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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
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfergson/3385441050/in/set-72157604133043667
or rc100 with modern bits!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfergson/2280812179/in/photostream/
funk pro comp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfergson/2408993593/
saracen kili flyer comp (original one) with flexi stem!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfergson/242497026/in/set-72157604128636732
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and
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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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