Starting here, via Bikerumor.com

Bounce before bounce was big

Fat first

Purple.

That is all.

(if you do a sex wee at the stem, then you get it 🙂 )

[url=https://flic.kr/p/EdJjC]Saracen Full-suspension Prototype[/url] by Ben Cooper, on Flickr

1988 Explosif 8)

Not retro, just old and all mine…..

..and my own photos (now both gone, but closing down on another 😀 )

i stuck 24″ nokian gazzalodis f+r on a on-one gimp, probably ooooh around 2002 ish, alas, i never took a picture 🙁

[url=https://flic.kr/p/4ZexBS]DSC_0179[/url] by ritcheyp20, on Flickr

My mates Fuquay. Now on its 4th paint scheme

(if you do a sex wee at the stem, then you get it )

Ringle Zooka??

It’s a Roox stem isn’t it?

salad_dodger – Member
It’s a Roox stem isn’t it?

Nah, it’s from Superstar.

😉

Always love to see that Saracen, Ben. A glimpse of the inventiveness that was there before the Stanforths screwed the thing in to the ground with utter shit like the Raw DH (The black and red one with the Tioga saddle).

That Kona’s lovely, too. Maguras are a little out of place, but lovely.

For me, I always liked these two. A lot.

Ex works bike

[url=https://flic.kr/p/6i9rDB]Sinnet[/url] by ritcheyp20, on Flickr

My Haro Extreme.

1994 Kona Kilauea

Bought in 94, stolen on 96, got it back in 2013. Ground up but and bolt restoration, full custom respray and decals, treated to NOS XT stuff, Flite Ti, NOS skinwalls, Pauls Components levers, NOS Thumbies. Rides beautifully and faster than a lot of modern bikes in the right setting.

Before.

After.

This NOS Tange Prestige Concept decal cost me £15!!!

1992 GT Tequesta – a replica of my first proper MTB. Bought another from a cash converter, had been sitting out in the rain for weeks and was seriously rusted. (Condition was way worse than the photo shows).

Stripped, removed seized BB and post, polished, hand painted the decals to repair them then sourced all the components I had in 1992.

Result.

Andy R – isn’t that a 1989 Explosif ?

The kona kileau is stunning!!

Sexy kona.
I’ve a nice ribble r4 with campagnolo v’s and stx rc, I’ve seen very few of these and they were an awesome bike, getting better reviews that the konas back in the day.
Also had a sweet litespeed obed which was a really nice frame. Shame I sold that one

If you want some real retro porn I can show you what I found here, when I went to Marin County. You won’t believe what’s in this bike shop, simply amazing.

Do it you big tease.

The kona kileau is stunning!!

Thanks. It cost me double what it’s worth to restore but it was worth it. It’s the only bike I cannot lose and I would be destroyed if it was stolen. It won’t ever be stored anywhere like a shed or garage!

It does get ridden though!! Rides absolutely beautifully.

Is that stuff for sale ?

These were just propped up on the floor!!! 😯

Very very early Ritchey.

Steve Potts in the corner. 😯

Ibis tandem and early Fat Chance in this pic…..

Cunningham corner again…

Steve Potts loveliness….

My Dave Lloyd Beez Kneez

Blimey, Rob, let someone else get a word in! 😉

Here’s my old do everything bike from the past.

Nishiki alien.

Is that stuff for sale ?

No it wasn’t.

The place where we stayed the guy who owned the motel had a Gary Fisher Mt Tam which was given to him by Gary Fisher when new – very early nineties. We were chatting about it and he showed me it and was so excited the next day as he rode up Mt Tam for the first time in ages as our chat had inspired him! He was about mid fifties. Cool bloke. 🙂

Is that a Nishiki Alien?

I’d Love a nice bottle of red and few houses to poke round in that lot.
Looks great, a proper geek fest.
I’m 38 and that’s proper pron from my early teens.

My 86 Kili

Nice Nishiki Alien there. I reckon bought from the old bike shop by Windermere train station. I bought one from there years ago and then drove to The Pace factory for one of the first pairs of RC forks to be fitted. A friend of my father now has the bike.

A full alloy Nishiki alien that isn’t cracked is a rare thing indeed! One of my favourite bikes to be honest, proportions of the frame design are just right.