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Carbon and belt drive in 2000
Darkside, Slovak company responsible for some terrifyingly hardcore frames.
https://m.pinkbike.com/u/bado/album/darkside-frames/
schmiken - MemberFuquay.
I had the pleasure of meeting Greg Fuquay and having a good old chat about MTB design, as well as getting the opportunity to ride one of his creations.
Once I'm a millionaire, he'll have the displeasure of being dragged out of retirement to build me a titanium hardtail, the likes of which we discussed 20+ yrs ago. 😀
Proglex and USE. I still have a use carbon post. Daren't use it.
Ammaco (my Dad used to have a hybrid/MTB one with able drum brakes. The name is still there but they are churning out £129 full sussers.
Peugeot, (MTB, not road) I had a full susser Origin (3?) around about 1998. I'm sure my mate had a nice hardtail as well.
RSP (Raleigh Special Products). I'm sure they used to do bikes, now just a components brand.
Ammaco (my Dad used to have a hybrid/MTB one with able drum brakes. The name is still there but they are churning out £129 full sussers.
My first dream bike was an Ammaco freestyle king, in chrome. The twin top tube was awesome for no handed stands. 😀
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Have we had trimble yet?
Orbea
Not massive in the UK anymore
RSP (Raleigh Special Products). I'm sure they used to do bikes
Yes they did. A friend has a Raleigh SP Torus FS titanium bike with triple clamp rigid forks on it. It's on RetroBike if you like that kind of thing
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=374862&p=2788026#p2788026
Saracen are still in the bike game. This year's DH World Cup junior winner rides one.
Feebal - still have the t shirt from Bike 2001.
Same here, brainchild of the martins I believe.
Brooklyn machine works (still make components?)
Karpiel
Stratos (of mx6 gold triple clamp DH fork fame)
Bullet bros xyzxx forks
Hannbrink (still going just making strange little fat bikes rather than mtb forks)
USE are very much alive , maybe better known now for exposure lights.
But make some very nice seat post and bars still
Superstar BMX, probably still going I just dont get the magazines anymore. Not to be confused with the purveyor of cheap brake pads and rubbish BB'S.
Always wanted one because it has my name on the frame!
Superstar Parkinson:
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univega bikes, don't see them about anymore.
Newrobdob where did you hear that nos it's lovely
Extralite? Boulder? I seem to remember seeing a really nice Boulder at a race at Lyme park in the early 90's.
Anyone mentioned Univega yet?
🙄
Univega?
Come on guys what's about
OVERBRURY'S
My 1st 2 mtb was a cross fell bike bought 2nd hand from a lad at school then a pioneer frame new from them
It was a amazing frame at the time .
Univega?
Still going (like a lot of these in this post) just not in the UK
[url= http://www.univega.com/en/models.html ]Univega[/url]
I will always miss Klein, innovative design, exceptional quality and (harsh) ride.. but it was an XC bike so hey..
Trek really handled all thier acquisitions with the same blanket “absorb and take away the brand out of the marketplace” practice.
Disgraceful, but blame lies with the owners for selling out.
Scanned through but haven't seen either Kirk (cast magnesium frame) or Formula (sponsor of Deb Murrell)
Orbea
Not massive in the UK anymore
I'd say the opposite! Probably at their peak in the UK just now, the new enduro bike has been very popular and saw a lot of press.
LeMond..
Didn’t Greg buy that back ?
Although I can’t find a website for him, but this article from 2014 suggests he’s making them again.
[url= https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/previews/lemond-bikes-return-2014 ]LeMond article[/url]
DezB - Member
Independent Fabrications been mentioned?
Absolutely still going strong..
[url= http://ifbikes.com/ ]IndyFab[/url]
Fat Chance went off the radar until Chris revived it..
[url= http://fatchance.bike/product/yo-eddy-2-2/ ]Fat Chance[/url]
Allsop softride. Very odd looking bike.
DDG bikes, only came to mind when a young lad rode past on a DDG Pusher today
Orange.
Haven't seen one of them up here in years.
Have we had Dekerf yet?
Dekerf are still definitely making bike and made some for Chromag recently.
Yup.
He announced he was jacking it in a few years ago and was inundated with orders from people who had one on their "one day" list. Apparently this display of affection enthusiasm for what he was doing gave him what he needed to carry on. And Chromag askedhim to build their Surface frames.
Interview here: http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/interview-chris-dekerf-14624/
I'd like to know who this was:
I was very fortunate again to learn from a veteran [u]British frame builder[/u] who had 30 years of experience under his belt. He was a bit of a [u]'crotchety' old man[/u] at times, but for some reason we tolerated each other and he taught me the good, the bad, and ugly of frame building - old school!
Any ideas?
Ballistic
Had a great frame years ago
I saw Axo mentioned way back on page 1, I wore my 80's original Axo jersey last weekend at the FoD Mini Enduro, bet there weren't many folk there who remembered the brand!
Anyway, what about Zeronine, not sure they made it to MTB but were in BMX back in the day, think they just produce stickers these days!
[url= https://www.rootsandrain.com/photos/2498129 ]Axo[/url]
No one mentioned Univega yet? 🙄
Any ideas?
Chas Roberts, IIRC.
Question - as a kid looking at the mags I always got confused with MS Racing and Alpine Stars - did Alpine Stars take or MS Racing at some point, I remember the bikes being the same, or was is just the paint job?
Cheers CFH, I gave my Dekerf frame to him to sort after I ovalized the headtube; I didn't know there was a connection.
