[Closed] Iconic bikes that you've owned....?

White SS Inbred.

Pace RC200F3. A watered down version of the RC100 since it was rather more conventional and machining the outside of the tubes to create 'butting' is a bit of a bodge but I think the old square tubed Paces are classics.

S-works FSR, the JMC one. Best use of a student loan ever...

A Raleigh Burner with mag wheels.

My Zaskar.
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Is my 2001 Orange Patriot LT iconic? Still got it, and regularly wonder what I should to with it since it never gets used.

'93 (?) Explosif Pro (Suntour XC Pro), couple of RC200s, an M800 and, that's it.

2000 Santa Cruz chameleon, i loved it and never felt under biked whatever the terrain.
Climbed like a mountain goat to, I bought the later model but it wasn't as good

Funk e-stay, does that count? It was highly prized in its day.

Manitou hard tail and full sus, but both th answer version rather than the Bradbury ones.

Intense uzzi sl although it was the M1 that had all the glory.

Turner 6 pack although it was the 5 spot that was always highly coveted.

So, that would be a "no" from me then.

A first-gen Santa Cruz Superlight.The first bike that really felt " right" and coped with anything I pointed it at.Fond memories,sniff 😥

Spooky Metalhead - still got it

Muddy Fox interactive (briefly after it had been languishing in a bike shop cellar for years )
MK1 Stiffee
Original Turner Burner

My Zaskar LE from year 2000 Xtr Drivetrain was a great bike, so many great times on that bike

DP Freestyler
Mongoose Proclass
Closest I can get with an MTB is a Trek Pulse (Klein almost)

First gen Scott Genious Limited. 2005~. Remote rear pull shock travel; open, pedal, locked. Still have it. Ridden a fair few trails, miles, continents on it. In retirement now. Considered newer versions but never have.

Not a bike but a bike part. Rohloff 14 speed hub first in a WhyeE5 then WhyteE120. Still running today 10 years no problems. My 'winter' bike. Built to combat the Hertfordshire/Bedford mud. But as my wife put it "You may be able to ride and not have your bike clog up but you will still have to stop. Stop and wait for your friends"

Turner xce....after the burner
Turner rfx.....first incarnation
Santa Cruz heckler first gen after the tamzon.
Intense tracer.....
Pace rc

Litespeed Kitsuma
Miss that bike still.....ti hardcore hardtail

Off the top of my head:

Original steel Stumpjumper
Muddy Fox Alu Team
Kirk Magnesium
Alpinestars Al-Mega
GT RTS
Steel Kona Cindercone
Windcheetah (both faired and unfaired)
LWB Ratcatcher
Streetglider
Slingshot
Moulton AM
Tinbred
Tomac Revolver Ti

3 that i would call iconic that i have owned are (first 2 pics not mine,but the last one is)

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i still miss my cannondale (and deeply regret selling it in a moment of stupidity 🙁

I guess they may be more iconic in certain circles but the Mk1 & Mk2 DMR Trailstar

Brompton.

You want road or MTB?

MTBs i've not owned a single iconic bike, must be some sort of achievement in itself, all mass produced cookie cutter aluminium or CF.

Road stuff i've probably had half a dozen that would be considered iconic. (Or at least, retro bikers would get hot flushes.) Vitus 979, Original TCR, handful of top end 80s/90s italian stuff (pinarello, bianchi, colnago) proper GO'D 753 Raleigh (first bike i took to france in the 80's) most of it i've smashed into the ground and generally treated like shit...... 😳
Should have taken better care of it, stuck it in storage and used it as a pension fund.

Does a 2005 5 Spot count ??

Had one of these back in 1989. I was working for the main Raleigh dealer in Worcester and managed to get me a team issue one. Curved top tube on mine, Suntour XC Pro etc. Fitted a pair of Syncros bar ends too.
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Also had one of these 😳
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I've owned two 90's Konas but never a fancier one just Fire Mountains, I owned two DMR Trailstars, both late 99 - early 2000's I think, both with Slot Dropouts, one was Chrome finish, I really wish I'd kept that one...

Had an 05 SX trail for a bit, didn't like it TBH, others seem to think they were iconic bikes though.

I'd consider the Yeti DH9 I owned for a while to be 'Iconic' simply because it was the right colour for a Yeti and was an utterly ridiculous bicycle...

I am still riding a 456 Summer Season which to me is a fantastic Hardtail, and despite it's relatively skinny OD gas-pipes and obsolete wheels, seemed to have quite "Current" geometry...

1997 GT Zaskar and then a year later a GT LTS DH, I was a student at the time and blew my grant on the bikes 2 years running. Lived off salad cream sandwiches as a result.

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Is the Orange 5 an icon? They've been around for ages and are instantly recognisable so I reckon they may count, at least in the UK. I've had one of them.

I have also had a Cotic Soul. I'm not sure if it's iconic in the MTB community at large but on here I reckon it qualifies.

The Ibis Mojo SL that I've just retired is very similar to the initial carbon Mojo, which possibly kicked off a rush of long travel, light weight, swoopy carbon designs. I reckon that the carbon Mojo may now be a modern(ish) icon and the SL gets to ride in on its coattails a bit. 🙂

Still got a Mk1 Cotic Soul

Had a lovely year or so with an original shape Santa Cruz Blur. Nearly cried when I had to sell it.

PRST-1 in the shed.

This bike changed so many things in the industry, i owned a pink/white/green one and I loved it.

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89 Kona Fire Mountain, OK low end but was the first year of the P2 fork
GT STS
One of the original batch of 853 Inbreds
Cove stiffee
Ibis Mojo
Jones Spaceframe

Pace RC200 F3 - still got it, but it's now a singlespeed.

PRST-1 - sold last year

Intense Tracer Mk1 - bought on here in a charity auction - sold last year

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GT Pro Freestyle Tour - Fully chromed, Tuff 2 wheeled beauty.

Kona Hahana - my first proper MTB. It was pink.

Yeti Ultimate - wish I never sold this one, ugly as sin, but a good ride.

Gazelle Mondiale (80's road bike) - built this up a few years ago, full 80's Campag and tubs. Lovely bike.

1994 Zaskar LE
2002 Superlight

Both great bikes.

I'm waiting to build this up (It was iconic for me 🙂 )

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Of the many I've owned, the ones I'd consider to be 'iconic' are:
Orange Clockwork Mk 1(skinny steel Classic)
Klein Fervour (classic fat alu tubes, internal cables and push fit BB, before their time)
GT RTS (although it didn't work when standing it was a proper rideable full sus bike)
Marin Mount Vision (first version, proper game changer full sus you could ride all day)
San Andreas (was awful, high bb, bobby, heavy and noisy but by god it looked cool!)

The rest were just bikes, either seen as good at the time and rubbish now or nothing particularly outstanding.

The only mildly iconic ones
Mk1 rockhopper
1990 explosif
Orange Clockwork
Cotic soul mk1

Bontrager privateer (pre trek)

Kona Cindercone 1990
Klein Rascal
GT Zaskar LE
Cove Stiffee 69er

Kona Explosif Pro (1992?)
Specialized M2 (with Judy SLs)
Pace Rc200 F8 - still have this, it's ace!
Klein Quantum Pro - again still have this as my road bike.

'93 Orange Clockwork
Mk1 Cotic Soul

SC Bullet.
Evil Sovereign and Imperial.

Muddy Fox Courier (mk3 - the purple u-braked one)
Kona Stinky (mk2 - the one whose chainstays didn't break)

The courier was the first bike I rode with indexed gears. Much loved, but sadly missed as some mackem arse niked it.
The stinky is still my favorite bike. Like sitting in a big comfy armchair that's falling down a hill. I put some AM1-SLs on it and a Roco shock which extended its life to nearly 10 years.