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Some people here have short mammeries...
Saracen were one step behind the UK ATB (ahem) revolution in the mid 80's. You either had a Muddy Fox Courier or a Saracen Tuff Trax. There wasn't much else in the ~£200 entry level real mountain bike market (initially at least).
As for Rohan, they were revolutionary. They introduced synthetic Superstriders into a market of Harris Tweed. Bags followed that were again, revolutionary. Quick drying walking troos are ubiquitous now, they weren't then. AFAIK Rohan suffered the same dip in fortunes as Karrimor, Mountain Equipment etc and had to adapt to survive. Adapt meaning more mass/downmarket than where they were before.
Morgan Blue....
It's in your bike shop....but you would always walk past it....don't ...it's the best stuff
Raleigh is a difficult one, good till the 80's then lost it with the MTB boom, producing lots of low end bikes (there Special Products Division - M-Trax/DynaTech were good, never understood why they got rid of these), still produced low end and lived on the brand name till they were taken over by Accell, who seem to be doing a good job at getting the brand back to being good again.
I still use my old Saracen killi flyer in the summer and it still ride just fine but then It was probably just an off the shelf frame from the nice people in Brazil. It's a mid 1990s one with rst usa forks and many anodised colours
Madison and lusso clothing is very good
Bondus hex keys , very cheap but the best
And an odd mention for specialized tyres
The whole workshop at work is now full of Morgan blue stuff , it just works
Raleigh are over rated if anything. I have the misfortune to deal with them daily. Their bikes are expensive and rubbish, coming to us with rusty parts after having been checked apparently in the UK before despatch, their backup is appalling and their "Probuild" wheels could only be sold once I'd stripped and rebuilt them as they were incorrectly laced and about 5mm out of true.
Carrera on the other hand are under rated, especially the hybrids.
Skoda have now rebounded from joke brand to desperately overrated, very ordinary cars. Always put up as the best thing ever, despite little to actually put a shine on the brand.
I don't know, a lot of people still have issues with Skoda. Most of my colleagues / friends rip the piss out of my vRS. Mainly for being a Skoda.
I don't think mine is the best car ever but it was the best balance of things on my company car list. It's not more dull than my other options (A3, Golf, 1series). Anyway, I digress...
Manitou appear to be underrated if my experience with my new Mattocs is anything to go by.