[Closed] Who owns a non popular bike......show and tell

i dont think my sabbath september is that common but it is lovely 😉

I have a 456 which from the thread about brands you'd never buy doesn't seem that popular.

I ride an old Kona........fast to avoid the stones being thrown at me by nichemongers.

i own part of one ...it must be unpopular you sold me most of it 😉

I've got the last ever (as far as I'm aware) Whyte PRST-4; with T-FOUR forks from a JW-4 as they'd run out of PLUS-FOURS which it should have come with. It's about 5 months old now; but all the components on it are 2005 vintage.

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Raleigh Mtrax bought new in '98. Though I expect it to be retro cool any day now.

Don't know if this counts but I haven't seen another online apart from team riders' bikes . . . [url= http://mamadirt.fotopic.net/c1553419_25.html ]Tazer VP FRO, No 3 of 100[/url] . . . love it!! 😛

Used to own a Saracen Zen. It were ace! Cracked the seat tube running not enough seatpost in the frame so had to skip it 🙁

Love the Intense tiny tazer, one of those bikes that just looks right!

I ride a Marin...

Seemed fast enough downhill in the alps.

I have Saracen, Raleigh, another Raleigh (frame, needs building again), Marin, Claude Butler, all quite uncool but really like them all.
Have Yeti, Coppi and Rondelli to regain some street cred.
Also have no space in garage and other half who thinks getting a cross bike is a bad idea. Tempted by a Dawes to complete to the line up of uncool bikes...

Carrera Fury, with a mudguard for good measure 🙂
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I have a Salsa Moto Rapido. Never seen another one and only heard of them being discussed a couple of times. Even has Whyte forks for extra specialness 😀

I have a saracen Kili flier. Full carbon merida frame, brilliant bike.

Mav ML7/5

Light, brilliant ride and climbs better than just about any other full suser, can't believe they aren't more popular really (not that I am complaining...)

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I used to own 3 Gary Fishers 😯

there's only 2 of these
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Mantra,Maxlight Pro,Trance & an Inbred 29er

Is that lot unpopular enough for you .... 😕

jase, very nice indeed that mate.......what is it.. 😉

I have a club roost xc4 which I think is a great bike

Cube AMS 125.

Getting more popular but not many about when I got mine.

Don't even see them in mag tests.

Seems a good bike as well.

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Viper 29er, never seen another one.

New bike will be a bit more mainstream 😛

there can't be that many Singulars away from here

mine are pretty rare..
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Have seen one other Rumble (red hardtail) but have not seen another Fury.
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kinesis phase, met one other person with one
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now has pikes trail bike also putting in appearances as a dh bike
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Amongst others I own a 69er Gary Fisher with rigid forks, a rigid 69er 456SS (possibility of a singlepeed there), a Scott Octane and a Marin Wool Fridge (or sumfin) singlespeed with DH Mud tyres and Manitou Blacks. Lovely!

Rock Lobster Team Tig SL (It even has SRAM hubs)
And a Raleigh Amazon commuter

Mav ML7/5

Light, brilliant ride and climbs better than just about any other full suser

You've ridden just about every other full susser then???

Here's my NS Bikes Society:

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Nowt fancy and still a work in progress but you don't see that many around.

Not many of these fellas about:

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Nor these:

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Well actually still have the original frame but it's broken unfortunately.

Infact i'd go so far as to say find another person in the british isles that's had one & i'll give you twenty quid.

I think Hairychested wins!

Maybe not as 'sick x gnarly = rad' as this unique steed though.
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Sadly it's not mine. 🙁

twohats - Member

Mav ML7/5

Light, brilliant ride and climbs better than just about any other full suser

You've ridden just about every other full susser then???

DO believe the hype. I've ridden loads of different full sus bikes over the years, certainly examples of just about every suspension design. Mavericks go uphill like they have no right to, better than anything else!

Here's my old one, now owned by mtbmaff of this forum...

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Never seen another Jamis Dakota 631
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Chinzilla XT here, with upgrades. I've never seen another EVER!!!! 😛

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Did ride this until i cracked it ! 2008 Mongosse canaan elite , frame replaced with a nice shiney red 09 model .... excellent bike for the money

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I also own a Global but have never seen any others about, this could be because I was based in Denmark, and most people only ride road bikes here.

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Not seen another Sunn Revolt seems pretty rare. But I'm trying out an NRS now and think my French loveliness will be for sale soon.
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I have a sarcin (innit) Killi Racer or might be Flyer - I can't remember - in magnesium, bought off Ebay as NOS frame with no paint/branding etc for £40 which everyone tells me will break immediately. It's quite fugly with massive flattened down and top tubes, but weighs 3lbs for the frame and is a very compliant ride. I've been racing it three years and it's still going strong.
I also have a Titus Switchblade which is similarly quite fugly but again is a great ride - on the fly suspension adjustment from 3.7 to 5.5 inches 8). I've never seen another in the UK and can't imagine there are too many around as the frame would have been nearly £2k in 2003.

Now has decent saddle at correct angle, decent stem and Middleburns.

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I have a sarcin (innit) Killi Racer or might be Flyer - I can't remember - in magnesium, bought off Ebay as NOS frame with no paint/branding etc for £40 which everyone tells me will break immediately. It's quite fugly with massive flattened down and top tubes, but weighs 3lbs for the frame and is a very compliant ride. I've been racing it three years and it's still going strong.
I also have a Titus Switchblade which is similarly quite fugly but again is a great ride - on the fly suspension adjustment from 3.7 to 5.5 inches. I've never seen another in the UK and can't imagine there are too many around as the frame would have been nearly £2k in 2003.

Now has decent saddle at correct angle, decent stem and Middleburns.

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Arse.
Apologies for double post - how do you edit?

I have a Coyote Dual of which I've only seen one other.

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I also own a Specialized P. All Moutain, custom built by myself, which again doesn't seem very common despite being a Spesh.

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Youll hate this then

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2001 Kona Manomano with glow in the dark decals!

I have a saracen Kili flier.

I've got a broken one of those in the garage. Completely cracked all the way round the seat tube, just above the weld to the top tube.

I used to have one of these (well the frame at least). It was rubbish.

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I also have a broken kili flier in the garage Mg variety.
I broke 2. Chatted to the Saracen guy at the Bike Show and they did offload the whole lot to a chap who ebayed them one by one over several months. I sold the 3rd Mg replacement as new and it had a flattened top tube to reduce the stress point where it met the seat tube. Like Realman - my two frames went at this place. The latest ones might have fixed it - I was just twice bitten.....

Heh heh, that Diamondback looks a bit like my Switchblade...

When the Saracen breaks (assuming it will) I'm going to see if it burns. 😯

I have a Nicolai singlespeed, though it's a Argon CC rolhoff version it's without any guides as specced, I think the only one in the UK apart from the stolen one it replaced.
(up for sale BTW)

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Salsa El Santo - In Rojo-a-Go-Go red

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I also have an El Santo mexican wresters mask - but that's another story

My Thylacine which I believe is currently the only one in Europe.

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I was going to say I've got a salsa el santo and never seen or heard of anyone else with one, but gator's got one too. Down right common!

Nice bike tho

I've just purchased a Corsair Marque and built up last week, great bike, i've only seen 1 other on the corsair stand at the bike show 🙂

Haven't got a pic of it built up yet...

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ooo that Corsair looks nice! How have you built it up?

Ton, i have quite a few bikes that are 'non popular' but i dont you will want to see them 🙁

I was going to say I've got a salsa el santo and never seen or heard of anyone else with one, but gator's got one too. Down right common!

Nice bike tho

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I was going to say I've got a salsa el santo and never seen or heard of anyone else with one, but gator's got one too. Down right common!

Nice bike tho

rob, we heard you the first time.....

before anyone asks I don't know why my post came up three times!

Chromag Sakura? Not seen another one yet or even heard of anyone owning one.

terrahawk - Member
there's only 2 of these

There are only 2 of these and both are SS (now) in the UK. Sorry Phil 😥
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'98 GT Bravado (Reynolds 631 beauty, most parts original, still rides amazingly)
custom geometry Sinister Ridge (FTW is a legend)
Sinister Gruitr (4.5" - 6.5" for long days in big mountains and general misbehaviour)

my big bike is an Orange - I couldn't justify going any more niche than that when the Orange is simply *so* good at what it's designed for. Though it is due for replacement next season...

Dam I saw some kids on a Zaskar yesterday.

But have one of these with Kona P2 forks:

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STX RC and other old bits, 1994 edt.

Never seen another one of these before!!

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Planet-X Easton RAD Jackflash in Daktary paint

Marmite - But I love it!!

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http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2962130/

Can anyone give me a plain english instruction on how to post pictures on here??

Anyway, my bike, an 07 front with an 08 rear so it doesn't go snap like all the other 07's did!!
See very few of these around, i love it. It went to the Alps again this year, it was the only bike that stayed in one piece!!

Englishmastiff - Member

Can anyone give me a plain english instruction on how to post pictures on here??

Click on the IMG button and put in your URL

Or just type

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My Roberts D.O.G.S B.O.L.X

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Also own a 80's White Spider too.

There's only one of these in the UK.

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There were two of them at one point though.

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But one of them's gone back to it's maker now .

JC.

Them things are as common as shite these days.

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Lovely bike, best suspension action ever - just didn't fit me, waaay to far back over the bb (long femurs) - shame.

I've noticed Nicolai's getting alot of stick recently (from the lower echelons). I have the pleasure of being aloft a Helius FR and I flipping loves it. Only ever seen one other FR and a CC on the trails.

Got enough hose on those brakes Gruenermoench?

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Stunning. Would love to see the full build and hear your thoughts on how it rides.

Those Mavericks are lovely, I'd love one if I could justify having a FS living in Suffolk

merida mission comp with rear shock in spesh epic position, never seen another one but there must be some out there pics please, i will post one tomorrow.

I have 2x Gary Fisher bikes

I understand they're quite unpopular with the nicheaholics on here 😉