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I've yet to see another Bionicon Golden Willow whilst on my travels. People do seem to be interested in it when they see what it is though.
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Depends on your definition... I reckon my old Carrera Kraken would be pretty unpopular here, but in terms of sales it's probably one of the more common mountain bikes out there. It's a surprisingly nice frame though.
WHY are pepople posting pics of POPULAR bikes which are a bit rare???????????????????? i.e the sanderson, golden willow, Elswoth and ON-One + many more, even a 456 posted, ffs these ARE ALL POPULAR, ok some may be a bit rare but still popular LOL...........
the topic was for [b]non[/b] popular bikes,
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853 Curtis.
Only one of these ever made, custom built just for me, owned for 12 months and have ridden alot more than I thought I would.
I have seen a few other Mather's, but seeing as no two are the same, this is unique:
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Got a DMR Switchback never seen another in real life but somebody off here has one. Mine will soon be built up SS.
I have a hoss so fairly popular and a rocky mountain switch from 2003 (first generation black and bronze) I have yet to see one of them in the UK 😀
Have a custom geometry Roberts Genesis with disk tab and full 853, its the only one I've ever seen, and a Series1 Cannondale Jekyll with a polished frame and LeftyMax again the only one I've ever seen in that spec.
I've seen a couple of Airnimal Chameleons and Rhinos on my commute and I know there is at least one Joey on STW but I've yet to see another Elite (the Rohloff one)...
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This is Enid, my Raleigh. Upgraded her to 4-pot shimano XT brakes and a Bomber fork, but she still feels like you're dragging an anchor on the climbs. Also a funny whining noise coming from the back quite often. 😈
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Does have 'Pilot' and 'Co-Pilot' printed on the top tube though, which is pretty cool. 😆
My corsair built up...
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Thats a nice looking Corsair
I picked up a Raleigh Maverick for £5 at the weekend, sorry no pics yet!
Wanted something to use round town, or to the pub, think it dates back to 1985. Bit of a gate and looks like Raleigh have tried to copy what the Americans were making at the time.!
5 speed, seems to be all original and in amazing condition, quite a relaxed riding position, amazing cow horns, but handles the rough stuff much better than I though it would, well, apart form the lowish bb and as for the brakes 😉
Still, its another bike for my collection and will get used.
Ton - being retro, you might know more about it that I do?
my solitude - now with regular gears and some bolt-thru forks and fat wheels. only seen one other solitude
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and my soma juice - sold frame a year ago, had to be imported from the US for me though... never seen another soma about.
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also have 2 konas (an A and a kula29) and a pinnacle cross bike, and a dawes tandem.
ski.....is this the same
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"Thats a nice looking Corsair "
Don't worry the beauty of the bike is balanced out perfectly by the owner's ugliness!!
sorry col ....nice bike
LOL thanks 🙂
Maverick ML7/5 here too - attracted a lot of attention at Afan last month with most people saying they had heard of them but never had seen one in the flesh.
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Still to ride a bike that does everything quite so well!
I agree with crash test....these are all mainly [b]niche [/b]bikes that are respected and popular
Now try riding a Claud Butler if you want to see the word 'meh' brought alive in body language. Yes that's right - I got no love, and I'm still bitter.
That Raleigh is more like it. That's minging!
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this is it as a single speed,, but it now has a alfine rear hub,,, i do have another preston ,, very early test bike from maximum mountian bike
notice the special features 24 inch front wheel,26 inch rear wheel , super niche
I 'own' a Chumba EVO, very unpopular and unloved frame, i have only ever sold 1! they ride really well, but people don't like the looks 🙁
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i too own a unloved chumba..........wanna px it for a evo.....
I 'own' a Chumba EVO, very unpopular and unloved frame, i have only ever sold 1! they ride really well, but people don't like the looks
Now I've owned some pretty unpopular, and some would say some "ugly" full suspension bikes in the past (Orange X1, Original 1996 Proflex Animal, Maverick ML7), but that really is an abomination! No wonder you've never sold one!
I bet it does ride well, looks well made, decent 4 bar setup, looks like it should be pretty stiff too... But no way would you see me on one, that is the ugliest frame I think I've ever seen!
function first looks second,,, i am joint inventer of the whyte preston
I'd love a Whyte Preston, if anyone knows of one going?
Funny that someone should mention a Raleigh Maverick 5 speed. I still have (most) of mine which I owned from new and it now resides in my garage roof! I did fit a swan neck stem and that carries my teeth marks in it from where I was hit by a car and went face first into the stem!
Also got my '91 Fisher Supercal frame with cracked headtube.
My current bikes are Fisher Celerity (1990) which is a SS and a Commencal Normal HT.
On the lookout for something better now as the Commie was a 'get me back into mtbing' purchase.
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No pictures I'm afraid, But my first offering is a Roberts' DogsBolx. When it was built in 2001 it was the first dedicated SS DogBolx frame they'd built.
Second offering is a Vicious Cycles Groover (with carbon fibre back-end) one of only two in the UK I think.
Another Ventana,'El Salty'- never seen another like it, a few years old now, bought off Classifieds, still great fun..
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'06 Fisher Ziggurat - never seen another one......
there was one of my bike but i destroyed it to make it even more exclusuive.
beat that
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Voodoo Canzo.
Joe Murray designed, well built, never seen another one in the flesh.
Strange.
I've never seen another one of either of these:
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Both great bikes - the HCR is now 5 years old and still getting great results. I'd like to know how many podiums it's had over the years!
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Dean Colonel Ti hardtail with custom geometry.
I specced it with an unfashionably short wheelbase and steep angles to mimic my much loved and rusted 93 Clockwork. Turns out the geometry is within a gnat's of the new Orange R8 that Chipps liked so much in this month's mag.
I've got a Moots hardtail and I've never seen another. It's got 80mm forks and that's even rarer
Not quite sure how many of these are around, but I've recently built back up my 99 ZaskarLE frameset.
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Now it has disks the feel and speed is immense.
Far too good for me at the moment, but I'll get there 🙂
Have replaced the forks with some black RS Tora solo air things, which are ok but too heavy and spoil the ride somewhat 🙁
The RST's are stupid light being only air cartridges, but they are a little twangy and don't really like the abuse the disk gives them.
Cracking bike though.
2 cannondales imported from canada in the late 90s,
never seen another john deere green killer v (with disc tabs)
or a 6" travel kawasaki green super v,
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Cannondales used to look absolutely brilliant, IMHO lost their way style wise recently.
I think the logo change was a bad move.