1997 Specialized Rockhopper, in red, the only true colour for a Specialized 
Can't find a pic though...
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First 'proper' Mountain Bike - Pictures and words please
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1991 Marin Pine Mountain bought second hand in 1994.
Page 9 here:
http://www.mtb-kataloge.de/Bikekataloge/PDF/Marin/1991-2.pdfPosted 1 year ago # -
Mine was a Carrera Kraken in perhaps 2000 or 2001. Bought a size too big and the gearing (28:38:48 and 11-28) wasn't great for an unfit beginner actually riding it off-road but it got me started. Not sure if I've any pics of it though.
After I moved onto better things (next bike was a Kona Kahuna) I created a rigid commuter out of it and ran that for a while before finally selling it.
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Love those old Marins, you still see the occasional ones knocking about. It's something about those colour combinations, excellent!
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1990 Marin Muirwoods.
Coldplay may even have written a song about it:
So then I took my turn
Oh what a thing to have done
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Haha, brilliant!
Hi-Tec Silver Shadows too?
Those frame bags were class too, perfect for holding a mid ride Marathon Bar!
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Hi-Tec Silver Shadows too?
Some manner of Dunlop things, iirc.
LocalMotion - surely the Rapha of their day.
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Mid nineties, all i remember is it was a rigid Marin...
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My first proper bike was a 1996 kona hahanna. Wish i still had it, would make an ideal commuter now.
noteeth - Awesome shorts!
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GT Karakoram, in "inferno" red
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OMG. I sooooo wanted one of those Karakorams
I had to make do with a 1990 (or maybe '91) Raleigh Highlander in white, green and pink, with shimano 100gs!
Can't find any photos of said bike unfortunately.
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Bring back splatter paint jobs!
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GT Timberline, can't recall year, but def early nineties. Also had a sort of splatter type paint job.
Me old GT Timberline by Hoppy66, on FlickrPosted 1 year ago # -
I had an Emmelle cougar which my Dad made me buy (sold the burner). Borrowed an early rockhopper and a ridgeback from mates. But this was the result of slogging washing up in the Royal William, Cranham. was a true revelation, therefore my first proper mtb.Posted 1 year ago # -
1992 Scott Peak,cromoly,weighed a ton, but fun!
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Raleigh Montana fully rigid, steel, king of the road. Got it in around 92 from a mate who bought it out of his mothers catalgoue to ride to work on, he never did ride it, though he did go on to win £5m on the lottery so I doubt he needs it now. But I took it upto Scotland with me when I joined the Navy and it did many a mile. Gave it to a mate to look after when I went off to sea for 3 months and came back to find it minus a saddle and front wheel. Searched for photos everywhere but can't find any
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Mine was a GT Timberline in white with black 'cracks' in the paint, early 90's
got nicked from my mates garage
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muddy fox courier comp around 1987
cannodale SM700 around 1991, neither are pics of mine but both had PJ2 forks on
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Look at the geometry! They were just roadies on chunky tyres!
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Emmelle courtina XL with smoked paintwork like a Diamond Back. Prob around 1990. It was a 21'' frame which apparently I would grow into. Only ride 18/19'' frame now :O)
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can't find a pic of my actual bike but it was exactly like this.
1996/97 Scott Yecora - loved it. It was stolen from my father in-laws whilst I was moving house and I only found out recently that it was my then smack head ex-brother in law that stole it!
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I'm another on who brought a fluro yellow marin muirwoods in 1990 and I loved that bike, put XT thumb shifters on it, fab....... Then it was stolen and I was gutted.
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A 1998 Marin Bolinas ridge. The old steel marins from around that age (97 - 99) always looke really classy.
I still have the frame & forks and a few other bits knockig about.
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Rode MILES on that
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1989 Cannondale SM600. Not that one, mine had 531 forks, Mountain LX thumbies and U brake. Crappy Chinook rims too, broke quickly so I ended up with a Massive Mavic M6 CD instead.
Stayed with me until it was nicked in 1996, albeit in 'race' spec, flexstem, XT/XTR mix and lots of purple..
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'96 Kona Fire Mountain - still got it, though the frame is the only remaining original component. It also happens to be the only bike I currently own that I don't have a decent pic of...
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1986 Diamond Back Arrival. Mine is smaller tghan this by miles and looks much more 'normal bike geometry'.
Still got it, complete with most original bits except the forks which bent frequently. My dad still rides it occasionally.
Rode cyclocross on it and the early Surftracks events at Blandford.
U-brakes were shite in mud, weren't they?
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cindercone, the same time as the explosif above. loved that bike. then got a GT avalanche, splatter paint etc
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After a few loaners from mates, bought a Principia Mac B ex-demo. It had been to a few mags for review, including Cycling Weekly.
So, this is my very bike-
Then the frame was stored for years, recently to be resurrected
(with a few improvements since this pic)
Rode it down to the bike shop and back just now Posted 1 year ago # -
My first proper mtb was a 95 Kona Lava Dome and my mate still owns it grrr. It came with P2 forks, XT thumbies and a Exage ES chainset. It was a cracking bike and still is and I'd love to get it back off him too. Heres a picture of it how is today.
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Doesn't look improved to me - make worse more like
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2001 DMR Trailstar. I used it from 2005 til about last xmas when I discovered it had a crack in the headtube weld. This is the only pic I can find of it now.
Now riding a Trailstar LT
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mine was a saracen tuff trax in 1989. Lived in sheffield so used to ride it all round the north peaks even did some night riding with one cheap cat eye on the handlebars, not great on a fully rigid bike and after a few pints in the pub.
Happy day
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'92 Kona Fire Mountain.
Gets ridden 10x more than anything else I own.
Now fully rigid again, and of course, converted to single-speed.Not the best ever picture tho' ... that camera has funny ideas about perspective, it's a 19" frame, so it's a gate by comparison to more contemporary frame designs, but, it ended up looking like a child's bicycle here.
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It would appear that Chewbacca has stolen your bike...
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