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Looke up Morewood last night, after seeing a Pyga mentioned online. Their website has a "this site may have been hacked" warning on Google, and on Twitter, they havn't been active since 2016. Had fond mamories of my Makulu, but looks like they're no more.
Any other brands we've lost recently? I thought Pyga were gone too, but seems they're still alive.
scary fast rocket power parts.
Evans?
Dunno about recently but it was a shame Sunline went under, they made brilliant handlebars.
Just about to sell my faithful V1 flatbar on a bike this week. Almost brings a tear to me eye.
Iron horse as we knew and loved them.
now punting out BSOs, not World Cup winning DH weapons
Iron horse as we knew and loved them.
now punting out BSOs, not World Cup winning DH weapons
I remember when Muddy Fox had their own shop in London in the mid eighties and the bikes were really desirable. And in the Courier they made a bike that made the sport open to a whole new group of people. Now along with Karrimor have suffered a fate far worse than death.
tomhoward
Iron horse as we knew and loved them.
There was all sorts of dodgy goings on being reported on forums weren't there? Containers of bikes and supposed buyouts and the like. And then it all ended up on CRC on specuial offer and then they were gone.
Lots of Sundays still around, loads of mates still have them
Iron Horse must be a decade dead now, a real shame. Sam Hill on a Sunday at WCs what a time to be a fan!
Cove aren't dead, but they're 'just' a bike shop again now, a Bike Shop with 5/6 year-old 26" frames still for sale, impressively they've not really discounted them. It must have been incredibly hard to be a micro manufacturer when you need to retool every year for the latest standards.
X-Lite
Originators of Muc-off, but don’t make components anymore and Muc off is now their brand name (I think)!
Cove G-spot was the first bike I really lusted after, loved the cnc work on the rocker.
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It must have been incredibly hard to be a micro manufacturer when you need to retool every year for the latest standards.
Even some of the (relatively) large boutique brands like Ibis and Yeti really struggled with 27.5 - they had to release the SB75 and the 130mm version of the Mojo HD - essentially their 26" bike with bigger wheels and reduced travel - to fill the gap.
Not that recent but I'll always be a little sad about Merlin metalworks going kaput.
As a kid I was always confused between MS Racing and Alpine Stars - we're they the same company? Maybe it was just the paintwork that was the same
Alpinestars 'as a kid'.... Fill your boots!
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=116406
Rox
^^ Love Rox. Would love to see them back from the dead
Ok so not deceased but pretty dormant...... dialled bikes. I see some promise of new frames but seems to have been bmx focused for a good few years.
Prince Albert I’ve owned I think 3 separate frames as always kept going back to that model. Had a Kobe ti and MG too. A new 650b PA with updated geo he can have my pre-order now.
Are Azonic still a thing? Some of the original risers, they were there balls. Fond memories of my DS2 as well, despite it breaking most of my hand. plus my Hammer stem was way ahead of it's time 😀
Good call on Scary Fast. Brilliant gloves.
Karrimor. 😣 Used to make the very best luggage and jackets.
OF3 - Cool glove/clothing brand
Answer - no longer making shoes, sadly. Might still be doing parts somewhere.
Fred Salmon- oh yeah...!
Bullet Bros
Club Roost
Onza bar ends, scary fast, panaracer tyres. Merlin metalworks.
Oh and DirtyHabit used to make great tees.
X-Lite, hmm. Overgauge bars too wide to fit through the (single bolt) stem; seatposts that wouldn't clamp the saddle securely, and banana-bending seat-tube bolts that would go firing off in pieces into the undergrowth; bonded bar ends where the stub would come off the clamp while riding...and don't get me started on Onza HO pedals. Sometimes it's best to let the dead rest in peace.
AMP
Dagger
Boulder
Klein
Funk
Bontrager (as a bike brand)
Lemond (as above)
Mt Zefal
Mt Christophe
Cosmic
Revolver
Tushingham
Etto
Bula
Been Bag
To think that in the late 80's I was under the impression that Muddy Fox made the best mountain bikes in the world!
I was about 10 😀
Gary Fisher
Al Carter
What happened to Emmelle?
As a kid in about 1991 I bought a really cheap MTB (think it was Emmelle?) Horrid pinkish red paint job with cheaply chromed cranks and chain rings. Weighted a ton due to drain pipe frame material. Made in China.
I had to buy this cos my Raleigh ATB got stolen. That was a better bike even though it was low spec.
My parents pressured me get the Emmelle 'cos I needed a bike to do my paper-round and they didn't want to have to take me around more bike shops.
Then that got stolen in about 1993, and they again pressured me into getting another readily available bike with was a POS looking back which I overpaid for again. This was a road bike a size too small and with cotter-pined cranks.
I swapped this for a Raleigh MTB my Dad found in about 1994. This was a pretty decent bike made in about 1991 with 'rapid fire'? thumb shifters, oval teck chainrings and Reynolds steel. I resprayed the frame and used this until about 2001 when the rear wheel started to fall apart one spoke at a time.
Club Roost
Ah memories. First aftermarket/upgrade part I bought. A set of lime green Comp II bars, with a bolted brace that said Go Fast on it. A frankly ridiculous 685mm wide that felt waaay too wide 😂😂😂
Emmelle
Moore Large.
M*L*
Geddit?
Hard to believe that anodized bar ends (or bull horns) were so cool once.
I put some on my Raleigh MTB - in 1994 - and I felt like a million dollars lol.
Dawes? My first mtb was a Kick Back. Absolutely loved it and the Raleigh Yukon in Orange that followed it after it was stolen.
Could we see Mike Ashley vomit these brands up in Evans stores in the future?
Dawes are still going. More into hybrids and touring bikes now, mind
In my childhood MBUK days I see dreamed of owning a San Andreas Mountain Cycle.
Karrimor. Used to make the very best luggage and jackets.
I've got a Karrimor rucksack with a lifetime warranty which I bought in about 1988, still going strong.
Raleigh.
I mean, as they used to be.
M*L*
Geddit?
reported for swear filter avoidance
Coyote used to do some really good value for money frames back in the late 90s / early 00s. I've got a black Coyote Dual which is still going strong and I came very close to buying one of their full-suspension frames. It was sold for around £600 from what I remember.
Top Line
Grafton
Ringlé
Cooks Bros
Bullseye
Critical Racing
Roox
Kingsbury
Action-tec
SRP
Mountain Goat
Trimble
S-bikes
Chequer Pig
Tomac (which were just manitou frames)
Just a few off the top of my head.
Azonic - still going, I've got their pedals on my bike.
Answer are now called Pro Taper. Beats me why.
+1 for Scary fast gloves. Can't even remember throwing them out, they just vanished.
A San Andreas was so far a head of it's time, it was mind blowing.
Gravity Research. US made pron brake levers that probably didn't make it over here. I had their t-shirt though, olive green with yellow "Gravity Research" on the front and a black silhouette of someone shredding on the back. I loved that t-shirt.
Amp research. One of the most innovative and influential companies to have existed in the MTB world. Disc brakes, Horst link full suspension, very cool linkage forks, etc......
No need for a thread here, they're all conveniently listed in the On one sale page already!
I’ve got a Karrimor rucksack with a lifetime warranty which I bought in about 1988, still going strong
1992, PURPLE, Alpiniste 65l still in regular use here. Unsurprisingly, Karrimor won't warranty the zip that's knackered.
Proflex/Girvin
Actually saw some guy on a Proflex at Bedgebury a couple of years back & was amazed it all still worked.
My first MTB was a Townsend with splattered black over green paint, the "Gas-Pipe Special" to my friends.
Stratos
The awesome looking MX6 forks are still quietly leaking oil in my loft.