US made Salsa Ala Carte from about 95. Rolling collection of retroness now.
95 DBR Axis TT. Still used as my summer race bike.
SB66.
Another Tinbred here, didn't realise they were so rare. Rode one at Red Bull MM for a few minutes years ago, bought a frame 2nd hand from a guy on here about 7 years ago, love it 🙂
Cheers, Rich
I have a Selma too 🙂
Titus HCR '04 - still built up and gets ridden every now and again. Apparently only 3 were brought into the UK.
GB
I had a Marin Pine Mountain with a Browning Head tube shock..a bit like a cannondale. I also had a Manitou HT.
2007 Viper's Concept RC1.0. Still riding it today when I get the chance. Great bike.
1930's Raleigh sport
Like
P-X Compo. Not sure how many were made.
Or a Fisher CR-7, early rigid one, though they were probably made in their thousands.
1990 salsa brought in from the states
An early Marin Pine Mountain that had front and rear Manitous as suspension
Soulcraft
Titus racer x in 2003 before they really had much of a UK presence, I did see one out on the trails around that time too though!
i still have my 650c litespeed blade with bladed chainstays the lot 🙂
I had a Boulder Gazelle which I'd fitted Manitou EFC forks to.
Always regret selling it
Still got my 1995 Rocky Mountain Equipe - still my favourite bike that Ive owned
Not seen much in this list that really impresses me aside for that Manitou - which is a bit special.
The rarest I have has is a Cougar custom built road frame built by Terry Dolan but there are lots of those or just one depending on how you look at it!
An Orange full suspension prototype of which only 2 were produced.
Meant to supercede the 5 but never put into production.
Great bike but the frame cracked after 18 months and it wasn't viable to repair.
TomHoward is indeed correct - yes I bought that IT1 and no, I haven't seen it yet. My brother assures me its ace though.
I had a prototype Orange 222 with QR back end - can't imagine there were many of them about. Also had what I was told was a prototype on-one gimp trials frame, probably my most favourite bike ever was that. Christ knows why I sold it
I owned a Specialized S-Works Team Edition M2 hardtail frame, with Carbon Fibre S-Works Judy's, exactly the same frame and forks ridden by Jason McRoy in DIRT.
You could actually buy them but they were rare as hen's teeth. A mate had one, he got the frame through a sponsorship deal that our cycle club had with Evans Cycles.
He had it years, eventually he got the carbon Judys completely rebuilt with Air Englund cartidges to replace the knackered internals.
The bike got nicked a few years later. 🙁 Real shame, it would have been worth a fortune to a collector.
I've got a Saracen Kili Ultra titanium from 1997. Only ever seen one other, that was owned by Mike 'Jesus Jones' Edwards. 🙂 Seeing as I'd never seen another Ti Saracen, having two in the same race was a bit of a coincidence!
Not too many of these old girls around now I suppose. Still rides great even by modern standards.
1988 Wicked Fat Chance...
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...recently bought from theredchili 🙂
XL Cotic Soul, I don't think Cy made many of them. Sold it on here to someone.
Not too many of these old girls around now I suppose. Still rides great even by modern standards.1988 Wicked Fat Chance..
Looking good, great picture
1999 Spooky Pitboss
Easton Rad tubing, Frank the Welder made it. snapped at the chainstay hayes brake mount and still in my shed!
Dialled Bikes Morning Glory
Ti predecessor to the Prince Albert, I think 20 Mediums and 20 Larges were made.
Is the Ti Alpine ever going to be made?
Had a Scapin Nope VD6 - steel and carbon fibre hardtail. Was a thing of beauty until i stacked it and smashed up the downtube on some pointy rocks
Still got it in the garage, its too pretty to scrap
Dirtworks Monster with Hannebrink UD forks
pace rc100
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or rc100 with modern bits!
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funk pro comp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfergson/2408993593/
saracen kili flyer comp (original one) with flexi stem!
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1998 Muddy Fox Aly Sport seen 1 other
2000 Muddy fox Alu Team never seen another
2010 Proflex 768 seen a couple
Gary Fisher Gemini Tandem
Kingdom Foia v2 and just sold a custom built descendence FS.
Specialized FSR with a twin pivot horst backend and a collar mounted shock, only seen one other one years ago.
I owned a Specialized S-Works Team Edition M2 hardtail frame, with Carbon Fibre S-Works Judy's, exactly the same frame and forks ridden by Jason McRoy in DIRT.
I actually still have one, it's built up for my other half at the moment but she never uses it.
I've also still got my pace rc300 with the carbon seat tube.
Apart from that, I've had turners and currently an s-works epic with full xo and Chris king. Think it might be destined to be swapped shortly for a yeti though.
Roadbike wise, I've still got a Merlin ti & litespeed ti but they might both be sold to fund an enigma
[i]Spooky[/i] DNA. Same as a Sinister DNA, made by Frank the welder, but one of very few made whilst he was still at spooky.
Sadly stolen by some scrote in York. If you ever see a black one anywhere... 🙁
I'm guessing Peugeot punted out more Tim Gould replicas in 1993 than Dekerf made Generations in 1999.
My Generation is soon to be a one of a kind Dekerf/Roberts/Yates collabo, though.
I flared the headtube years ago after too many endos and stoppies, and it went to Roberts to fill and reinforce the headtube and a respray. (neither of which were particularly clever jobs, tbh)
When the 853 PAs land and I've swapped the bits over, it's going to Yates for a disc mount and associated tidying and another respray.
a Greg Fuquay , which I should 'never' have let go
Kona King Kahunna, owned for years, juts fancied something else, but should have kept it.
also my Pipedream Modro Ti singlespeed, which I will never let go. Ridden twice on it this week.
I'm currently riding a Chromag Samurai, I've not come across another for a while 🙂
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I've got one of these. I'm not the real HR though.
I've still got a Cove Stiffee 69er.
Stiffees obviously aren't rare, but this is no.26 of only 69 complete bikes made.
1987 Cannondale SM1000, flouro-tastic bike with roller cams and 15spd Suntour first generation index gears, highest BB on a bike I've ever ridden, it was like riding a circus bike.
Custom Fuquay built for me, Greg fillet brazed all of his frames and I had TIG welded one, lovely bike, sold for a pittance to my brother to buy school uniforms and shoes when I was skint, bought it back eventually but sold it on.
Pre-Trek Klein Adroit in a lovely candy red, rigid Klein forks and MC2 bar stem combo so a fairly early one. Very quick, sold to finance another bike but the one I've always wished I'd kept.
CW Pistol Pete race BMX, bought off my brother who raced for them in the day, still as was then but a bit rustier.
I have the original prototype Jones spaceframe that was built by Merlin for Mr Jones.
I also have a prototype Singular Gryphon.
Mantis Flying V.
Sold it for an AMP B4, but decided on something else instead (can't remember what, a Mountain Cycle Moho I think).
Really wanted the Boulder Gazelle though, in that red. Lovely looking thing...
haro mx2
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or a mk2 santa cruz super 8
Do we have a winner yet? Not that its a race or anything.
Endorfin VP-4 R SL - Rohloff full-suspension bike.
Fewer than 5 in the UK, I understand.
Oooohh I had a Fuquay. Swapped a complete bike for a Heavy tools jump frame....it actually makes me well up thinking about it 😥
Dekerf Elysium Ti is my only MTB now. Never seen another one.
I had a 1992 Bridgestone MB-2
Proflex 752 . With the elastomer mcu bungs for suspension .
Proflex OZ . 1999 carbon fs .
I have a DEAN Airmet steel frame brought over from Canada. thinking of selling it though as it never gets rddden these days, would make a lovely SS.
I suppose this wouldn't be that rare but I have never seen another in the flesh
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I never really rode it though, went to a collector.
I have some strange bikes still & the rarest has to be a Pipedream Cirus tripple butted Ti frame that was an ex demo, currently built as a single speed that I never use.
I also have an original scandium scandal 29er, that i never use.
A old round tube Stiffee, that I never use
A Raleigh Burner pro reproduction BMX, one of the original proper LTD edition ones, that I have never used
An Azonic propulsionframe which I have used to near death, I love that frame.
I still don't ride it much, which is a kind of the theme for my life at the moment 🙁
Remember the rules folks, production bikes only please!
What do you mean? all mine were production frames, are you referring to the Pipedream?
ebb variant on one 456. 1/2.
two phil wood piss off's, still got one of them
Surely singlespeedstu must win!!!
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I had one of these (not the one in the picure) 1983 Ammaco Mongoose Chromoly
Was actually lost in a shed fire! 😥
1988 Kona Explosif (Pistachio with yellow spatter). Not exactly rare, I know, but it was the first Kona around these parts and, as far as I know, still the only '88 Explosif.
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Marin County, Cali
"Breezer #2," shown here in 1978. Ten made. "Breezer #4" recently sold for $26,000 (US) to a collector in New Zealand. This one resides at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.
"Breezer #1" is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington,DC.
Damn, sandbagged the thread. Again.
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I had the last ever pace rc300 19" made, it sadly died 🙁
Kona Hei Hei nicked in from the car in the Peak District (my favorite bike up to now)
Ti Bontrager frame cracked (my second favoutite bike up to now)
Yeti SB66 Carbon - I reckon there are only 5 or 6 in the world right now rather than the 100s they were hoping for. I recognise that I'm cheating but I'll own one, once Yeti get their quality issues sorted out (My rumour, no-one else's) and deliver one to me
XL Orange 225. One of only a handful ever produced in this size.
My Merlin Cyrene. Never seen another, but did once see a Cielo on the road.
My Airnimal Rhino. Someone else must own one, but I never see them.
I owned an early version of one of [url= http://www.slingshotbikes.com/mountain-ripper.php ]these[/url] many moons ago.
Loyalty to my Michigan roots over-ruled my usual "give it a test ride first" head and I brought one, untried. Silly mistake to make, just didn't feel right at all.
I don't have any photos I can post unfortunately. I have some 35mm shots of it but don't have a scanner at the moment.
Repack Rider - Member"Breezer #2,"...
"Breezer #1"
Sorry, not really qualifying for this thread, no sandbagging this time.
There also seems to be a large proliferation of well I had this bike in the 80/90/00's and I never saw another one where i live so it's got to be rare. How many Dekerfs, Paces and Proflexes have all ready been mentioned? Let alone short run regular bikes in odd sizes that were never reproduced in great numbers cause they didn't sell. Only reason I mentioned my old trusty was cause I bought it in the US back in the mid 90's and as far as I know they never sold them in Europe.
Here here frank, that's the danger of the internet tho.
I don't care if the Breezer's dinnae qualify. I'm blown away so I'll just ...erm.. head off to the next thread as RR has blown it all apart!
Brian Blyther's old 1988 Haro Sport.
One of my friends has owned this since new, I think only a few hundred were made and most went to pro riders.
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A 1989 ms racing which I have owned since 1993
My BSO. Great for the pub and around the shops 🙂
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Dekerf Phenomenon. You really don't see many of them.
Had a few retro projects
Nos vitus road frame never been used and nothing to do with crc
Alpine stars e stay bike but only the cro mo one
But only one I got from new is an orange vit-t re issue from 2008 never seen another
But the others must be out there somwhere
Early 90s Zinn with Pace hubs, Campag transmission, rs forks can't remember which ones. Still have the Zinn forks shame they are not attached to rest of the bike!
CK did you audition for the lion in the Wizard of Oz?
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Nowt that rare in my ownership, but I'd sacrifice a kidney for a Cunningham.
I've always had pretty common bikes. I guess my current bmx comes closest as it's a limited edition version of the Sunday Trail Scout - I have the Catty Scout version.
Oh I'd love a Fat Chance... I do own a Pashley TV series 26mhz dirt jump/dual slalom frame, never ever seen another and struggled to get any info on them even, so of anyone could clue me in? snapped chainstay driveside unfortunately....
Had a few over the years:
Turner Rail which was pretty rare, also had one of a handful of Team Turner Maxxis 4x race bikes which was an absolute dream to ride, was basically a chopped up modified HL Flux.
Foes ZigZag Hardtail was certainly interesting looking and never seen many others about!
Also had 2x PDC's - Dh-One and a 825. Dh-one was ahead of its time really in terms of BB height and HA!
Guess the rarest was probably my Intense Socom though, was done as a one off by Intense with a water transfer wrap digital camo finish. Was stunning in the flesh!
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I once had a limited edition Scott Endorphin, number 112 of 200. It was just an Endorphin in a really gopping "colour scheme". Miss it though, one of my favourite bikes. No pics of it built up but here's the frame:
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Not as rare as my current bike though, this one is unique, as far as I know.
"Project Prolapsed Disc": The only red anodised Marin Rift Zone?
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I'm lucky enough to have a Setavento ti hardtail. Firm has gone bust now, but I understand they taylor-made bikes to order. I'm lucky that mine fits me. I've had it for 2 years and will probably never sell it. Beautiful ride, with all the ti virtues (and so far, none of the vices.)
I still own an Overburys Fellrider and also own a Longstaff tandem trike with a 27 inch frame for the pilot ,now that must be rare
Always wanted one of those longstaff trikes