Morewood Shova LT, my first full sus when I thought I was going to be the next DH legend.
No apologies for the state of the garden, because it’s not mine.
2019
26″
No Dropper
2×9
711mm bars
36ish lbs
170R 160F Travel
HA adjustable between 67 & 69 deg, STA 71-73 (marketed as a DH bike you could pedal all day…)
Alu everything
[url=https://flic.kr/p/2cRpJxP]Untitled[/url] by tom.howard.562, on Flickr
2019 – Deviate Guide (and a few others…)
27.5″
170mm dropper
12×1 😉
800mm bars
36lbs
160R 180F travel
65deg HA 75 deg STA
All teh crabonz
[url=https://flic.kr/p/2demBxs]The Gearbox one[/url] by tom.howard.562, on Flickr
10 years ago I was really into my XC racing and big Scottish mountains but didn’t really have a full suspension trail/enduro bike. The Anthem was great, it took me to a lot of podiums but was also great on normal trails. It was fast, light and fun.
The Evil was just the best at the time – it was one bike that did everything, from normal XC rides to the DH trails at Innerleithen. Nowadays I think I’d be amazed at just how tiny it was.
Now I have a Transition Patrol Carbon which I use for my big mountain adventures. It’s massive, long and stable and fast. I also have a Trek Stache that’s build up with some light kit so I can take it XC racing this summer with normal 29″ wheels on it, but I also take it to Inners in the winter and ride normal trails on it. It’s a ridiculously good bike, far better than it looks. I’ve had both for just over 2 years, which is a long time by my standards, and I don’t think I’ll get rid of them any time soon.
Intense Socom. It was actually straight too. And only a couple of pounds heavier than the RAAW. It was a large, and was actually tiny, as were all DH bikes back then.
SC Blur 4X. My first non DH bike. Despite it being far too small for me, I loved it. Look at that saddle, a work of art.
Newest, although I still have my Fuel 9.9, no pictures of it though.
But aside from that not a great deal has changed.
In the meantime I have had 3 other steel hardtails with a variety of wheel sizes, tyre widths and fork travel (or lack thereof).
No pics,sorry.
2009. Evil sovereign. At the time it was awesome! I took it all over the country and rode it loads locally ( peak district ). However I built it back up last year in a fit of nostalgia and it was terrifyingly small and twitchy compared to modern stuff, which leads to…
2019. Nordest Bardino modern geo hardtail. Just better in every way!
Same bike basically apart from new shock, saddle, brakes and rebuilding wheel and forks (and consumable replacement). On the other hand I was much fitter and more tanned 🙁 Just sold this frame after picking it up in Marin (county) all those years ago- feeling quite nostalgic.
2008 (after descending Monarch’s Crest and then doing the road climb back up). Saddle needs adjustment