This is from about 1988, my brother had just got a new Raleigh Mustang and was on holiday in a caravan on the Isle of Wight, I wasn’t too sure about mountain bikes so decided to buy a second hand one and go by bike, train and ferry to join him for a few days to try some off road cycling … those were the days! (when I was skinny and fit, the bike was rubbish!)

Back in 1990, pleased to say I’m just as skinny now 🙂

Oldest I could find was a ~1998 SAMS at Matchams park!

@jedi: I had a Torker 280 back in the day too. Sweet bike.

1995 Rushup Edge. Day of JMC’s funeral – we had a minute’s silence.

1992 – Raleigh Lizard Days. Ron Hills, curtains, German Exchange Students.

Nice to see others started riding in jeans too! I used to wear jeans and a rugby shirt, until I realise the mud soaked my jeans and held me back 😉

f**king love that last picture jimmy, just looks like me and my mates early 90s

Love looking at these old photo’s, so many great memories, just wish I had more photos

This was me at the NEMBA in Bosley, 1992ish. Decent down from the masts, lap 2 sports cat.

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Newnham Park, Plymouth, Grundig Mountain Bike World Cup Race, 1994 by Julian Jackson2012, on Flickr

Going over blacksail in 1993. At the time I didn’t realise that panniers were a bad idea for mountian biking

Go on then, shown this before:

Mastiles Lane, ’bout 1986.

Best thread ever.

Canada’s highest tarmac – ’95 – the last year of purple.

From the same ride – down to a grizzly encounter, on my own……

Tinkering on my wife”s Saracen hardrock 94/95

Ben Nevis 98 im sure beanies were as protective as helmets back then

Two pictures from the Coast to Coast (Tim Woodcocks version) circa 1994.

Beer and bikes. Some things transcend the decades…..

And we were bike bivvying before it became popular (and lightweight)……

My ankle, circa 1999. Loved those Scott Tahoe shoes. Had three pairs on the go for a while. Awesome.

😉

Bobs Bash Midland XC circa ’95. Not me BTW!

ha!

Oh dear early bath

Ackie,

I’ve got a photo of me which matches your 4th photo. Some race in the Quantocks in maybe late 1991? Lots of riding across fields with a bit through the woods and a couple of banks to ride down…

I crashed on the last lap and ended up in hospital….

redx I hope you recovered. I have a feeling I might won it 😯 or at least made the podium!!!
Are you a local lad?

Here is a post race pic. That’s not you sitting down with the St John Ambulance guy is it?

Tinkering on my wife”s Saracen hardrock 94/95

Ritchey Z max tyres – yesteryear’s Nobby Nic

Boxelder is that first pic of yours, one from last years Kielder 100 😉

back in the day of malvern hills classic 🙂

I like M-Cs wedding procession. 🙂

Nice happy pic.

CaptainFlashheart
My ankle, circa 1999. Loved those Scott Tahoe shoes. Had three pairs on the go for a while. Awesome.

I had a pair of them that I bought from Leisure Lakes, they were awesome. I remember the day I found out that part of the sole was removable and cleats could be used (about 2004), good shoes. I was thinking about them the other day. I want a pair again.

Ritchey Z max tyres – yesteryear’s Nobby Nic

Oh yes indeed but if i remember they were replaced with a pair
of bright red Macau tyres (think that was the name) terrible tyres
but she liked the colour

No photos but a film (taken off ye olde VHS) from late 90s.

Some great crashes by radoggair of this parish.

Ackie,

Not that’s not me. Knocked myself out, got taken to hospital with a suspected fractured skull and ended up with amnesia for a couple of weeks.. Apparently I messed up the drop(?) but can’t remember.

Grew up Somerton/Street way and was biking with a bunch of guys who called themselves the ‘Mendip Rock Gorillas’ who used to meet in Hunter’s Lodge Inn just up the hill from Wells…

Alex

I remember the day I found out that part of the sole was removable and cleats could be used (about 2004), good shoes. I was thinking about them the other day. I want a pair again

That was a slightly different shoe, but I forget the name. Looked very similar though. The Tahoe was flats only.

Also on the shoe front, what about original Answer Flatfoots? Awesome shoe!

so annoying flickr is blocked here at work so can’t see most of the pictures…

Earliest off roadin pic I could find 😉

QE park – on borrowed F500. Early 90s

(still can’t wheelie!)

My bike in Cycling Weekly when it was a demo

RIP Principia 🙁

Me and my mate Matt (I’m wearing Tim Woodcock’s yellow jacket) doing a ride for Mountain Bike World mag.

North Wales Winter MTB Series – early 90’s

Start:

During:

Malvern Overview:

Cannock Chase Classic – start and dying after (maddog 20/20 and sleeping in a public bog covered in milk is not a sensible prerace strategy!)

Helmet covers rocked!

Love this picture! Doubt this would go down as a good suggestion for my wedding though…

Best thread ever +2 🙂

I think I’m somewhere in that Cannock crowd. My first ever race at 15. Camped the night before, got smashed on stolen brandy and built a massive fire in the camping field. Good times!

Camped the night before, got smashed on stolen brandy and built a massive fire in the camping field. Good times!

Yer we were at a campsite, no for the race above but another CCC, bikes in tents and us sleeping outside – then we built a fire to do jumps over and then someone started a UHT milk fight – then we went on a no lights night ride around the town – got back to the campsite and the gates were shut so had to take shelter in a public bogs.. knackered, hungover stinking of milk and public bogs… then do a race – not good prep!

good times though!

Didn’t mtb until 2007, but found a few bmx pics from the ’93 KoD. Can’t believe these are the only pics I have in 20 odd years riding bmx 😥

Classic table

Super chicken 3

Table 3

Wow, you jumped a massive tree 😉

Those jumps are much higher than anything I would contemplate attempting!

This was the Sheffield round of the NEMBA race series in, I think, 1990.