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Now that did make me LOL
Oh, blimey, this'll hurt the brain.
Old black thing that came from a skip
Kona Lava Dome, 1990.
Overburys Pioneer
Specialized Stumpy M2
Another M2
Kona Koa
Kona Munimula
Kona Kaboom
Raleigh Maverick
A 3rd M2
Stumpy M5
Kona Explosif Max OR
Rock Lobster Ti
Kona Explosif scandium
GT ZR3000
Sunn Revolt
Sunn Xircuit
Sunn Exact
GT Zum
Giant Escape Mini Zero
GT Karakoram 91
Kona AA
Plus plenty of "just passing through" type bikes and a few season long demo bikes that have resided at my place.
I think that's it....apologies to those I've forgotten ๐
well over 100 (probably closer to 150)
post kids bikes:
Raleigh something (it was purple and white, reynolds 501 and exage gears)
Orange Clockwork
...big gap - fags and clubs...
Kona Munimula
1990 Specialized Rockhopper *
Giant AC Team
Kona Coiler
Voodoo Erzulie
Rocky Mountain Vertex 70
Santa Cruz Blur 4X
Brand X Hardtail jump bike *
Trek 420 (?) Roadbike
Kinesis CX/Commuter Bike *
Marin Wolf Ridge *
* still got
From 2004
Cannondale f600 sold
Cove Hustler - cracked
Cove Hustler - still got
Cove Stiffee - still got
Turner 5 Spot - still got
Surly 1+1 - sold
Dialled Morning Glory - sold
Inbred slot ss 69er - still got
Ti 456 - still got
Nicolai Helius FR - on its way
Raleigh Lizard
Dawes Oblivion (?)
Specialized Rockhopper
Kona Blast
Specialized Stumpjumper HT
Cannondale Bad Boy
Kona Lava Dome
Inbred (still got)
On One 456 (current bike)
Got my first MTB the day my daughter was born (31.01.87)a cheap Townsend with integrated bar/stem combo used it quite a bit off road although it was pap (really wanted a muddy fox courier that was the benchmark at the time but couldnt afford one), then over the years:
Spesh stumpy (steel)
GT avalanche (U brake)
GT Zaskar LE
Orange E3
Kona Caldera
Marin mount vision
SC chamelion
Spesh S Works M2
DeKerf Team SL (v brake)
Spesh Stumpjumper
Dekerf team SL (disc)
Kona Stab
SC superlight
Spesh big hit
Sunn road bike
Cove hummer
Intense tracer
SC heckler (x2)
SC bullit
Spesh big hit 3
Yeti asx
Devinci frantik
Trance X0
Curtis FR (still got)
Rocky mountain switch 2 (still got)
On one SS (still got)
Bianchi Nerone 7 road bike (still got)
29 in total, got my eye on the new cotic BFE.
raleigh burner (died)
apollo orange thing (died)
some horrible falcon/hawk mtb (snapped)
scott purgatory (nicked)
shogun team issue xc (snapped)
custom alloy jump bike (snapped)
diamond back bmx bb mtb jumpy thing, (sold)
dmr trailstar (stolen)
azonic steel head (sold)
orange patriot (dented, twisted, cracked, sold, still being used daily!)
gt bump (sold)
flow moe (sold)
schwinn superstock 24" brian foster ltd edition (to use its full name!) (given to a mate)
another flow moe (stolen ๐ )
specialized p1 cro mo (current, fox'd hope'd etc)
DK six pack bmx (sold)
think thats all of them!
Falcon ATB (15 spd) - died
Diamondback Sorrento - died
Diamondback Apex - stolen
Marin Eldridge Grade - stolen
Cannondale Delta V 900 - stolen
Cannondale Super V 1000sl (1996) - retired
Marin Mount Vision (2000) - retired
Dialled Bikes PA - sold, but lovely bike just couldn't take 170mm forks
Tomac Omen - sold
Orange Subzero BH - broken
Yeti ASX - sold
Specialised S-Works Enduro - current
Not many really since I started back in 88:
88-91 Specialized Hardrock Sport
91-93 Saracen Traverse Comp
93-date Roberts White Spider
95-96 Mountain Cycle Moho
96-date Pace RC200 F6
05-07 Pace RC303
07-date Roberts Dogs Bolx
08-date Cotic Simple
Have a custom 29er in build as well at the moment but not had many bikes in my 21 years of mountain biking, oh and no full suspension ๐ณ Cannot bring myself to sell the old Roberts and Pace
From birth!
Raleigh Lion trike.
Raleigh Tomahawk.
Raleigh Grifter.
Raleigh Magnum road bike.
British Eagle rigid 531 Mountain Bike.
British Eagle gas pipe road bike.
Marin Palisades Trail (The two tone silver/purple one - 1993?)
Unknown make Italian Columbus framed road bike.
Orange Clockwork, Suntour Microdrive.
Specialized Rockhopper Comp.
Mongoose Expert BMX.
Rock Lobster 853.
Trek 1400 road bike.
Bit of an amateur really, compared to some of you lot!
Since 1992
Apollo Hybrid - broken and skipped
Radford Elite - now my commuter
Mongoose Tyax - still got the bare frame
Giant TranceX2 - main ride
Boardman Team - winter ride and backup built from the Tyax
Excluding unbranded random bikes pre about 7 years old:
Raleigh Lizard (still in my parents garage!)
1997 Raleigh Max Cromo "
2001 Specialized Enduro (sold, unfortunately)
2003 Stumpjumper HT (still have)
2007 GT Avalanche 1.0 (sold)
2007 Specialized FSR XC (sold)
2008 Commencal Meta XT (still have)
2008 Zaskar Carbon Team (cracked, cash back via warranty)
Wow, that was an unfortauntely short list.
Crickey its hard to remember them all... I'm sure I have missed a few.
Peugot Racer
Saracen Ali Hardtail
GT Zaskar
DMR Trailstar
Marin steel hardtail (got nicked)
Ridgeback Road bike
Diamondback x?? dh bike
Orange Sub 5 (broke)
Merlin steel hardtail
Remec DH Pro
Another Orange Sub 5
On-one Inbred (still got it!)
GT Avalanche
Orange ?? Ali hardtail jump bike
On-one 456
Orange 5
Banshee Chaparral
Giant Faith
Orange Patriot
Another DMR Trailstar
Santa Cruz Blur 4x (latest bike will be a keeper I hope)
Now wanting a Ti456....
Since starting circa 2002.
Raleigh Activator II (bought dirt cheap 2nd hand) - Broken
Dawes Tamarak - Split and sold
Specialized Stumpjumper HT - Split and sold
[b]Coyote Dual[/b] - Still got
Kona Stinky - Split and sold (BIG mistake, I still cry thinking about it)
Dialled Bikes Alpine - Split and sold
[b]Specialized P. All Mountain[/b] - Still got
5 here with 2 of them still on the go since starting out in 2003...
Apollo jobbie
Trek 7000 (found at dump and restored)
Orange Sub 3
Scandal SS
Giant Anthem
4 in 10 yrs
1st written off by car
2nd Muddy fox (still used as commuter)
3rd Titus motolite - never got on with it so sold for .....
4th Turner 5 spot - can't see me parting with it
mama d, awesome............... ๐
Just remembered the Specialized Enduro I had... And the Marin Mount Vision.... er....
First time round:
Some no-name kid's bike
Raleigh Budgie
Raleigh Strika
Scotia/Tange BMX
Raleigh Marauder Index
Carrera Krakatoa Flex (still got this one)
Then a gap, then
Carrera Kraken 2008 spec
Replaced all the bits til it became an On One Scandal
Replaced half the bits again and it became my Soul
Then, built a GT I-drive 5 from a frame and from leftover parts.
And that's it... Not much out there that I'd want to replace the Soul with other than a newer model Soul so that's an evolutionary dead end ๐ The Idrive's really just a spare, I don't feel much need for a bigger or "better" bike now.
i missed a rocky ridge, which i sold to e3ther, and a 22'' kona hoss which i gace to nodrog for a charity bike build.
I love threads with endless lists.
Raleigh Tomahawk
Raleigh 5spd Racer
Raleigh Burner GS
Halfords steel road bike till I rode into a bollard!
Viking Touring bike
Giant MTB while living in New Zealand
Random Emelle MTB
Trek ZX8000 1997
Heckler
Merlin Malt2
Lemond Zurich 853 (should never have sold it but went to a good home)
Kona Cindercone
RM Hammer
Orange 5
RM Blizzard
Roadrat
Thorn Sherpa
Kona Paddywagon
Inbred
Cotic Soul
Holdsworth
Falcon ?
Kona Cinder Cone '88
Raleigh M-Trax
Pace RC200
Shogun road bike
No name Ti bike
Proflex 955
Proflex 955 Carbon
Cannondale SV700
Cannondale SV900
Whyte bikes PRST1
Klein Palomino
Cannondale '01 F2000 Lefty*
Cannondale F4000 road bike*
On one Ti*
Cannondale bad boy ultra*
Specialized Roubaix S-works SL
Cannondale Rush Carbon*
18 bikes in 18 years and I'm still riding 6 - not bad. I could have bought a nice car instead.
... and the Elsworth Joker I had for ages and learned how to jump properly on... great bike that was.
Pre MTBing:
80's Raleigh BMX
80's 10 Speed Road bike
(Sorry, I can't really remember what they were as I wasn't that into cycling til I was about 10/11)
MTB's (hopefully in order):
1990 Marin Muirwoods
1995 Marin Eldridge Grade
1996 Orange X1 Full Sus
1997 Specialized S Works M2 Team Edition (bought off "lookmanohands off this very forum, and still the best bike I've ever owned, had it for 6 years in the end!)
1996 Proflex Animal (got it cheap, ended up giving it to my then GF)
2001 Trek Fuel 100
2002 On One Gimp (bought and then re-sold very quickly)
2003 Specialized S-Works Enduro
2002 DMR Trailstar (bought off a mate, didn't even get round to riding it, sold to another mate)
2003 Trek Bruiser
2004 Airborne Lancaster
2004 Santa Cruz Bullit
2004 Trek Bruiser
2003 Intense Tazer
2003 GT Ruckus
2001 GT I Drive frame (bought, then sold without riding it)
2005 Orange Sub Zero (took as part ex for my Bullit, sold without building it up and riding it)
2005 Cannondale Gemini DH
2004 Maverick ML7
2003 Spot DJ (bought for the forks, sold the rest of the bike)
2007 Carrera Kraken I bought for my then GF
2008 Genesis Altitude (still have)
2007 Giant Reign X (still have)
2009 Maverick Durance (still have)
2005 Gary Fisher Rig (still have)
Christ that took some brain power! And I'm convinced there's one or two I've missed out in there somewhere... Oh, and there was a road bike in there somewhere that I bought from Jedi off this forum back in 2004, did about 200 miles on it in 3 years, so sold it!
mtbs since 1998:
Giant Escaper (23" gate with U brake...)
Giant Escaper (19" they misunderstood the triple butting thing)
Orange Aluminium O (cracked t/t, got cheap replacement, flogged it and made money...)
Trek 970 (or maybe a 990? It was rubbish so sold on pdq)
Cannondale M2000 (the bike I really learned to ride on. Went through multiple guises, rigid, fs, rigid, fs, vee brakes, finally back to rigid as race bike... sold when realised it was actually too big ๐ฏ )
Proflex XP8 (upgraded shcoks to Noleens which broke so flogged)
Kona Explosif (the bike I rode best. Twas nicked... ๐ )
Klien Attitude (replacement, never got to grips with ๐ )
Santa Cruz Heckler (ditto)
Cove Handjob (didn't really like, dented t/t on 0mph fall so had to get something new ๐ )
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sofaboytt/3500506829/sizes/l/ ]Titus Motolite[/url] (didn't like steep downs on it so it went)
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sofaboytt/4041675999/sizes/l/ ]Cotic Soul[/url] (just been rebuilt)
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sofaboytt/4103368375/sizes/l/ ]Chumba VF2[/url] (just gone toobless and changed to coil shock)
So 13 (thats one per 1.5 year average
)
1988? Peugeot Ranger ATB
1988? Peugeot Laser 15 ATB
1991-1996 89 Cannondale SM600
1996 Orange E3
1997 Orange E4
1997 Gary Fisher Ziggurat
1998 Cannondale CAAD4
2000 Sunn Roader
2000 Sunn Urge UN
2000 Marin FRS XC
2001 Pace RC200
2001 Airbourne Lucky Strike
2002 Gary fisher Procaliber OCLV
2002 Rocky Mountain Blizzard
2002 cannondaleF3000SL
2002 Santa Cruz Roadster
2003 cannondale optimo
2003 Dekerf Elysium
2004 Orange Sub5
2004 Cotic Soul
2005 Raleigh alu mtb
2005 Cannondale Optimo
2006 cannondale CAAD5
2006 Cannondale Prophet
2006 Kona Cnder cone
2006 Kona Kilauea
2006 Yeti Kokopelli
2006 Trek EX7
2007 On one Il Pompino
2007 Cannondale Rush
2007 Gary Fisher X-caliber 29er
2007 Kona Blast
2008 Kona Lava Dome
2008 On One Inbred 853
2008 Cannondale Scalpel
2009 Cannondale CAAD3
2009 Marin Bobcat Trail
2009 Marin Muirwoods
2009 87 Muddy Fox courier
or something like that. i'm sure I've missed out a few.
MTB's only
1990 MBK Flouro Something or other.
1991 Marin Palisades Trail ( Still a bit Flouro!)
1992 Kona Lava Dome
1994 KHS Montana Comp (first set of Hope Hubs!)
1995 Specialized Stumpjumper (Tange Steel)
1997 Schwinn Mesa
2004 Cannondale Jekyll
2007 Cannondale Rush
2009 Ti 456 (still awaiting assembly)
List would probably be twice as long if all the rat bikes, road bikes and various bodges were included. Still a bit wimpy compared to some of you lot though! ๐
89 Raleigh Mirage
90 Specialized Rockhopper
92 Orange Prestige
94 Alves (Custom built)
97 Orange E3
99 Specialized M4
01 Santacruz Superlight
03 Cove Handjob
05 Turner 5spot- Current
06 Chromag Samurai- Current
08 Genesis IoiD- Current winter bike
09 Battaglin Stealth- Current
Since 1998 when I was at uni:
GT Arrowhead in Bomber Z1 orange. Rigid as ****.
Specialized Rockhopper '97 with Manitou Pro forks
2001 Kona Pahoehoe - lovely bike, fantastic mix of parts
Custom Setavento Ti hardtail that I specced up to the geometry of the Kona and built up as a Rohloff. Never really loved it
2008 Cotic Soda w/ Revs. Love it.
All quite restrained, really!
Raleigh thing
Raleigh Wolf
Falcon Fat Trax
Cannondale F900
GT Bump
Spooky Metal Head
Pashley 24mhz
DMR Trail Star
azonic DS1
Raleigh MTB thingy
Another raleigh thingy
Saracen Kili Flyer (2x8 & SS)
Old thing from tip
GT Idrive 3.0
Heavy Tools DS (n1)
Heavy Tools DS (n2)
WTP 4 seasons
MOSH thingy n1
MOSH thingy n2
Dirt Bros
Metal Bikes Dagger
Fit Aitken s2i
Trek ss 69er
Dawes tip rescue
Felt Breed
Wow most of these came and went very quickly but afew are still alive!
Started 1989
Spesh Rockhopper
Marin Eldridge Grade
Proflex 856
Gt Zaskar LE
Cannondale scandium hardtail
Spesh S works stumpjumper fsr 120
Maxlight xc120 (nicked after 2 rides!)
Charge Duster
Kona cinder cone ss
Genesis io (shouldn't have sold this one)
Santa Cruz blur
One one 456 - never built up
Ti 456 - i'm sticking with this one
from 1989:
Giant Hardrock
Raleigh Peak
Marin Eldridge Grade
Kineis Maxlight (still got)
Saracen Zen (snapped frame, great bike though)
Orange Patriot
Airborne Carpe Diem (road, still got)
Turner 5 spot (still got)
So I've been through 5 bikes in 20 years if you discount the 3 I've still got - 1 bike every 4 years - not bad going!
Of those I regret none, but I wish the Raleigh and the Marin had smaller frames (they were 'cause my dad insisted I bought gates)
Raliegh Somet or other (sold)
Giant XTC whatsit (split, frame sold to some guy in Athens)
orange sub 5 (sold)
Inbred 18"(sold)
Inbred 20" (split - frame / forks sold)
S-Works Enduro (split for:)
Summer Season (split - frame / forks sold)went back to the Enduro
Enduro (split - not sold now a frame)
456
all that in 6 years - I think I need help. Is there a mountain bikes anonymous out there.....
In 15+ years, 4 bikes of which I still have 2.
Approx '94/95 bought a 2nd hand rigid Scott
'97 Lava Dome (still have it)
'06 Spesh Enduro, sold to fund...
'08 S-Works Enduro built up this year.
Kona Cindercone
Kona Cindercone
No name alloy frame
Specialized FSR XC
Specialized Enduro
Kona Explosif
On One Inbred
Giant VT
On One Inbred
Kinesis Virtue
Maverick ML7
I started riding again in around '92.
My bikes in order are
Emelle thing
Saracen Protrax (snapped on rear stay)
Saracen Kili Pro (snapped on rear stay)
Dawes road bike (for working on but ended up in two pieces after an altercation with a van)
Massi Road bike (sold to another bike messenger and still working in London AFAIK)
GT Zaskar LE (snapped)
Giant XTC (snapped)
Giant TCR roadbike (first frame snapped the replacement nicked)
Giant NRS the 'freeride' version (sold)
Intense Tracer (first frame snapped, the second nicked)
On One Inbred SS*3 (all snapped)
Kinesis (alu framed monstrosity which is hanging in the folks garage)
Seven Sola Ti(first frame snapped awaiting the replacement :|)
Specialized S-Works Tarmac road bike (still got)
On One 456 (still got)
Unique Dirty Sanchez (custom made CX bike which I still have)
On One Inbred Reynolds version SS (still going)
Roter Stern
how have you managed to snap so many bikes.... โ
I'm 40 next year and haven't had a break from the age of 4, so this could well be a big list (from when I remember and in the right order as far as I recall):
Variety of kids crap, then:
Chopper
Grifter
Burner
Mongoose freestyle
Haro something or other
GT fueler
SE PK Ripper
Pananonia (?) 1st MTB, which I built!! This was dad's tourer that I fitted a BMX stem, flat bars, took off the mudguards and fitted CX tyres.
Raliegh Scirroco (road)
Raleigh Team (road)
Trek Singletrack 930
KHS Montana Comp
DDG (Piece of shit) 1st full sus'
Rocky Mountain Thin Air - still best hardtail I've ever ridden
K2 Razorback
Sub 5 x 2
Marin Wolf Ridge
Tomac special 98 (or something)
Cove Hummer
Cove Handjob
Patriot LT
Norco A-line
Van Nicholas Zion
Inbred
Cotic Soul
Scott Ransom 30
224 (why oh why did I sell this bike?)
Dialled Kobe ti
GT Pro series cruiser
Massi team issue compact (road)
Haro SX cruiser
KHE cruiser
Dialled PA x 3
Cotic Bfe
Cotic soda
Dialled Alpine x 2
Patriot 66 x 2
SE Floval Flyer
5
Marin Quake 7.3
Nicolai Helius FR
Nicolai helius ST (will never sell this baby)
**** Me!!!
Lots of these have overlapped such as the bmx's and road bikes, but that's quite scary. Ah well, we all need a hobby.
mildred, that is a very good list mate..........awesome.. 8)
I'd like to say that it's cathartic to write these down but it just shows how sad I am!
To be fair, 3 have been refunded under warranty, 5 have been stolen, and some I've ridden maybe twice before getting shut ('cos they've been crap - particularly the Ransom, which has got to be the overrated bike ever!!).
The A-line tried to kill me in the Alps, but I got my own back by dropping it off my bike rack - HA!
I had the Scirroco from age 15 to last year, and it spent the last 10 years on a turbo trainer.
Oh, I forgot the Titus Super moto.
[i]Roter Stern
how have you managed to snap so many bikes.... [/i]
JRA!
Raleigh Tomahawk
Raleigh Grifter
Eddy merckx kids racer
Pro-star MX1 bmx
DP firebird freestyler bmx (Still got)
Alpinestars cro-mega DX (sold today!)
KHE beater bmx
Retro raleigh road bike (still got)
S&M Holmes bmx (still got)
Haro race bmx
DK race bmx
Brew race bmx (still got)
Orange sub zero
On one 456 (sold last week)
Trek road bike (still got)
BMC elite HT (not built yet)
Think that's about it.
Started riding (seriouslyish) when i was 17 and had that bike till i was 22!
marin palisades
gt rts
saracen kili comp x 3 (they all broke!)
gt lts
saracen kili ultimate
cannondale r600 (road)
scott endorphin
specialized allez (road)
on-one inbred ss
cove handjob (frame - never bulit up)
specialized enduro (frame - never bult up)
monoc qc2 (road)
ribble winter (road)
whyte PRST-1
velo ecosse (road)
scott genius
on-one inbred 29er ss
on-one pompino (fixed)
thorn xtc (touring)
thorn raven rohloff (touring)
litespeed firenze (road)
setavento titanium hardtail
thorn audax mk3 (road)
surly steamroller (fixed)
dolan preffissio (road)
planet x sl carbon (road)
trek 9.8 carbon
right i think thats it, 29 in total! ๐