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  • Twenty years ago….What were you riding?
  • CaptainFlashheart
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    I was on one of these;

    Mine had a T-Bone, not the Flexstem seen here.

    Farmer John’s Cousins, naturally.

    The paint job? Sublime, metallic pearl and then that smoke effect over the blue.

    So, what were you riding twenty years ago?

    Drac
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    I’d stopped and had no bike 🙁

    Jim_Kirk
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    one of these;

    fizzicist
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    A young lady considerably thinner than the one I am betrothed to now :o)

    Bike was a Raleigh Activator though!

    boxfish
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    One of these (photo nicked from another thread)

    gee
    Free Member

    Raleigh Mantis I think.

    geologist
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    As a 16 year old, I couldnt quite aford the Ascent Ex, I had the Ascent (the white one with black paint splatter), got the train from Doncaster to Grantham to collect it.
    I blinged it up with pink Onza bar ends 🙂

    edit – and despite the thousands I have spent on new bikes as an adult in the last 20 years, I would say I had more fun, and rode many ,many more miles on my trusty DB Ascent, than any other bike. Ahhh good times 🙂

    avdave2
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    Roberts White Spider.

    singlespeedstu
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    A Raleigh technium like this one.

    Was a bit of a handfull coming down Snowdon. 😆

    lunge
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    An Emmelle of some description, a Laser maybe? Either way, it was ridden lots and lots.

    chiefgrooveguru
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    A white Muddy Fox, with cromo 21″ frame and 3×7 rapidfire gears. Had had it literally a few weeks, following my 14th birthday.

    tomhoward
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    A Raleigh Nitro. I was 7…

    PJM1974
    Free Member

    My mate’s Kona Fire Mountain. I had a Peugeot racer too, I considered myself a roadie back in the day.

    Dancake
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    I was 17 and got in a car. Got back on a bike 15 years later

    Farmer_John
    Free Member

    one of these

    m0nster2
    Free Member

    A blue GT Timberline. In trainers and trackie bottoms over the Brecons, usually.

    Rorschach
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    Gary Fisher paragon in pastel pink.A Dp firebird bmx and a Raleigh 653 roadbike…..which I ride to work everyday.

    TomB
    Full Member

    KHS Montana Comp. Rigid, DX/LX mix (I think). My first proper bike (I was 17).

    Looked a bit like this.

    bigG
    Free Member

    Your mum

    simondbarnes
    Full Member

    An old Raleigh 10 speed road bike

    paulpalf
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    ’90 Eldridge Grade, in “gate” size, must have been about 22″, looked like this:

    That was my 4th MTB, after destroying a ’90 Lava Dome like this:

    an ’88 Hardrock:

    and starting out on a POS Falcon Sierra:

    djglover
    Free Member

    AD
    Full Member

    Diamond Back Topanga – couldn’t afford the Ascent 🙂

    sbob
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    A Peugeot road bike. 😳
    Bought my first MTB in ’93, a GT Tequesta.

    psychobiker
    Free Member

    This

    And I still have it, (although all in bits at the mo).

    AndrewJ
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    20 years ago almost to the day I had to make the heart breaking decision to retire from playing football! 🙁

    It would be another 2 years and about 4 stone in weight gain before I took up MTBing!

    rumbledethumps
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    Specialized Stumpjumper. Fully rigid (obviously) and fitted with Onza bar ends. I think it also had a 1″ steerer. My mate bought this from the Bike Shop in monk street, Derby. I couldnt afford one, he was a Chef on good money at the time so bought it, got bored, and flogged it to me for £300 quid. Brilliant stuff until it got nicked.

    stratobiker
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    I rode a pair of identical Diamondback Axis.
    I was part of Rory Hitchens ‘Scott Diamondback’ race team.
    I was national BMBF series winner, and national champion (veteran +35yrs).

    Seems like only yesterday!!!!

    Time flies!!!!!

    SB

    fisha
    Free Member

    First mtb was one like this … cant remember the year though

    happy days.

    transapp
    Free Member

    one of these. And I loved it!

    GW
    Free Member

    Muddyfox Alu pro

    Flying scot roadbike

    noteeth
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    A blue and silver Raleigh Dyna-Tech – Deore LX, iirc.

    Great days.

    Paulio
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    A Peugeot Flame. I can’t find a picture, which is a shame as it was fluoro-yellow with purple decals. I was 13 so it didn’t see much mud but was used for riding off concrete steps and pulling skids.

    2orangey4crows
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    A late 80s Dawes Ascent (the basic one). I broke a crank on Sheeps Tor, Dartmoor, and had to phone my mum to come and get me. Think it’s still in my dad’s garage somewhere… [wanders off to phone dad…]

    joat
    Full Member

    Raleigh Mustang, I think it was a halfords special version, white, black and red IIRC. Probably did more miles on that bike than any other. Mostly road miles though to see mates and girlfriend(s).

    Onzadog
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    Purple funk with rockshox rs-1

    thats_not_my_name
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    Proflex 552. Still got the frame, forks and flexstem in the garage, somewhere.

    shifter
    Free Member

    Claude Butler Pagan. White, with pink cables.. 🙁
    I DO NOT miss that bike.

    vinnyeh
    Full Member

    Early on, a Fisher CR-7 stolen uninsured. Replaced with a Diamondback Apex, about all I could afford.
    Only remember because it was the year I moved to the UK.

    A few Diamondbacks mentioned I see- where did it go wrong for them?

    MoseyMTB
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    I had a GT Backwoods that I bought off Steve Peat. I still miss it as it was run over by a rich docter!

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