Your knowledge of my bike collection is impressive. Still have an Ibis Silk Ti soft tail. Loved that bike and have a nos SID to fit to it. Ginger punted the Cannondale to @spin many years ago. The S Works Carbon Epic is on display in Escape Route in Pitlochry. There is also my Ritchey Swiss Cross, Norco trials bike, first generation Salsa Beargrease (very rare!), Kinesis Tripster ATR, Salsa Fargo and others. Jeez. I have a lot of bikes! Of them all, I tend to ride my Surly ICT, DeAnima gravel and Turner Sultan. The rest only gets occasional outings so I should really get rid....except the Fargo as that is a real keeper.
Pretty sure you can add to the list! You have had some smashing bikes over the years.
Norco trials bike
Ah yes, after the Ryan Leech visit!
did you sell the 5spot for the sultan?
Pretty sure you can add to the list! You have had some smashing bikes over the years.
yes, I had some crackers.
an early (1992 I think) RM Blizzard, OCLV fisher procaliber with chromed RC30's and original crossmax ceramic wheels. 1st gen soul. that was a lovely bike. Oh the dekerf elysium titanium, that was quite the looker. and lots and lots of cannondales.
back to the thread. one bike I haven't seen but always thought was a great looking thing was a 2Souls Quarterhorse. No idea if it was any goo, but at the time it was nicely styled as a burly 29er HT.
Surprised ive not seen any Azonic's in this thread!
So ive had 4 Azonic's over the years, 3 Azonic DS1 Evo's and a Azonic Eliminator mk1
Only have pics of the last DS1 Evo build and a dody pic of the Mk1 Eliminator with DC Shivers!
Surprised ive not seen any Azonic’s in this thread!
check again 😉
Ginger punted the Cannondale to @spinmany years ago
@sanny I gave the frame to Chris at Chapeau Cycles a few years back. Not sure whether he was building it up or hanging it on the shop wall for the retro vibes!
On-One Pompino: I haven't seen one on the road for a while. They used to stand out with that blue colour.
I must be going blind as i cant see any pics of other Azonics?
My Azonic Eliminator was bought from Wiggle in the days where you could order online and then wander in to thier warehouse to collect, my first Azonic DS1 Evo came from Halfords!
No pics, but they’ve been mentioned
Single speed specific frames. They make excellent low maintenance winter bikes it very hard to find now.
I’ve owned loads you never see any more, Original Kona Cindercone with the U brake, Orange Clockwork, Cannondale Super V, Cannondale Gemini, Cannondale Prophet MX, GT LTS Just to name a few.
Loved the looks of Rocky Mountain bikes, me and my mates could never work out why you rarely saw Wade Simmons on the same coloured RM7 till a mate got one. After the first two cracked in the same place he sold the second warranty frame on when RM said they wouldn’t warranty it again.
what happened to all the Marin FS bikes you use to see iirc they were referred to on here like the Ford of the bike world they were that common.
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Anyone know how to upload iCloud pictures to a hosting site? Won't let me access my library....
Charge Blender, there used to be loads of people ragging them downhill and at jump spots and now the only one I see is in my garage on pump bike duty.
Commencal Meta 5/55s were everywhere in about 2007, they (and the Spesh Enduro) were THE Megavalanche bikes of the time. I’m guessing they all snapped.
Have we done the "Mountain Cycles" and Ventana's? I didn't own any myself, but remember a couple of folks I met at some of the DH places riding the MC's. Was it Ventana that ripped off the MC design years ago?
I was a massive Cove fanboi, had the stiffee, and like others it got used for everything, it suffered a terminal crash (like all my bikes do). Also had the Gspot and Hustler - the hustler was always the bike that I thought would be a natural stiffee upgrade when going FS, it just felt right. I've also had one of mike's early PA's, it's still in the garage, stoopidly long top tube..
I had the Cove steel Handjob it had the worlds thinnest paint job.
Have we done the “Mountain Cycles”
I do remember lusting over some after going to the bikeshop in Tunbridge wells after riding at PORC.
On the rarer side of things also Sintesi. Very briefly popular but only in a few places. Still have a thruster which either need to stealth ad as a retrobike or restore for messing around on the local(ish) pumptrack.
"... leaves only the rider to blame for below-par performance" No skill compensator here!
In the early noughties I had a Saracen and I used to see a lot of X-iles and X-torts around. A bike from a time where riders were expected to be able to throw an X-up or manual for at least 3 car parking spaces to be vaguely respected. Discs, D321'S, DJ1's, Nokian gazzaloddi's... our bikes weren't rocking this spec though.
I wonder where all the inbreds and 456s are now
I very reluctantly sold my beloved inbred last year for £50 to make way for my comeback to modern MTBs. I think it's twighlight years are now as a caravan park shuttle on the East coast near brid
Saw a white Inbred chained up outside Deansgate Cotswold this week.
I have just remembered that I bought that inbred frame off someone on here in about 2008
What about a mongoose teocali? They were quite well regarded iirc.
Disappeared like mist on a summer morning
I wonder where all the inbreds and 456s are now
I donated my inbred frame to one of the charities a long time back, but I still have the inbred pictured saddle in one of the spares boxes.
Yeah, it was an ok bike, but **** sake was that thing prone to rust. Seemed the paint was just a bit thin if you know what i mean.
I still use an Inbred as a daily commuter!
@bruce apologies I missed your post. I think the v4.0 came out around 2016/17.
I bought mine direct from Turner in the US around 2018/19. It was certainly pre-Covid.
I've bought a spare bearing set from Turner, but think on the v4.0 model, they are pretty standard fare.
I use my inbred for pottering and mostly shopping duties. It's a little workhorse. Can't bear to sell it.
@el_boufador there's a special place in my soul for steel hardtails, I'm a big fan
This entire thread is mostly just a list of mid to high-end bikes fitted with 26" wheels. I know it's mostly a nostalgia trip, so people can reminisce about bikes they used to own, but it can mostly be summed up as 'pretty much anything with 26-inch wheels'. Except for Trek 69ers, which had only one of them.
We still have a Cotic Soul and a Ragley Ti in the house.
I wonder where all the inbreds and 456s are now
My daughter is pottering around York, riding to lectures on an old 456. Back to its spiritual home in Yaaaarshire
Have SC Chameleons been mentioned yet? Absolutely loved mine. It felt like an oversized BMX from a fun point of view, but was a proper do-it-all bike. I had to get rid of though as it was stiffer than a stiff thing and once you hit... ahem... 'a certain age' you need something a bit more forgiving
You don’t see many Lefties about these days.
This was a great bike.
You don’t see many Lefties about these days
and another thread goes political!
I remember almost buying a Brodie hole shot once. Haven't seen one since my uni days.
And in particular cyclo cross bikes with cantilever brakes. Last race I did last year I was the only rider I saw with cantis.
mine has been gravelized. Well I swapped the tyres, went to sram red 1x11 and got it down to sub eight kilos with a new carbon on-trend handlebar and carbon Fizik Antares. And it’s a Charge Freezer Ti too! What do I win? ? I did see the same bike for sale on eBay, but I’ve never seen another in the flesh.
I also ride a single speed Genesis IO as my mtb. Steel, 26” and SS.
And in particular cyclo cross bikes with cantilever brakes. Last race I did last year I was the only rider I saw with cantis.
Similarly, road bikes with rim brakes are now the exception rather than the norm. Was only 5 years ago where it was completely the other way around.
My last club ride was about 50-50 rim/disk. It seems the winter bikes are all rim as they are old. And that’s rather counter-intuitive. I have no disk road bikes. Still very happy with rim braking on alloy rims. I s long ride carbon wheels, and my Hed Jet6/9 also have alloy rims!
You don’t see many Lefties about these days.
Never had one. Still want one. Would need to be on a summer/dry ride only bike though I feel.
What about a mongoose teocali? They were quite well regarded iirc.
Disappeared like mist on a summer morning
Obviously not paying attention as I posted a picture of mine one page back!
kelvin
Full MemberNever had one. Still want one. Would need to be on a summer/dry ride only bike though I feel.
I'd love to cross the Bikes You Don't See Anymore streams and put one on my fatbike.
Here you go Northwind
https://www.merlincycles.com/cannondale-lefty-olaf-fatbike-fork-26-293328.html
@kelvin I rode mine in all weathers, in Pennine slop (including one ride where the brand new BB30 bearings had to be replaced afterwards as it was so wet) and didn’t have any problems. Servicing was a bit of an issue as it had to go to Derby.
