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47 posts & 29 voices | Started 2 years ago by 1981miked | Latest reply from buzz-lightyear

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sharki - Member

Pretty much always rode bike but never off road.
After several years off bikes due to kids and marriage, a mate hounded me to get a bike again as he guessed i'd enjoy mountainbiking.

The day i got the snip i hobbled to the LBS and bought a CB cape wrath, a week or so later the mate heard i got a bike, came round and took me to the local DH trails, late october, getting late/dark and absolutely pi$$ing it down.

Cheep flat pedals, v-brakes and a massive grin later i was hooked, this was only 2004.

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nedrapier - Member

karin. wow. cool story.

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still s8tannorm - Member

Started for me sometime in the early 90's ... with a trip to Centre Park!

Hadn't ridden a bike since I was 16, I thought I was going to die but the bug bit. It must have done, as for the last 4 years I've ridden for a living.

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HeathenWoods - Member

Summer 1991 (i think, sketchy memories) which would make me 21. I set off from Barcelona on my Claud Butler Majestic and after a few days of making my way down the coast with inland forays my rear wheel started dying. I nursed the bike back up to Barcelona and, on the way met a Yank with a mountain bike. I envied his sturdy steed.

My mind clouded by weed, I came to the conclusion that Spain had no bike shops so flew back to the UK. Remembering my dad telling me a few months earlier that he'd got a mountain bike (Al Carter 'Professional')I decided to go and visit my folks. He hadn't used it, I borrowed it and went and had a blissful couple of weeks taking it up to the Hebrides. Brought it back and had a week with them which meant taking it round/over the Cheviots and Simonside. The bug bit. I got a Univega Alpina and my poor Majestic began to gather dust...

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1981miked - Member

Very inspiring story Karin, that's what i was after. Thanks to everybody else who has posted stories, supportive and sensible replies. Seems i may have caused a slight rift...crikey! My bad, only posted it as a passing thought that ended up in words on the forum.

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joolsburger - Member

1988 needed a bike for riding to work went and bought a Marin Pallisades trail, the guy in the shop said go and ride around Peaslake and Leith hill.

Since then I've had 6 jobs, a number of girlfriends, five houses and now a wife, two kids and a Labrador. I've put on 20 years, a lot more than 20 pounds become more cynical and less impulsive.

I still have the same smile I've always had when I get back to the car after riding the MTB though. I thank the guy who told me to heard for the hills.

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jd-boy - Member

Bagging Munros in Scotland, Plus having what we called in the day "a scrambler bike" to play on around the farm. that was over 40 years ago.

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valleydaddy - Member

start early 80's with a raleigh commando, then Raleigh Super burner gave me off-road bug, then mountain biking appeared and old man bought me a massive 21" Muddy fox courier which I road to death and then bought a Spesh rockhopper and built my first bike.

Then after a lay off of 15 years I started riding again last year with a Merlin Malt, then got a Scott Genius, sold Malt, built a Merida HT and just got a Zesty - so got the bug back big time - 3 bikes in the stable now

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action dan - Member

1st bike = budgie
2nd bike = chopper (added wooden blocks to pedals so i could actually ride it!)
bmx's, road bikes............
1st mtb = muddyfox (thought i was so cool)
1981miked - really liked your personal story, nice nostalgic read on a no bike day for me, better than the usual "show me your bike, look how big my willy is thread"

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esselgruntfuttock - Member

I was always on me bike when I was a kid but kinda packed it in for mortorcycle trials from about 17-32. I was in a crap marriage with a wife who hated me out of her sight & running a petrol station, which gave me very little leisure time. Anyway I'd packed in the trials & hadn't pedalled anything for years, then one day the son of a mate called in the garage with something I'd never seen before. A 'mountain bike', a Marin Palisades I think, & i says to myself (like Will Smith in Independance Day) 'I gotta get myself one of these!! Except it was a Saracen Tufftrax i got. £320, & that was in 1991 ish. Not long after that she f***ed of with a mate of mine & I was as free as a bird. I spent many a Saturday just exploring, mainly the Cheviots & other areas where I'd ridden trials. I only wish it'd happened sooner. (her f***ing off I mean). I've never looked back & still ride with Steve who I've known since about 92.
Happy days eh?

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zaskar - Inactive

Learnt to ride a bike at 4.

Crashed enough but loved it.

Still do (including crashing).

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buzz-lightyear - Member

My first big crash trying to ride a hybrid fast down a track near home in 1995; broke a tooth and sprained bits. By jove this is ace! But didn't start riding frequently until 2004 when I made friends with Rich.

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