[Closed] Your first ever mountain bike.

Stumpjumper 1982, bought in Bristol from Bike Tech on Park Street and then I don't think I saw another Mtb for two years! Still have the 87 (or 88.) Stumpy I replaced it with, now a front and rear rack full touring bike.
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Marin Eldridge - Sadly lost a long time ago when it was given to my brother on a long lend. Never came back. Maybe my memory is clouded by the mists of time, but it was such a fantastically comfortable and sensible bike.

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A Diamond Back Topanga - just like Mr Nice's above 🙂

Diamonback Topanga also but Green.
Saw a mint one the other day.

Another Topanga here in purple.

Nearly bought a Giant but got a good deal on the Diamondback for an extra £20 more than I was originally going to spend.

1991 Scott Montana.. Still got it looking like new with its Rock Shox Mag 21 SL Ti's

I started off on a Emelle Classic 300, same gold crackle craziness as the pic on the first page. That then got stolen from college and was replaced with an early 90's Rockhopper. That was then also stolen 🙁

I did however a few years ago find another of the same original rockhopper for sale so I bought it, it's my commuter and my favorite bike. Built very nearly exactly how it was when stolen.

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Christmas present when I was 15. Mine had gold bar ends and a gold bottle cage.

My first 26" wheeled MTB was a Raleigh Activator. I remember a kid from around the corner then got the Activator II which had underbar shifters and the most random rear 'suspension' design ever.

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Only in red and technically not mine, but my mum didn't use it any more.

Saracen Tuff Trax with proper dual shifters (lx I think). Can't remember if it was 89 or 90 but it was the blue one with Tange main tubes.

Only mods I can remember were taking all of the stickers off and adding an alloy flexstem.

Can't remember what happened to it. Sold I guess.

Late seventies - a steel frame found in a skip. It was far too big for me but I pelted about regardless of the small-for-chuckability school of thought. Cow horn bars with a rise as high as a hippy on the Moroccan Trail, complete with solid tyres for the first year of its life.

It was jumped and pancaked so many times the head angle was slackened by the time it ended up in the skip again.

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The bone shaker , with canti brakes lovely.

Giant Coldrock, c.1992. I pestered my parents for one, after reading a glowing review in MBUK. It was about £300 I think.

This is not it, but mine was identical, apart from the mudguards. I was too cool for mudguards.

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first proper mountainbike, 1989 SM600 (not mine unfortunately):
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Apollo something then i also had a raleigh activator 2 which i thought was mint at the time.The rear suspension from what i can remember was just 2 rubber rings that were meant to squeeze together when on rough ground.Probably had about 5mm of rear travel tops.Loved it anyway,good times. 😀

The pic of the Raleigh Mustang earlier brought back memories - that was my first MTB. Heavy old beast but took me everywhere and lots of adventures. Happy days 🙂