Wow, I must have one of the smallest lists, not including road bikes
2000-07 Trek 7000
2007-?? Cove Handjob (still got this but passed on to my son)
2018-?? Cotic Soul Mk5
Just to make you slightly less grumpy DezB, here is the list with just mountain bikes
Cheered me up no end
😒
Raleigh Maverick
Muddy Fox Courier
GT Zaskar (Ball burnished silver with chainstay ubrake)
GT Zaskar with more sensible v brakes (still got it)
Pace RC200 F8 (still got it but has a cracked head tube)
Orange Sub 3 (Still got it but not used for years)
Orbea Oiz
Wow those are some pretty long lists from most of you!
My list is very small compared. Not going to list the bikes I had before getting a 26" MTB, plus I don't really remember.
Early 90s: Raleigh Activator 26"
Mid 90s: Borrowed bikes, one was a Kona Cindercone
Had my break....
2007 ish: BeOne Aspire 1.0 Hardtail
2008: Upgraded the frame to a larger BeOne Karma 3.0 frame
2010: Commencal Meta 5.5
2011: Frame snap, latest Meta 5.5 frame replacement under warranty
2011: Ridgeback Storm rigid - for commuting and road rides
2012: Nukeproof Mega TR frameset, built up with Meta parts
2016: Giant Reign 27.5, after the Mega was stolen
2018: Ragley Marley 1.0
2019: *cough* Ribble Endurance AL Disc
Some of the dates might be a bit off. But that's it for now. The Reign has been in the stable for over 4 years now.
Falcon Pro Sigma BMX - mid 80's
Raleigh Dune Dancer - late 80's
GT Timberline - Early 90's
Specialized Hot Rock - Mid 90's
Kona MuliMula - 1997 - awesome bike once I fitted riser bars and White Brothers SC90's
Santa Cruz Bullit - 1999 - loved it but should have bought a large not medium
Santa Cruz Heckler - 2006 - in large, loved it
Kenisis Decade HT - 2007 ish still got the frame
Transition Covert - 2012 - awesome bike, should have bought a large not medium
Transition Scout - 2015 still got it and love it to bits
Specialized P1 - 2016 Bought used recently, ankles still intact for now.
1999 Apollo BSO from Halfords. Got me started
2002 Gary Fisher Tassajara. Replaced fork, brakes, wheels, drivetrain, stem, saddle.
2004 Gary Fisher Cake 2DLX. Replaced tyres & brake pads, saddle, rear mech.
I still have all three. I ride so rarely it’s not worth upgrading any of them
MTB:
£90 BSO
Marin Palisades Trail
Marin Indian Fire Trail
Marin East Peak
Trek Top Fuel 7
Trek Fuel EX 8
Rocky Mountain ETS-X 70
Rocky Mountain Element 970
On-One Scandal 29 (well, two of them in two different sizes)
Giant XTC Composite
NS Eccentric Cromo
Evil The Following MB
Non-MTB:
Dawes Galaxy
Cotic X
Giant Defy 2
Good thread! these are just my mtb's
Claud Butler Hardtail
Klein Palomino
Specialized Stumpjumper FSR
Specialized Stumpjumper M5 hardtail
Genesis Altitude Ti
Niner Sir9
Singular swift
Chinese carbon Hardtail
Hong Fu 056 carbon Hardtail
Ktm Myroon
Pivot Les
Pivot 429c
Carbonfan full suss
Sonder Signal Ti
Waltly dropbar adventure bike
Since 1992...
Kirk Revolution x2 (one broke, the other snapped)
Dawes Backtrack (?)
All Terrain Cycles steel hardtail
Voodoo Hoodoo AL
Rock Lobster 853
Marin Mount Vision
Marin Rift Zone
Kona Caldera
Ragley Piglet
Trek Fuel EX8
I can't compete with these lists but anyway;
2000 Giant Boulder: Cro Mo frame, 21 speeds V Brakes, it got nicked.
2003 Giant Boulder: Alu frame, insurance replacement that was slightly better in every way than the one that got stolen, which made me think maybe it was worth spending a bit more money...
2003 Gary Fisher Marlin: Disk Brakes! 27 Speeds! and a fork that sort of worked. I gradualy upgrade everything then swapped the parts onto...
2004 Specialized Stumpjumper HT: My full on weight weenie phase, it got turned into a commuter and then a trainer bike.
2006 Specialized FSR S-Works: My first full-sus
2009 Santa Cruz Blur LT: A great handling bike but didn't quite fit and shat frame bearing every other ride
2010 Pace RC305: Meh, wanted to try a hardtail again but never really got on with it.
2011 Santa Cruz Superlight: Built up light for doing endurance races, gave it to the wife
2013 Turner 5 Spot: Always wanted one, it was a great bike I wish I'd kept it.
2016 Boardman Pro 29er: Fancied trying the 29er thing
2017 On One Codiene: Cheap 29er full sus - instantly made the 5 Spot feel prehistoric
2020 Whyte S150: So capable it feels like cheating sometimes
umm.
quite a lot. some have been do anything bikes, but most have been main MTB's
in no particular order:
(ATB)
Peugeot Ranger
Peugeot Laser 15
Muddy Fox Courier
MTB
Cannondale SM600 (bought 1991)
Orange E3 (bought 1996)
Orange E4 (1998)
Cannondale CAAD4 (1999)
Gary fisher Ziggurat(1998)
marin east peak (2000)
sunn urge UN (2000)
airborne lucky strike
cannondale F3000SL
Cotic soul Mk1
Orange Sub 5
Trek fuel EX7
Raleigh HT (can't remember the model)
rocky mountain blizzard
dekerf elysium
cannondale F1000
kona kilauea
on one inbred
on one inbred 853
on one lurcher
gary fisher mt tam
cannondale prophet
cannondale prophet 2
cannondale scalpel
cannondale scalpel 29
cannondale rush
gary fisher kaitai 29
gary fisher x-cal 29
transition smuggler
gary fisher superfly carbon 29
gary fisher procaliber OCLV
trek superfly
trek 9.8
giant NRS
on one scandal 29
on one scandal 2020
kona lava dome
Kona blast
cannondale CAAD3
cannondale rush
yeti kokopelli
Sobato carbon 29
NS eccentric cromo
kona king kahuna carbon 29
pinnacle ramin
whyte T129
cannondale F600
Marin palisades trail
diamond back mojito 29
49 MTB since 1991. Most of them have been since 2000 i lose track of when i bought some.
currently have the F600 cannondale and the Whyte T-129.
OMG Lovewookie!!!!!!
the whyte will be for sale soon.
It's a terrible habit.
have to say though, the vast majority were bought second hand. there are only a handful of frames new, and full bikes even less.
I'm somewhat embarrassed because I wrote a list about 5 years ago of the bikes I'd owned since I started, and it was over 60. Since then I've owned another 14 or so...
Giant Escaper
Raleigh Dynatech
GT Richter
Marin Team
Cannondale Caad2 Headshox
Dawes Tandem
Klein Attitude
ProFlex 856
Dave Lloyd Tandem
Coyote HT (commuter)
Ventana Tandem
On One Ti456
Marin Mt Vision Pro
Whyte c29
Cannondale Trigger 2
My first was a raleigh outlander - green paint job and bullhorn bars. Just saw a mint one on fb marketplace, 15 minutes away and £40. So tempting for the nostalgia trip....
Jesus people on here get through some bikes! In my meagre 15 years of riding, I've had the below and loved most of them!
2004 - Claud Butler Capewraith Disc - bought for me by the rent's, sold to my brothers mate to fund the Kinesis, he still has it to this day
2006 - Kinesis Maxlight XC120 - adore this bike, so many miles and memories, gradually stripped down and swapped to other hardtails, still have the frame in the loft, possibly my post prized possession.
2011 - Ibis Mojo HD140 - stupidly bought a medium because it looked less gate like than the large, still say this had the best suspension of any bike I've ridden, sold in 2015.
2012 - On One 456C - used parts of the Kinesis, didn't like it, sold in early 2013.
2013 - Stanton Slackline - built but never ridden as frame turned out to be faulty, returned for refund.
2013 - Cotic BFe - again a too small medium frame, but I did like it, in hindsight it was a bit chunky and dead feeling, sold to fund house furniture in 2016
2015 - Mondraker Foxy XR Carbon SE - The longest travel bike I've owned, rocket ship everywhere but felt like too much bike for me plus it rattled itself to pieces on most rides and felt very fragile weirdly
2016 - Genesis Datum - wanted a road/gravel bike and this looked ace, waited ages for it but never truly loved it, sold last year
2016 - Whyte T130C RS - If only it wasn't so weighty, loved it but my word for a carbon bike it was hefty, still a great ride though, sold last year
2018 - Cotic Soul MK5 - wanted a hardtail and the mercury Soul's looked amazing, was meant to be "budget", ended up not being that at all. Still got it for now but it's now gathering dust thanks to the next bike
2020 - Transition Spur - best/fastest bike I've owned and ridden, maybe it's the honeymoon period but this does everything I want it to and more. A beast going downhill and it flies up and along anything else, could be a weapon for an XC/marathon race return with racier tyres.
Think that's it, 11 in 15 years, thought it wouldn't be that high of a ratio considering I kept the Kinesis, Ibis, Genesis and Whyte for 4 years each!
1994 - Raleigh Outlander
Cannondale M500 which eventually cracked at the wishbone and was replaced by:
Cannondale Badboy
Trek Topfuel
Cotic Soul
Saracen Kili Flyer
Orange 5
Cannondale Trigger 2
Modern (at the time) bikes:
1989 Saracen Tufftrax.
1989 Orange Clockwork. Started my Orange obsession.
1999 GT XCR 4000. Hateful thing.
2004 Orange Evo 4.
2006 Orange 5.
2009 Orange 5.
2014 Orange 5 29.
2016 Orange P7.
2016 Orange Segment.
2020 Orange Stage 5. Still got.
2016 Cube Attain Pro road thing.
2017 Marin Four Corners Elite gravel/touring. Still got.
I've also had a retro thang since 2007. Far too many to remember but have been mostly 1989/93 and included multiple Orange Clockwork's, Prestige, P7, Alu Elite, Alu O, Vitamin T, Marin Pine Mountain, Eldridge, Bear Valley, Saracen Tufftrax, Trekker, Traverse, GT RTS-1, Ti Raleigh, etc, etc.....
lovewookie
It’s a terrible habit.
It's hard to tell if you really like bikes, or don't like them at all!
Starting from 1997..
Something put together from my brother's second hand / cheapo / worn out parts bin around a gruesome generic BSO fat-tubed gas-pips frame
1999 - most of those parts transferred on to a generic 7005 hardtail frame (stickered as Shogun) and 2000 Bomber z5 - slowly changing the bits as the broke thereafter
2007- Move that fork to a geared inbred frame then later swapped the fork for a Recon - the alu frame travels in a friends hand luggage to Taiwan and gets a the cracked headtube replaced by the factory's prototyping team while he's having a chat with the management - then sits in my shed for a while
2009 - put road wheels on the inbred and build the alu frame up as a single speed with daft big brown schwalbe balloon tyres
2012 - by a Titus X Racer and swap the bit onto it from the inbred (changing back to MTB wheels) then have it stolen after 2 rides
2013 - use the insurance to buy / build up a Banshee Prime
Still ride the Prime - exactly as built in 2013 and the 1999 alu hardtail with the balloon tyres - sold the inbred frame during lockdown for the same price I bought it for 13 years ago.
MTBs only then, because I'm worried about Dezb's mental health, and it's a pretty short list for 30 years.
1989 Trek 830 - stolen
1992 Marin Eldridge Grade - now used by my son as a city bike
1999 Marin Mount Vision - eBayed this a couple of years ago
2009 Anthem X1 - now being used by elder daughter's boyfriend, only frame, shock and shifters are original
2014 Giant XTC Advanced 27.5 - upgraded wheels, still have this
2015 Sanderson Soloist - eBay bargain, only frame, forks and hubs are as I bought it, still have this
2016 Jeffsy CF Pro - still have this, completely stock apart from tyres as the original spec was pretty much impossible to improve on.
Thanks onewheel. I'm a little concerned too 🥴
Roughly chronological, but not totally:
Raleigh Bomber (does it count?)
Muddy fox courier mega
Raleigh White Lightening (frame only then built up)
Kona Explosif Pro
Specialized Stumpjumper M2
Saracen kili pro
Saracen Trekker Hydrotech (something like that?)
Sunn 'something'
Specialized Stumpjumper FSR S-Works
Identiti Mr Hyde
Pace RC200 F8
Yeti Kokopelli
Dialled Prince Albert
Dialled Alpine
Dialled Love Hate
Independent Fabrication SS Deluxe
DMR Trailstar MK1
DMR Trailstar MK2
DMR Bolt Long
Surly Krampus
Surly Instigator
Genesis Vagabond (with it's big shoes on)
Transition Klunker
Stooge MK4
Probably missed a few 😆
Saracen Trekker Hydrotech (something like that?)
1991, e-stay frame, Magura brakes, white frame with orange fork/stem?
Right year, magura brakes, orange stem & forks, but not estay.
Just looked on retrobike and it is apparently a Trekker Hydrotech.
Estay was the Traverse Hydrotech.
1994 Raleigh Nitro
1995 Kona Fire Mountain
1996 Kona Koa
1998 Marin Rift Zone
1998 KHS Montana
1999 *Cannondale F900 SX
2000 Kona Hahannah
2004 Orange Five
2006 Kona Dr Dew
2008 Pace RC305
2009 Cannondale Bad Boy
2010 Cotic Soul
2010 Trek 1.1
2011 Kinesis Decade Convert
2012 Cotic X
2014 Stooge Mk1
2014 Cotic Escapade
2015 Cotic Soul 275
2016 Surly Ogre
2016 Surly Straggler
2017 Transition Scout
2017 *Shand Stooshie (still got)
2018 *Genesis Mantle 30 (still got)
2018 Trek Emonda
2019 Genesis Volare 931 (still got)
* = favourites
Since 2004 hard to figure out the order. A few of these have been commuting bikes at one time. A few second hand purchases and a fair bit of Triggers broom action.
Kinesis maxlight pro
Trek 1000 road
On one 456
Focus Cayo road
Specialised stumpjumper fsr
On one inbred SS*
On one parkwood*
On one pompetamine
Focus mares CX bike
Kinesis pro 6 CX bike
Rose x-lite CRS*
Ribble cX5*
Some 1983 Raleigh thing
Vitus energie CX*
Rose x-lite 4 disc*
On-one scandal*
Cotic road rat*
Ridley CX something on the turbo*
* Are bikes I still have. parkwood and x-lite CRS are to be sold in a month or so. DM me 😂
I got my first proper MTB in the Autumn of '93. These are full bikes.
'94 GT Talera
'96 Kona Kilauea
'98 Cannondale Super V1000SL
2001 Santa Cruz Chameleon
2003 Klein Palomino
Since 2003 I've purchased frames and built them up (all SH)
Litespeed Lookout MTN
Dekerf Team SL
Litespeed Niota
Giant XTC Cabon
Cannondale Scalpel
Voodoo Zobop (Candy Red HT sliding dropouts)
Ibis Mojo (Full sus)
Maverick ML7
Ibis Tranny
Turner Nitrous
Pace RC405
Indy Fab Steel Deluxe
Salsa Horsethief (First 29er)
Titus Fireline
Commencal Meta HT
Giant Anthem 29er
'95 Kona Kilauea (Fancied building a retrobike)
Ibis Ripley (current)
Edit- Double post.
Approximate dates
92 Specialized rockhopper
96 Marin pine mountain
98 Ventana el habenero
03 Specialized epic mk2
07 Santacruz superlight mk2
15 Whyte 905
16 Genesis Fortitude ( current )
19 Anthem ( currently )
Only bike I didn’t like was the Whyte, really like the Anthem
When children came along, I started road biking because I had less time, and started commuting
09 Orbea Aqua
11 Genesis Equilibrium
13 Specialized Roubaix
17 Specialized Tarmac SL5 Disc
Equilibrium was dull, Tarmac fantastic
Just doing this as I've never sat down and figured it out...there's not all that many in the list but anyway...
1991 Townsend Colorado 'ATB'
1993 Saracen 'Limited Edition' - not sure what the frame was based on but it was blue and quite nice. Got stolen though 🙁
1993 Saracen 'Race Elite' - based on a Kili Flyer E-stay frame. Weighed a ton swapped the frame for
1995 Cannondale M800 'Beast of the East' - loved this thing. Snapped the back end off it eventually around 1997.
Started driving, got fat, didn't ride...
2002 Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo - Bought with my first pay packet after getting a proper job after uni. Didn't ride all that much until 2006 when I started a new job right next to Cannock Chase. Still got the bike despite selling it on a few years back. Saved it from the skip.
2008 Commencal Meta 5.5 - loved this thing. Cracked headtube around 2011.
2011 Nukeproof Mega - one of the 1st ones in raw. Replaced the Commencal
2013 Bought a 2010 Orange Crush. It was green. It got stripped and painted bright blue. Kept this a good while, only sold the frame last year. Finally admitted it was too small.
2013 Cube Stereo HPC - got a sweet deal on it. Raced it, took it to the Alps got annoyed with it
2015 Stanton Switchback - frame swapped from the Cube. 1st child came along which put any big trips/racing on hold. This thing has been on many adventures since as my main bike but is now run as a singlespeed.
2018 Nicolai Helius - bought off a chap on here as a frame. Anodised finish, looks amazing. Built with parts originally off the Cube plus some new wheels. Lovely thing, not ridden it since summer though.
So not many, I tend to keep hold of bikes as they work perfectly well. Don't need the latest & greatest to have fun. Mostly 'Triggers Broom' efforts too 🙂
😭 why oh why?
It’s hard to tell if you really like bikes, or don’t like them at all!
I really like bikes, but don't own more than two at a time.
I either get bored with them quickly, or I end up enjoying riding bikes so much, that I get an itch for something different, rather than staying with the bike I like.
Some of them have been dogs to ride though. If I could afford a new bike I'd test ride stuff, but as most bikes that I'd like are £3k+ it seems a bit of a waste to bother the shops.
1995 off road Proflex 656
1998 Proflex OZ carbonfs
2001 Gt Zaskar
2004 Kona Hei Hei fs
2009 Cove Handjob
2010 Yeti 575
2014 Trek Superfly fs29
2018 Rocky Mountain Element fs29
2019 On one 456c
If my memory serves me correctly - these are just the Mountain Bikes Since I was 16
Muddy fox courier
Muddy fox courier comp
Dawes Fat chance
Merlin
Trek Vrx 500
Trek Fuel
Marin alpine trail
Specialized big hit
Santa cruz V10
On One - summer 456
Santa cruz bullit
Specialized sx trail
Nukeproof Mega Pro
Specialized Enduro
Cotic Soul
So I think my MTB bike list, purely in numerical terms, is a little lacking:
199? Townsend (yellow and purple!!)
1998 Specialized Hardrock
2005 Specialized Stumpjumper Comp ht
2011 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Elite
2020 Vitus Sommet CRS
And thats your lot! 🤣
Ive also had 2 Specialized Diverges in the last 6 years too but I'm sure they don't count!
Wow, will admit to being rather jealous of some of you guys! Also some of your attics are better stocked than a bike shop!
1995-1999 hideous heady 'Black Bullet' piece of junk
2000-a few month later the thieving scrotes - Marin B17 hardtail
2000 - still on the garage wall - Marin Wildcat Trail hardtail. Awesome bike.
2004-2010? Santa Cruz Heckler - First Full suspension bike, but never totally clicked.
2011-2017 Trek Fuel EX9 - 2nd full suspension bike and bought when I moved to Perth. Slightly small but a solid if unexciting bike. Sold when I moved back to the UK.
2015 - Current - Charge Duster which is currently a SS Rigid / sort of for sale
2019 - Current Cotic BFe
1986 - $150 Raleigh of some sort
1990 ish - Mongoose something
1993? - Kona Cinder Cone (still have this with drops)
Trek Y22
Specialized FSR XC
Yeti 575
Marin flat bar commuter / road rike
2002 - Litespeed Teramo (road) - just sold
Yeti ASR5
Pyga 110
Salsa Fargo
2016 Intense Primer (still have)
2016 Salsa Cutthroat (still have)
2020 Enigma Escape (road bike) (still have)
This thread makes me wonder if I should be buying more bikes?
1989 Rockhopper (sold to mate, who got it nicked from outside a newsagent in Boscombe)
1992 Overbury's Pioneer (now hanging on my office wall)
2000 Planet-X Compo (broke)
2001 On-One Ti Inbred (still got)
2003 On-One SS Inbred (still got)
2015 Kona Sutra Ltd (sold)
2017 Shand Drove (the only bike I ride nowadays)
This thread makes me wonder if I should be buying more bikes?
1992-1996. Various and ever evolving klunkers usually frankenbiked from Police auctions.
1997. One-off Lee Cooper steel XC frame built up with new parts! Frame is currently adorning our downstairs toilet wall following its retirement last year (has spent the last 10 years or so as a SS hybrid).
2000. Custom build DMR Trailstar. Still in use on the turbo in the garage.
(2002-2009 or so was a hiatus from MTB while I did some archery)
2010. Custom build Identiti Mr Hyde. Passed on to a riding mate's kid a couple of years ago.
2012. Custom build Cotic BFe. Still going strong as a SS 'dog walking' bike.
2014. Custom build Orange Alpine 160. Only MTB I've ever so far sold on when I've done with it.
2016. Custom build Cotic Rocket (mk2/27.5 but built as a 26+ frankenbike). Will be only the second MTB I've ever sold on at some point this year.
2018. Home built bamboo road bike.
2019. Custom build (and custom paint) Sonder Transmitter mk1 (650+). Still in use as my do-it-all MTB.
2020. Custom build Cotic RocketMAX. An absolute monster. 50th birthday present.
2020. Used 'vintage' Specialized Epic 29er. To be stripped down and reborn as my Coasts To Coasts project bike.
some of these owned at the same time, I also worked in a bike shop for a few years so got through a few then! Also bought frames and swapped parts
late 80's Universal POS
92ish, Carrera of some sort
92ish, Marin Rocky Ridge
93, Manitou FS Still got it (frame)
98, Santa Cruz Chameleon. Now lost track of dates!
Santa Cruz Heckler
Identiti, Dr Jekyll
Santa Cruz Bullit
Giant AC Team
Santa Cruz Super 8
Santa Cruz V10, Still got it
Kinesis Maxlight
DMR SideKick, still got it
GT Ruckus I-drive
Had some time off
Boardman FS
Cove Stiffee
Trek Fuel
Giant AC, still got the frame for some reason
On One Scandal
Transition Smuggler
Genesis Croix de Fer
Transition TR29
Banshee Prime V2, still got the frame
Cotic Solaris Max, current bike
Cotic Rocket Max, Current bike
Kinesis Tripster AT, Current bike
Now 46 and have been riding and racing bikes since my teens. Less a few years in my 30's when I switched to Moto Enduro.
1997 GT Zaskar
1998 Litespeed Ocoee
2004 Santa Cruz Blur
2005 Santa Cruz Nomad MK1
2007ish Intense 5.5
2008 Turner Flux
2010 Titus Motolite (still have)
2012 Santa Cruz Blur LT
2018 Intense Recluse
2019 Intense Primer
I've decided to pack MTB in so the Primer is my last one and sold the frame a few weeks ago.
Proper MTB’s (I’m a reformed roadie)
26” orange crush. I was between sizes, got the smaller one. By modern standards must have looked like a kids bike.
Cotic Solaris mk1. Has gone from 100mm forked long distance xc, to single speed, to 130mm hardcore (didn’t work, even with angleset) to rigid. Frame still in loft, ideally it’s my summer long distance and fitness bike. Didn’t happen this year for COVID reasons.
And then the bird obsession began:
Aeris Mk1. Lovely bike, had it 3 years. A mishap with SRAM warrant department sending me the wrong size shock slackened the seat tube out, didn’t notice for a year; consequently I believed my next bike to be a big leap forward.
Bird 120 - and subsequently 120LT. (Frame only) has done everything from HOTS to morzine blacks.
Bird zero29 (frame only). Shares the wheels, brakes and drivetrain with the Solaris. Intended to be a winter bike. This year it has done a lot of ‘from the door mild xc’
