Let's all hav a giggle at some of the loony stuff from the dim and distant past, shall we?

A Scott from back in the day to start off with;

The Intoxica – Stunning design, just not that well executed!
Adjustable seat angle and shock mountings

This was the slightly cheaper version of it.

Ahead of their time, certainly, but not really what the world was ready for back then! As far as I know, I personnaly sold the only two of these to be sold in the UK! One of the green Pro models and one of the red/white Team model. Would love to know what happened to them!

And then there was this…

Mad.
So, let's see some other oddities from the archives, folks!

Not ancient but eccentric…

WTF is that blue and yellow Scott? What's going on with the saddle?

What a stupid paint job every one who saw mine automatically said "who spilt paint on it"

Remember these?

Check out the pics at the bottom of this page (staff notice board pics) http://www.kirk-bicycles.co.uk/Kirk-History.htm
PS I got offered a new Whyte JW2 for less than £800 the other day!

Kramer, it was MX inspired, the idea being you could move your weight around on it. Looks very odd, but they were truly impressive beasts to ride. Sublime suspension action.

Oh, and those shoes on there were ace as well! If only Scott still made Tacos….!

Speaking of ahead of it's time, what about the Mantis Screaming V?

And, the original, the one and only Hanbebrink Schocker. Precursor to full suspension bikes and precursor to 69ers (it's a 26/24 set up)

Must admit back in the day I did fancy one of these.

Sonomz Crosstrac, anyone?

Spencer Owyang's Monolith (Went to design for Spesh after this, IIRC)

Jimmy Deaton's Yeti.

those chain rings …. surely a joke right ???

fisha, that was a Mammoth Kamikaze bike. Think massively fast fireroad mountain descents.

Brooklyn Masterplan

Johnny O'Mara pimp Yeti with FM5 planetary gearing (think Hammerschmidt)

'Dale Pong Magic (Yes, really!)

Sotello (The guys behind Onza)

modern Ti version of the Corratec Superbow

I would

kirk magnesium

[shudder]

had one 😳

well, three actually because they refused to stay in one piece

Pictures please?

What about the slingshot bikes where there was no downtube, but a cable and a spring in its place with a carbon fibre hinge at the top tube / seat tube junction?

You mean these?

Find out more here.

That screaming V looks a bit like my 04 Enduro – I'm ashamed!!

We were talking slingshots this week, I know of someone owning two of them

How I lusted after one of these.

How about bikes with saddles on a beam?
Softride may no longer make their bikes


but you can still get a TitanFlex

Those crazy triathletes…

what about those muddy foxes(?) where the suspension was pivoted so the front wheel hit & it actuated the rear wheel?

Thers a guy rides round my home town on one of them slingshot things!

My mate rode 500kms in a week on one of those, then ditched it into the Baltic Sea 😀

jesus i thought i had seen some gopping bikes but where'd you find them cfh was that yeti found in a bunker and that sotello is the chainstay attached to the bb