[Closed] STW 20 Year anniversary bikes.

This should be good.

[tannoy]@Alex to the forum[/tannoy]

20 years ago

Got to a point where I thought "When (when, not IF) I crash, it's going to hurt" so I strpiped it, sold the frame and bought GHD hair straighteners for my wife. I had also bought "the last geared inbred ever" from on-one so I put the fox forks on that and shortly after bought myself a chameleon to ride singlespeed.

Now
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I had a 95 GT Karakorum in 2001

No photos to hand though

I had a DMR Sidekick in 2002.

I've been through a lot of bikes, but now I have an order in for a Stif Squatch.

Some similarity!

Don't think I have any photos of it, but I had one of these, must have weighed a LOT with that oversized Hi-ten steel frame!

Shortly to be replaced by the much better (although the geometry wouldnt be out of place on a gravel bike)

A full deore grouoset and Rockshox fork for £275. Those were the days!

(Neither are my photo)

A Cannondale Super V 1000. Lovely bike, was my first full suspension. No pictures though.

In 2000 I had a Marin Hawk Hill like this (not mine, interweb photo)

I only got rid of it about five years ago, wish I'd kept it really as it could have been turned into something gravellytoureytastic

Twenty years ago

Some crappy mid '90's hardtail

Now

Some less crappy mid '90's hardtail

Modern steel hard tail

Carbon Superbike

Titanium Superbike

Surely we were all riding Inbreds?

Can we see Tim's Spot from issue 1 (or was it 2?)?

A Conor something or other, aluminium with a suspension fork that didn't do much and weighed a ton. I gave it to a friend in the end when I replaced it with a Specialized FSR. Sadly no photos!

Surely we were all riding Inbreds?

We don't talk about the Inbred Jihad any more.

20 years ago
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An alloy trials frame with a rock Shox Judy tt fork and 1x8 gears.

Now
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I was still riding my Bear Valley which I got new in 1987

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Now regularly ride these two with a smidgen of the others we have

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Then:

A Claud Butler Cape Wrath, circa 2001 - red SR suntour forks, cable discs, deep V rims.

One of these (one of the 2 pictures I can find)
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Now:

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And once it's built, one of these (not my build)
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Orange E-Six

Ltd edition Strange version bought from Mountain Trax in Wokingham when they were in the garden centre. Easton Ultralite Alu frame (about 3.2lbs), Raceface turbines, XT, Hope Minis with custom Orange rotors, Manitou Mars forks, WTB rims with Hope XC hubs. An absolute blast.

Still have it in the loft (though have swapped the Manitous for some Exotic carbon forks) and keep meaning to sell as would make decent bike for someone.

Then

and now

20 years ago I was on a MK1 Santacruz Bullet with a Shiver singlecrown fork then a Junior T.
Also had a MK1 Chameleon.

Now on these.
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Then (actually had to borrow someone else's pic from Retrobike, sorry):

Now:

Tracey rode sonething else than Specialized shocker !   great pics all

I had one of these, reckon it was my third mountain bike.

in fact I still have the frame and fork and a few other bits

This (not mine)

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‘Upgraded’ to RST Gamma TL 75mm travel forks, XT 1x9, FSA cranks, club roost bars (lime green) LX Vbrakes, Tioga factory DH 2.1s and some DMR bling.

Things have moved on somewhat since then...

Then: Azonic DS1 built with donor parts from my old Marin. It had the cheapest 100mm RockShox Judy I could find (I think it cost £80), 1x8 gears, no front brake and a sweet orange crud catcher.

Now: YT Jeffsy with grips that match the forks.

I had one of these, reckon it was my third mountain bike.

That's a real beauty, especially for a vintage FS bike.

20 years ago today, i owned a rasta Bontrager Privateer. and a 853 Rock Lobster.

now i own a Salsa Ti Fargo. and a Surly disc trucker.

sorry, no pictures as i do not have the brain capacity to allow me how to.

20 years ago I was riding a 2001 Rockhopper A1, I bought it to replace a stolen 97 Rockhopper.

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Today I am riding a 97 Rockhopper that was the one that was stolen. I found it on eBay and paid to get it back. A few years later I sold it to a forum member which I regretted, I then bought it back from said forum member after a year of them using it. Third time of owning this from new.

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Some crappy mid ’90’s hardtail

@slackboy heretic!

In 2001, I'd sold almost all my stuff to go travelling.

If there wasn't a global pandemic on, I'd be tempted to do the same today. Mrs Dubs might be upset about not having anywhere to live anymore, but we'd keep our bikes

20 years ago I wuz riding a lovely Rocky Mountain Instinct.
(on the left)
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and today I am riding a lovely Rocky Mountain Instinct
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20 years ago I was riding a ventana habernero ( a very hot chilli ) that I bought whilst living in Phoenix for 5 years. Now have a 29 anthem and a tarmac disc, road biking has slowly overtaken mtb’s but now that the kids are older I’m hoping that it might start to swing back the other way

My Trailquest machine! And I started reading STW when you were dishing out free logo 'tattoos' at a Summer Polaris. You were on issue 3 then I think and I bought issues 1 and 2 at the Polaris too...

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Head down - arse up!...

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This is my 'current' ride - I've not really kept up!!

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Rocky Mountain Carve. Bought for $1200 from A Racers Edge in Breckinridge whilst on holiday in Colorado and Moab, and on Jacobs Ladder I think.

Then the present day bikes. Doh, they're not in the right order, sorry!

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@matt_outandabout cheers, should have just started this thread myself!

My Ritchey P20 which i only sold last year through lack of use. Still have no regrets selling it despite what everyone said!

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My Klein Adept Pro in the centre of the pic. Full XTR, Hope and King.

Now, Liteville 301, 7yrs old

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And a Cotic Solaris, no photos online that are easy to share however......

20 years ago it was a Coyote F2. Alloy main frame, carbon swing arm, and a shock where the i2i was measured in Brotosaurii. Not my pic. Mine had Psylos up front, a Thomson stem, Club Roost bars, XT , Hope Mono Mini front, Avid BB5 or 7 rear, Hope green XC front hub, DDG rear - both on red Mavis 517 and shod with a Trailraker on the back and a Fire XC Pro up front.

Now, main bike is a Hope HB160. Pic from last year, - now has a DVO Jade and a OneUp 210mm dropper shimmed to 190mm in place of the X2 and Transfer

20 years ago I was riding my 1999 Marin East Peak FRS, still riding it today. Everything has been replaced apart from the frame, seatpost, rear shock and Shimano XT SPD pedals.

20 years ago, I was still riding this GT LTS.
I bought in '98 and it was the first brand new bike that I bought myself.
This picture was taken after I'd ridden it home from the shop.
Soon ditched bars and bar ends for some club roost go fast risers with the brace across the top and of course the reflectors. Ended up replacing it with a Cannondale Jekyll which actually seemed to spend more time in the shop awaiting a warranty replacement frame than it ever did outdoors.

Now riding a Ripmo AF. So in 20 years my taste in bikes hasn't changed too much.

20 years ago I had a Scott Impulse idle in the shed as I was a gym bunny.

Two years later I got it out the shed and started commuting to work on it. A colleague mentioned her son rode mountain bikes and hung out on the Singletrack forum.

A year on I bought the Cotic Soul I still can't bear to let go.

My Ritchey P20

Now THAT is a colourscheme.

Still have my bike from 20 years ago hanging in the garage. Turner dhr downhill bike, now I'm on a geometron.

2001 Kona Chute -

Currently -

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And one of these, a current STW favourite, which is currently a frame only while I collect bits:

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Am I the only person whose never owned a FS bike?

Are you all better riders than you were 20yrs ago?  I expect there are others who like me are worse. I think fear of injury, shonky technique, weight gain and generally having a body that falls apart easily are the main reasons.

Aaargh, I can't get the photo links to work.

singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/stw-20-year-anniversary-bikes/#post-11796670
cheers. The forks were painted to match the frame.

Superb thread

2001: Trek 7000 (with bonus young me pictured)

2021: x 3

Tallboy 3

Carbine

Titus Mutsu Ti commutery goodness

All in same location except the commuter, although with the path "improvements" in recent years it could be feasible to summit on that one too...

Oh FFS I give up with photo posting from Google Photo.

Had one of these as my only bike (not my photo):

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The first bike I bough new. Worked at Halfords at the time so go it dirt cheap new and put plenty of upgrades on it! Marzocchi MXComp forks X-Lite bars and stem, full Deore 3x9 drivetrain, Mavic X319 rims on Hope Hubs, XT parallel push v-brake on the rear, Hope Mono Mini disc brake on the front and IRC Mythos tyres. Was in constant use for many, many adventures all the way until 2010 where it moved to commuter duties then I sold it to a neighbour in 2012. Last saw it in use in 2017 (have moved since).

It's spiritual successor is my Voodoo Hoodoo that is due a few upgrades when I replace my Trek Fuel EX soon, namely the fork and drivetrain.

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The Trek is my most-used bike and due replacing due to a worn shock (no spare parts available and a stupid size)

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Also have my Cotic Rocket, which pre-pandemic spent it's life hammering Windhill, Tidworth and FOD! Hasn't been used in months though.

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Try again:

2001 Orange 02 hardtail (Mountain Mayhem 2000)
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2021 Trek Superfly
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Reluctantjumper.
Is that pic of your Trek take in The Black mountains?
Bridge looks familiar.

Yes, I grew up there so know the riding well. It's the bridge across the Grwyne Fechan stream before the long, grassy climb to the saddle between Mynydd Llysiau and Pen Trumau.

2001

Pretty sure I was riding around on one of these but with Judy XC forks having just got back into riding after playing "team sports" at Uni:

Now I'm riding this:

Similar but better in every conceivable way aside from weight and "spring".

Then, C16-R (mine was silver with orange decals and full STX-RC group)

Now

@ElShalimo there was a Sub-5 and a F700 Cannondale in between, so not all hard-tail

Back in 2001 I was riding a 1999 Specialized Hardrock Cromo, the absolute base spec that I tarted up over time. I'd still have it if some bugger hadn't stolen in in 2008.

Apparently I needed a lot of gear to get round a 30 mile ride back then:

Now I mainly ride an Evil-

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and a Trek Stache, and I still strap a number plate on occassionally-

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2001. One of these two. That pic of me was my first ever MTB trip to Wales. Bit of an eye opener!

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https://flic.kr/p/b7QpnT

2021

MK1 Ripmo

https://flic.kr/p/SLpAC5

MK4 Ripley

https://flic.kr/p/2jnLqgE

Nordest Bardino 2

https://flic.kr/p/2jFLmAx

Planet X Tempest

https://flic.kr/p/2gCDpRe

I have a spreadsheet of the 40+ Inbetween!