult) riding!
pitcherproFree MemberWell i’ve not had as many as some people on here , first up
Peugeot ranger 10spd Late 80’s
Pro bike Centaur early-mid 90’s
Trek 820 00’s
Saracen dirttrax 2003?
Giant VT2 05
Specialized pitch pro 09
Specialized enduro 11 ( and a kona blast 09)hungrymonkeyFree Membersome random steel frame which we didn’t know what it was (looked something like an alpinestar or muddy fox)
marin pine mountain – 2003
solitude custom 853 – 2006 (still main bike)
on one inbred 29 SS
soma juice 29er SS
kona A SS (for sale)
kona kula 29 SS (race bike)
pinnacle cross (er, CX)
couple of road bikesthink thats it. solitude will remain with me for a loooong time. mebbe get a FS one day too
jp-t853Full MemberFeeling old now (Dates are when I got them)
1987 Specialised Stumpjumper
1990 MS Racing Comp XT (still have it as a SS)
1994 Merlin UK WCS with LX & XT
1999 Ribble R8 (853 & XT) stolen
2005 Cove Handjob (still have it)I don’t change bikes very often anyway
trail_ratFree Memberclaud butler something or other
edinburgh bikes contour 300
iron horse flagstaff – snapped
Emmelle Cheetah (cheap paperround bike bought for 15 quid) – heavy as owt but i beat shit out of it ! and it kept going – think i eventually skipped it
marin b17 – snapped
specialized hardrock – still got it at my parents
coyote dh3 – frame replacement of the b17
Dmr trailstar – snapped
Dawes oxide
Mr Big st10 – snapped
kona mcrae (skip rescue SS conversion)
santa cruz heckler – to replace the dawes
gary fisher rig to replace the kona
sold all but the rig ….. bought a kona jake in nzcame back
merida flx3000
Thorn raven enduro rohloff
ragley td-1 (with the bits off the thorn)
Sandman Gobi SSand thats my current crop acrued over 15 years – all get regular use except the merida as ive not been racing. – most fun and most used atm – sandman gobi 😀
davidtaylforthFree MemberMarin Bolinas Ridge 98 (still have the frame and forks)
Marin Nail Trail 00
“Brand X” alloy frame
DMR Trailstar mk2
DMR Trailstar mk2
DMR Trailstar mk2
Orange Patriot LT 05
Fly Pantera BMX 05 (still have this)
Specialized Supercross 03
Dialled Alpine mk1
Cotic BFe mk2 (still have)
Fort road bike
Planet X Carbon superlight (still have)Punk_DrummerFree MemberTrek 800
Marin Palisades Trail
Scott Octane FXpro
Orange5*
Trek 1000 Road*
On-one Inbred S/S**Still have
becky_kirk43Free MemberOnly been into it for a few years, had a spec myka expert as my first real mountain bike.
The built up an Inbred (now ss), and just finished my Scandal.
Have an itching for a full susser amongst other things, but have no real need for it and need to save up some money!
AlexFull MemberThat’s till 2007, don’t have any of those anymore obviously. But at least I’ve slowed down a bit!
Mounty_73Full MemberKona lavadome
GT I drive 5.0
Kona Coiler
Kona Caldera
Stumpy HT
Zesty 314cynic-alFree Member87 Tufftrax
88 Rockhopper Comp
89 Sumpjumper Comp
90 Etumpumper Epic
92 Fisher Prometheus (still got it)
95 FSR
Various Giants: early full suss, 2 ally hardtail and an AC
00 Ibis Mojo
Marin ful suss
Trek Fuel
Nomad
Heckler x 2
Superlight
Jamis jump bike111
Shand steel
brandless prestige thing (broke it)
DB AlpineI’ve probably forgot a few…
racefaceec90Full Member1988 dawes ascent 1992 marin eldridge grade 1994 specialized stumpjumper m2 2002 cannondale f 800 2005 mongoose fireball 2007 specialized stumpjumper fsr comp swapped components from the fsr comp to a 2008 specialized s works carbon ht frame 2010 specialized stumpjumper fsr comp (140 mm travel one) 2010 giant anthem x2 which is my current ride (and the best bike i have owned so far 😀
whippersnapperFree Member’93 Kona Lavadome
’95 Kona Explosif*
’02ish SC Chameleon
’05ish SC Chameleon*
’08ish One One Ti 456**still have, still make me smile
valleydaddyFree Memberapprox 1988 – 1990
Muddy Fox Courier
Spesh Rockhopperbig gap 😀
2008 on
Merlin Malt 1
Carrera Zelos
Scott Genius Mc40
Lapierre Zesty 314 (my current F/S)
One One 456 (My current HT)JonRFree MemberCouple of cheap Emmelle and British Eagles
Early 90s Claude Butler
1998 Raleigh M-Trax 150
1996 GT Zaskar LE
2000 Cannondale Super V 1000
2002 GT LTS 2000
mid 2000s Dawes Edge SS
2003 Specialized Stumpjumped HT M2
2006 Giant Reign 2
2005 Specialized Stumpjumped HT M4
2005 Iron Horse Mkiii
2004 Cannondale V10
???? On One Inbred 456
2006 Turner 5 SpotAndyhiltonFree Member88 Emmelle Dolomite
93 Clauld Butler
97 Specialized Rockhopper Comp FS
2001 – Marin Rock Springs
2005 – Cannondale Prophet
2005 SWORKS HT
2006 Dialled Bikes PA
2006 Giant Trance
2006 Turner RFX
2007 Cove Handjob
2008 Cove StiffeeI think that’s it. A few didn’t even get built up before being sold on, such is the fickle nature of bike buying.
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