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biggelmo - Member

Lost count so heres the list..........

21" Diamond Back Sorrento 1993-94 (Like riding a gate)
18" 1993 Kona Cindercone 1994-96
19" Proflex 856 1996-98
19" Giant ATX 990 1998-00
17" Giant Team ?? 1999-00 (Real cheapo team replica)
17" Cannondale KV 3000 2000-01 (Coda "Magic Motorcycle" cranks)
19" Kineses Maxlight 2003-04
18" 1993 Kona Cindercone 2006-07
19" Marin B-17 2007-09
18" GT Aggressor XC2 2009-09 (frame and forks on eBay)
17" Kona Cioler 2009-09
16" On One 456 SS (ordered on friday)

Posted 2 years ago #
simonm - Member

eek, in 4.5 years...
FSR, Blur, Meta55, Patriot(for couple of weeks), Bighit, VPFree, ST4 and Alpine...
O, and then the hardtails, inbred, 456ss, hardrock, Lobster, Malt1, PA, Pace.
And a 80's Ammaco Team Sprint.

Posted 2 years ago #
Repack Rider - Member

2retro4u
Marin County, Cali

Since I took up cycling in 1970, too many to count. My Colnago road bike, which replaced my Peugeot PX-10, lasted from '71 to 2003, replaced by a Lemond when the frame finally broke.

Since I took up off-road around 1974, I have had two Breezers, four or five Ritcheys and I still own a couple, and have added a couple of newer FS bikes.

I don't remember how many other shattered hulks I left in my wake, but it's quite a few. I hold the distinction of having broken at least one of every part that can be found on a bike, as well as a dozen frames of varying quality. I'm a big guy, I've been riding for 40 years, and I don't hold back. Stuff happens and then you get new stuff.

Posted 2 years ago #
Munqe-chick - Member

(mr Mc posting)

blimey some kit whores out there!
Only classing "proper" MTBs;

1994 Gt Pantera - still have it as hack bike
1997 Trek Y22, pretty but shocking, kept it for 3 months then got
1997 FSR Extreme in kawasaki green, stolen and replaced by insurance with
1999 GT I-drive- really underrated, sold recently to mates g/f.
1998 Litespeed Obed, reluctantly sold as a spine problem stopped me riding hardtails, replaced with
2004 Kona Coiler, still have as my winter/play bike
2006 SC Nomad bought used this summer for my main bike.

So out of 7 bikes in 15yrs, 1 was stolen and I still have 3.

Posted 2 years ago #
Candodavid - Member

Raleigh Striker
Rock Cross 20
Raleigh Super Burner
Dawes Wildcat (1st Mtb still being used by Brother in Law as Commuter)
Saracen Ltd Edition
Coyote HT2
Specialized M2 S-Works
Specialized Rockhopper
Merlin Titanium
Cannondale Raven
Klein Adroit (best looking bike in the world.....EVER)
Dekerf Singlespeed 725 Reynolds
Giant NRS xtc team
Sunn Bmix
Gt Zaskar Team
Trek OCLV
Cannondale R700
Eddy Mercx Road Bike
Kona Cindercone 2001 (Argos adjusted with disc mount)
Cove Stiffee
Mongoose BMX
Schwinn BMX
Turner Flux
Custom Curtis SS (Current)
On One Ti456 (Current)
Diamond Back Sorrento commuter (Current)

Thats since about 7 years old

Posted 2 years ago #
Old Git Surrey - Member

Easily over 50, as I started riding in the 1950's. One a year? Not too bad.

Posted 2 years ago #
alotronic - Member

Raleigh Mustang
Raleigh girl's bike - the shame.
Pantha BMX
Bent Raleigh Racer
Gios Road racer
Weird unknown road racer
Mercian Track Bike (for riding on the track)
ALAN road bike, full Campag record AKA 'The Noodle' for flexibility
1986 KHS Montana Sport
Weird 24in girls bike for poor student/druggie phase
1991 Diamond Back Apex
Unknown brand quality frame racer one
Unknown brand quality frame racer two
Hack Raleigh used for courier duties
1994 Scott Team Edition - with elastomer forks - 4cm travel!
Crap Hybrid for getting around Melbourne
Blucher 653 racer
GT for hacking around London
Ribble MTB for commutting in London
Ridgeback Horizon
7005 scandium racer
Unknown brand 7005 expedition tourer
Raleigh 653 single/fixie
Unknown brand Easton taperwall MTB
Rock Lobster
Kinesis 4t CX

26 - but oh the variety!

It's also my observation over 30 years of riding that the quality of the riding experience (ie how much fun you are actually having) is not particularly related to the quality of the bike.

Posted 2 years ago #
mrmo - Member

i can't get my head round the rapidity some people change bikes!

since '92 Kona Hahanna, in '96 Bontrager Privateer, '97 Lemond Tourmalet, '98 Bontrager Race, '07 Trek Top Fuel, '08 Lemond Croix de Fer.

Posted 2 years ago #
scruzer - Member

Variouds kids bikes but never a Chopper!!! Regrets..
1981 - Elswick Stag
1991 - Dawes Rough Trade
Rocky Mountain Hammer
Rocky Mountain Equipe 95
Rocky Mountain Equipe 95 crash replacemnet frame, then many guises to date
Santa Cruz Heckler DH build up
Santa Cruz Bullit DH build up
Trek 1200
Lightspeed Vela
Santa Cruz Superlight to date
Lightspeed Ardennes to date
Yeti 575 to date
Some interesting bikes out there!!

Posted 2 years ago #
Munqe-chick - Member

The real MC here!

1992 - Emmelle Cheetah (£99 Halfords special). I don't think it counts as a "real" mountain bike!
1993 - Kona Fire Mountain (lasted 3 months and it got nicked).
1994 - Kona Fire Mountain: still have it now, used as adventure racing.
2005 - Giant Reign 2: still have it DH bike!
2009 - Cube SL WLS women's specific hard tail: still have it as only just got it!

So in theory only 4 bikes of which one has been stolen, and I still own the other 3!!!!!! Some real kit whores though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted 2 years ago #
benji_allen - Member

If my non riding mates ever shake their head at me again for buying bikes I'll show them some of these. My list is pretty poor:

Raleigh Mirage
GT Tempest
GT Pantera
Stumpjumper FSR
Scott Speedster S40
Orange Patriot
Orange Alpine (Should turn up next week)

Posted 2 years ago #
I_Ache - Member

Ok So I havn't had as many as most but I have enjoyed them all. Started riding properly in about 1997.

GT Timberline (got nicked)
Cannondale Super V 1000 (got nicked)
Kona Roast (now my wife's bike)
Revell custom 4x/jump
GT Zaskar (now brothers)
DMR Switchback (just rebuilt as a SS)
Spech Enduro 05
Spesh Pitch (main bike)

So only 8 in about 12 years or so.

Posted 2 years ago #
MrGrim - Member

From first adult MTB (1993):

1993 Emelle Shadow
1996(7) Scott Vail (still got)
2005 Kona Firemountain (still got)
? Identiti P-45 (still got)
2009 Ragley Blue Pig (still got)

Posted 2 years ago #
edd - Member

Unknown 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
Giant 2010 Reign 1: Dec '09 onwards (it should be arriving in 2 weeks)

That's 9 bikes in 14 years of riding.

Posted 2 years ago #
DaveyBoyWonder - Member

Everything I've owned since starting riding bikes 'properly':
- cheap 18spd fully rigid thing when I was about 13
- Dawes Edge
- Trek 970
- GT Zaskar
- Kona Cindercone
- Santa Cruz Chameleon (possibly THE first hardtail in the UK to have 5" forks as I got the first set of 130mm Z1 BAMs off the boat when Stif built this bike!)
- Pashley 26MHz
- Orange MsIsle
- Sunn Vertik
- Santa Cruz Bullit
- Curtis SuperX
- Specialized Big Hit
- Specialized Vegas TRX
- Tomac 204 Magnum
- Santa Cruz Chameleon
- Santa Cruz Heckler
- Kona Lava Dome
- original Orange Clockwork
- Cotic Soul
- Cotic Roadrat
- PDC Kingpin (still have and currently in its 3rd or 4th guise)
- Santa Cruz Blur 4X (still got)
- Yeti 4X
- Saracen XIle custom build (stripped for parts for the PDC)

Posted 2 years ago #
Baldysquirt - Member

Since 1999 when I started properly

Sunn Crosss - sold
DDG Axis - sold
Kona Smoke - tourer then MTB then commuter, unused in cellar at mo
Pipedream Sirius - still in use
Cannondale Prophet - recent purchase

Posted 2 years ago #
noteeth - Member

[formative BMX childhood]

And since 1990:

Marin Muirwoods
Raleigh Dyna-Tech
Rocky Mountain Hammer
S-Works Steel*
Bontrager Privateer
Bontrager Race 1*
Bontrager Race 2*
Rocky Mountain Blizzard* (build in,er, progress)

Posted 2 years ago #
benman - Member

1992 - Diamond Back Sorrento (As a teenager)
1992 - Diamond Back Topanga (My Dad's that I rode when I grew out of mine)

Long gap due to university, clubbing and stuff...

2006 - Giant XTC SX - Sold recently
2009 - SC Superlight
2009 - Geared Inbred (for the winter)

Posted 2 years ago #
spacehopper - Member

not specifically mountain bikes...

Raleigh Chippy..
Raleigh Buster
Raleigh Mini Burner
Raleigh Burner
Raleigh Marauder

Mountain bikes..

Raleigh Max Ogre

GT Timberline

Specialized Rockhopper which snapped and was replaced with...

Specialized rockhopper Comp (currently running in rigid singlespeed guise and my favourite bike so far..)

incredibly stiff and awful no-name Alloy dirt jump frame.

On-one inbed 456 (Frame Awaiting me acruing enough parts to build it back up)

GT RTS Team

Commencal Meta 5

Posted 2 years ago #
ianpinder - Member

Right:

GT Tempest
Diamond Back Something or other
Diamond Back something or other frame replacement
Trek 6700
Cove Stiffee (nicked)
Cove Handjob (Current)
Cove Gspot (nicked)
Second hand Rockhopper for commuting duties (current, though to be sold soon pending new roadrat)
Dialed Bikes Alpine (to short)
Cove Sanchez (sold)
Nicolai Helius FR (nicked)
Charge Duster (nicked and never ridden)
Nicolai Helius ST (current never selling)
Evil Doc (current)
In the process of finallising Helius AC order
Cotic Roadrat from cycle to work

Posted 2 years ago #
ZX6RC - Member

Peugeot Links 15 Speed!
Diamond Back Sorrento
KHS Pro Montanna
Sp SJ?
Rocky Mountain?
Marin Quake 5
Sp Sjumpjumper M2 Metal Matrix
Kona Nunu
Marin DH FRS
Kona Chute
Trek 1.4 road bike thing?
Muddy Fox Courrier Comp???
Kona Chute, last one broke!
Kona Chute, you see a pattern here?
Kona Roast, Guess why I got this??
Kona Roast, Going off Kona!
Some steel jump thing?!
Cortina europa DS
Cortina Europa DS Liked them so much I bought 2! Still have one!
Spooky Metal Head
Santa Cruz Cameleon
DMR Trailstar
Scott Octain
Foes Zig Zag
Trek 8000
Cove Stiffee
Kona Stab
Fixie!! Sold very quickly after getting
Foes Fly
Trek 24" Wade Boots thingy.
SP Epic Marathon
Sp SX Trail
Sp SX TRail Broke the last one
Duncon Pussy
Another Foes Zig Zag!
Cannondale Synapse
Trek Remedy8
Scott Gambler 10
Pinnacle Full sus thingy
Kona Howler
Iron Horse Sunday Elite

Thats about 39, but I've counted before and there have been so many more?? Just cant remember! Oh, and yes I am in the trade!

Oh and If my missus asks..... No Its not really that many!

Posted 2 years ago #
Creg - Member

Had 3 since 2005

Kona Coiler - bought it assured all was ok, turns out shock bushings were shot, cranks were shot, shock was totalled, headset mashed. Scrapped it. Never rode it

Transition Dirtbag - bought it in good faith, headtube weld mysteriously cracked while it was sat in my house waiting to be completed...christ knows how that happened. Never rode it

Trek Fuel 90 - bought in good faith (and in person unlike the other purchases which were online), rode it once and boom, rear triangle cracked.

Never going near another bike as long as I live.

Posted 2 years ago #
ooOOoo - Member

I simply cannot believe how many bikes some people have had here. Seems to be 2 a year for some people?!

3 for me

1992 GT Talera
2004 Claud Butler Cape Wrath
2008 Trek Remedy 8

And long may they continue to roll. (apart from the GT that was shit )

Posted 2 years ago #
taka - Member

keerrrr bump!

Posted 2 years ago #
tonyg2003 - Member

1988 Dawes something 18speed
1989 Rockhopper
1990 Orange Aluminium O - current
1992 Gios (road bike)
1993 Alan carbon 12 tube (lethal road bike)
1995 Dave Yates (road bike) - current
1997 Coyote Scandium
1998 Pearson steel ( winter road bike)
2000 Dave Yates 853 road bike - current
2000 Columbus (winter bike)
2001 Aluminium / Carbon (road bike)
2002 Pearson carbon (road bike)
2005 Ridley Excalibur road bike - current
2005 Specialised Epic
2005 Steel track bike - current
2007 Orange Clockwork - current
2007 On-one Inbred-Alfine - current
2009 Trek Fuel Ex8 - current

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