Iron horse are still going just in BSO form in America.
Emmelle although I dont think they were ever any good anyway.
Venhill.
My brother had a Klein, I had a Peugeot (Total team edition, sweet)
Kooka.
My kid had a lovely Haro a few years back. They seem to have abandoned MTBs.
What the hell was that 90s brand? Bugging me!
Cove ain't what they used to be.
Funk.
Another one just come to mind... begins with S I think. Mate had a white hardtail from CRC, but their full sussers were more common. My old brain is dyin.
Diamond Back
Iron Horse
Ellsworth
Dia Compe
Tioga
Local Motion
Breezer
Funk
All the ones I could think of have been mentioned.
I seem to recall Iron Horse died in 2008/9 victim of the credit crunch, as far as I remember they sold the Sunday that was THE DH to have at the time thanks to Sam Hill but I couldn’t name another one of their bikes, I doubt you can make a successful bike co from DH sales alone.
Cove are all but dead sadly, down to 4 frames, a Hummer which is there’s, the Hustler which is an off-the-shelf Chinese frame with a few Cove bits (or was that the old one) the Shocker the which isn’t massively different to the one I bought 10 years ago and wasn’t new then and the G-Spot which is 8 years old - can’t imagine they’re still making 26” wheeled Enduro and DH bikes, they’ve just been sat on the shelf for a very, very long time.
I wasn’t aware Klein were dead, I only ever saw their crazy airbrushed frames ridden by old beardy guys, assumed they still made them on the quiet and you’d only see them leaning against a beer garden bench surrounded by pints of real ale.
Handsomedog, DDG, 24SEVEN.
I know HSD was allterraincycles own brand and they stoped making them but they got good reviews back in the day.
No idea about DDG but the shooter was a great bike for dirt jumping at the time.
Ellsworth are still going, they’re just not completely gopping anymore so they’re not so easy to spot.
Cook Bros.
Egg.
KHS
Alpine Stars
Identiti
Checker Pig
Prob all still around in some form but never really hear of them
Maverick
Independent Fabrications been mentioned?
Anyone remember I think they were called 'Red Titanium" - Titanium frames from \ made with Russian Ti?
Also I think Ozone and Bigfoot?
Sintesi!
Identiti have just brought out a new one called the mettle.
Rock Lobster still make really nice bikes
Spooky still make reasonably nice bikes
Still see loads about on the internet!
Some more brands that're extinct/don't hear much of
Azonic
24seven
Schwinn
Cortina
Mr Crud
Avent
Balfa
24
.243racing
Morewood
Quite a surprisingly large amount of these bikes companies are still around in pretty much the same way as before, so it's interesting that we think that they aren't! Maybe it's because the way we get our bike related info is different- I for one rarely read a mag anymore and a lot of the local bike shops are either closed or had to change their range, so maybe that is why..
How did Sintesi ever die with beauties like this
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and this!
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Has that DH been crashed? It’s got a 90 degre head angle.
monkeysfeet - Member
Chumba...I had a lovely hardtail from them guys. still big in the US of A
https://www.chumbausa.com/
It's not the Chumba of old. Those two guys just bought the name.
Alan Kang destroyed Chumba. His rich Daddy bought him the company to play with... it didn't end well. Think he must have been taught by Tony Ellsworth....
Rst
Zero
Control tech??
Royce
Grove innovations
Trimble
Kirk
Parkpre?
Bullet bros
Cook bros
Azonic
Oh, and pulstar, machine tech and advanced systems I think it was, they made titanium spokes iirc.
Quite a surprisingly large amount of these bikes companies are still around in pretty much the same way as before, so it's interesting that we think that they aren't! Maybe it's because the way we get our bike related info is different- I for one rarely read a mag anymore and a lot of the local bike shops are either closed or had to change their range, so maybe that is why..
Maybe, I’ve been checking a few of them out - I assumed Foes was gone, but nope they’ve gone a pretty comprehensive range of frames available - but they seem to be direct sale without much marketing to push the brand.
Barracuda
(still not remembered that other one. Bugging me rotten!)
Carlton. I used to pass their factory on the way to school.
Royce are still very much going just most of us don’t look for taper B.B. anymore.
They have some loverly gold ti hubs on there website
And rst still make Loads of forks
Rotwild still going strong so strike them off the list
https://www.rotwild.com
Got it - Jamis.
Think they're still going but just not over here?
Amoeba
Roox
Sunline
Barracuda became cuda, still Moore large in derby
Bigfoot?
New frame has been designed but i guarantee 99% of the users here will hate it
Foes are still going, as are Ventana. Jamis are still sold in the UK through Evans I think.
Merlin Metalworks were acquired by ABG along with Litespeed and Tomac. The brand was then resold to one of US mail-order houses. Some of the original Merlin guys formed Se7en, and the founder Tom Kellog also did his own thing.
Diamondback still going strong, in fact I just bought one
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Corratec still going strong in europe - albeit boring
Kirk.
A young kid rode past me on a brand new looking Iron Horse the other day, think it was this one:
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£169.99 from Toys'R'Us
Interesting to hear about Merlin as my Jones was made by them.
Schwinn used to have a mountain bike range but haven’t seen any new ones for ages. I used to own a Schwinn Moab, and I saw one about the same age a few weeks ago in Moab, clearly being kept alive only for its name.
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How the mighty have fallen 🙁
Both Royce and Control Tech are still going.
AlasdairMc - Member
Interesting to hear about Merlin as my Jones was made by them.Schwinn used to have a mountain bike range but haven’t seen any new ones for ages. I used to own a Schwinn Moab, and I saw one about the same age a few weeks ago in Moab, clearly being kept alive only for its name.
The Schwinn 4 Banger was well respected back in the day. My brother had one when we lived in the US as kids. I had a Schwinn road bike - these were the days before they became Walmart specials (Chicago made)
Azonic were the bars / stems to have when I started riding but now have all but vanished.
Sachs were swallowed up by SRAM weren’t they?
Iron Horse had a massive fall from grace having been THE DH bike to have.
Are Goldtec still knocking about? Used to like their hubs.
DDG
