20 years ago I was a relative noob having been riding for 2.5 years. I'd had my Marin Attack trail for about 14 months and was about to Jump to an Orange Sub5. In retrospect, they were basically the same bike, but I knew a lot less about what I was looking for back then.
After a number of Orange's, Turners, Cotics, On-ones, And a few micro Brands, Now, I have this.
And I'm building one of these.
Which is actually now complete.
Will be racing this again next month all being well!!
Or it could of been this one. Still in garage awaiting a rebuild!
Always a favourite pic too.
I don't have a clearer picture of mine, but roughly 20 years ago was my first trip to Afan:
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...on one of these:
@P20 ha ha! I did a google image search for “steel Specialized stumpjumper” and it was one of the first results!
Lovely bikes!
20 years ago, I was riding a DBR zetec pro xc bike - 63mm manitou SX forks, silly light Mavic wheels and lots of XTR. Spent 5 or 6 years abusing it, and put a crack in the chainstay so swapped the frame for couple of beers.
I also was riding a Sunn Radical+, complete with upside down obsys forks, large floating disks and high pivot suspension... very ahead of its time. I think that it was 2001, maybe '02, it got stolen, and the insurance company replacement was a Schwinn straight-8 with boxxers.
Sadly no photos...
Now riding far too many bikes, not sufficiently often!
This thread really makes a strong case for a "like" function on this forum.
Great stuff everyone.
Santa Cruz super light. Loved it I broke the back end
You too? Yeah mine died that way. Got the later model but never liked it as much. I think maybe a week in Morzine in 2003 may have done the damage 🙂
2001 Kinesis Maxlight Raw with a mix of 3x9, Psylos, Big Al Mavic wheels - now relegated to paper round bike 🙁
2021 Turner RFX. Like it a lot, hope it never dies!
And my Turner tribute photo for the years in between. 🙂
