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  • All your bikes from the year dot…
  • Whathaveisaidnow
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    foggy in places but it’s a start…

    a 3 wheeler, Blue, white tyres (circa 1975) Memory: meeting my mate, we are still mates

    Raleigh RSW – Red (Circa 1977) Memory: Falling off, 3 stitches above right eye.

    Raleigh Tomahawk – Red (Circa 1979) Memory: Falling off with my mate riding pillion, doing no handed down our road.

    Raleigh Grifter XL (Circa 1981) Memory: Shit gears – missing out on BMX. But it’s okay,… there was room for a loaf of bread on the rear rack!!!

    Peugeot ANC Halfords Racer – white, orange saddle (Circa 1986) – Memory: riding it home from Halfords – Merry Hill shopping centre, with the back wheel loose, and it rubbing on the chainstay taking paint off on its inaugural ride (standard Halfords) Laughing at mtb riders on the road peddling like maniacs and going nowhere as I whizzed by.

    GT Backwoods – White/red/black, Judy’s (Circa 2000) – Memory: Discovering Cannock Chase and Mountain Biking, meeting new friends, who are still friends. Chosen on recommendation of a What mtb best bike for £600 review.

    Devinci Guzzler – Green, Pikes – (Circa 2004/5) – Memory: Saving up £2 coins to by it and being about £800 short. Ragging it around the Alps It was on its limits, but it survived as did I.

    Commencal Supernormal – Smokey brown, self build – (Circa 2007) – Memory: Always a bit too small, but fast and bust my hand on it going about 1 mile an hour, bike was bad luck!

    Cube Reaction 29er – white, rebas – (Circa 2011-present) – Memory: Being laughed at for being on a 29er, leaving my Wife gift to myself to cheer myself.

    Coppi Road Bike 94? – yellow – (owned since 2012-present) – Memory: My get to work bike that i thought was too big, but now realise is a bit too small. People taking pics of it and admiring it during the TdF in yorkshire.

    Olagnero Road Bike 95 – red, 105, – (owned since 2014-present) – Memory: first bike I looked at and realised making a steel framed bike was an art. Love it.

    Percy Stallard, Cotswold, frame only, Reynolds 531 refurb, 1966? – (owned since 2014-present) – Memory: An eyeopening night with druggies and drink drivers in the pub down near Minehead where i picked it up, and the new village i picked it up from based around an old sanatorium! – awaiting strip and re-paint and build.

    Falcon Racer 80s, Jap Pipe – (owned since 2014-present) – Memory: The brakes are extremely vague and it felt like i was going to die! Not been on it since, in a state of undress currently.

    Mongoose BMX 2000’s, (Owned since tomorrow) – Memory: not yet!

    😀

    ajantom
    Full Member

    A white bike with stabilizers, no idea of the make, but it appears in grainy photos around 1977/8
    Raleigh Tomahawk – 1979ish
    Raleigh Grifter – 1982?
    Raleigh Super Burner (very second hand!) – 1985ish
    Raleigh Bomber – 1986/7
    Raleigh Racer (no idea of model, but it had 10 gears!) My first new bike – Xmas 1989
    Muddy Fox Courier Mega Comp- 1990/91
    Raleigh White Lightening (653 frame and forks baby!) – frame bought Xmas 1991, parts bought and built up over the following year.
    Kona Explosif Pro – 1993
    Specialized Stumpjumper M2 (Yellow Judys, Magura Racelines, Middleburn RS2 cranks, mmmm!) Bought to replace the stolen Kona 🙁 – 1996
    Sunn Crosss – 2003/4
    Massi Master racing bike – 2005
    Specialized Stumpjumper S-Works – 2007
    Identiti Mr Hyde – 2009
    On-One Pompino – 2009
    Global Ti Softail -2010
    Dialled Prince Albert – 2011
    Indy Fab Deluxe SS (1997 frame, custom paint, gorgeous bike!) – 2011
    Dialled Alpine – 2012
    Pace RC200 F8 – 2012
    Surly Krampus – 2013
    Klein Quantum (NOS 1997 frame, built up with period Campag kit, and some lovely Mavic wheels) – 2013
    DMR Bolt Long – 2014

    Probably missed a couple out! Still own 7 of them 😉

    *edit*
    just remembered 2 Saracens (Trekker Hydro Comp and a raised chainstay one) both bought during my ‘retro-bike’ phase, and a Peugeot racer that I used in triathlons as a spotty teen in the mid ’90s.

    jimdubleyou
    Full Member

    A not in anyway distinguished history…

    Raleigh Boxer – started with stabilisers ended with jumps in the street.

    Raleigh Super Burner (the gold one with the skyway wheels – I bloody loved that bike)

    British Eagle something or other touring bike with hub brakes that my stepdad got me because he thought I would be interested in long boring rides.

    British Eagle MTB that I bought from money earned stacking shelves.

    Trek 1400 – in white never got on with it, but it was pretty.

    Now come the wilderness years, where I was at uni then doing a lot of travelling and not much cycling. Had a couple of pub bikes, forget the make now.

    Marin Belvedere (circa 2008?) bought when I was starting to settle down. Used it to commute for a couple of years – now a pub bike.

    Spesh Rockhopper Pro 2006 – ebay purchase around 2009 got me back into MTB and has been fun. Will shortly be donated to a good home.

    Canyon Nerve 9.9 (last year -present) – my first new MTB for 25 years. Bought because I needed to treat myself. Never thought I would spend over £2k on a bike. Told the wife it was cheaper than a Lotus.

    Pinnacle Arkose 4 – a Ride to Work special which I just finished paying for. So good, the wife got the lady version.

    Edit: I have a vague recollection of a Grifter too. Might have been a mates. Would have been between the boxer and the Burner.

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    cheekyget
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    A Raleigh girls bike ( totally too big for me , but it was free…times were hard in the 70’s) 😳
    Raleigh super tuff 2 burner ( oval frame 😀
    Raleigh super tuff 2 burner original ( oval frame bike got stolen) 😥
    Freestyle BMX ( after the above bike got stolen from inside my house :evil:)
    Muddy fox parthfinder
    Marin Alpine trail
    Whyte 46 (2006)
    Raleigh airlite 100 ( first roadie) 2011
    Pinarello Dogma 60.1 British Cycling edition ( my roadie bike at present)
    Rose Tusker fatbike ( my favourite bike to date)

    Grace
    Free Member

    Raleigh Budgie
    Raleigh Striker
    Raleigh Grifter
    Raleigh Ultra Burner (best bike ever…probably)
    PR Racing BMX(Curtis)
    Peugeot Road Bike I hand painted yellow?
    Kona Lava Dome (yellow splatter paint)
    Scott Windriver
    Diamond Back Axis Team
    Roberts White Spider II
    Roberts Road Bike
    3 X Specialized M2s
    Marin Team Titanium
    Mk1 Trek OCLV road bike
    Cannondale MTB tandem
    Cannondale Super V
    Dave Lloyd 650 time trial bike
    Specialized Allez
    Then nothing for 12 years (got fat!)…
    2008….yay…discovered bikes again!!!
    Villiers Velo Touriste
    On One Scandal 29
    Niner MCR
    Giant Trance
    Lynskey Ridgeline 29
    Trek EX9
    Salsa Horsethief
    Landescape Tandem
    Turner Czar
    Ragley Big Wig
    Nicolai Helius AC 650b
    ???

    towzer
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    tricycle – unknown – responsible for my front teeth being badly bent
    gold raleigh singlespeed with white seat
    huge, huge gap(*lots of motorbikes, starting with a c50 aged about 13)
    Giant Terrago DX – now a mates GF stable bike
    Univega 509 (now my pub bike)
    Marin MV round (now a mates gf trail bike and kiddy holder)
    Orange 5 – winter bike
    Orange 5 – summer bike
    now got the hump with the ‘standards’ diversion, so that may be it for me. Stockpile built.

    zbonty
    Full Member

    The Raleigh years..
    Budgie – silver jubilee edition
    Grifter – 2 minutes before BMXs arrived
    Mag Burner – stolen at knife point!
    Equipe racer

    MTB years…
    Saracen
    Orange P7
    Bontrager
    STW years!
    Inbred
    Intense 5.5
    Ti456
    Salsa Vaya
    Genesis Grapil

    firestarter
    Free Member

    Christ my list was so long I looked like a rich manchild so had to delete it lol

    paule
    Free Member

    Little kids bikes, mainly Raleigh I think.
    Raleigh mag burner – sadly given away by my mum.

    mountain
    Raleigh mustang sis – first “mountain bike”
    Saracen limited edition 1993
    2 x kona cinder cones
    Dmr trailstar (one of the very first, with Judy xl 100mm travel dual crown forks)
    Sunn radical+ dh – still one of my favourite bikes ever. Snapped it, welded it, then some thieving scrote took it
    Merlin cro-mo jump bike
    Diamond back vertex xtr (xc race bike)
    Schwinn straight-8 pull shock – insurance replacement for the sunn, and about the only bike of mine which is even better downhill
    GT steel something or other – too small so got rid quickly
    Muddy fox duel team jump/4x bike. Still got its warranty replacement now.
    Dialled love/hate single speed. Sadly sold to buy a 29er – wish I still had this one
    On-one 29er, carbon forks, single speed. Great uphill and on some trails, but rubbish in the air & too sluggish on downhills
    Univega dh bike – OK, bit flexy and fragile
    Various kaktus – ahead of its time, would be a good enduro style bike now. I ride it with boxxers as a light, 6.5” dh build
    Sold it and bought a kona coiler which was great at climbing rocky trails, but crap at everything else at speed. Felt like they had taken a good 4″ bike and just lifted it 2 inches with more travel.
    Ns society hardtail, great xc/jumpy compromise. Still my main bike now.
    Orange crush – good, but not as good as the society.
    Iron horse warrior. Much better than the kona, 5″ travel xc/enduro bike.
    Kona howler. Very good play bike, sold it to pay for a ti road bike.
    Maverick ml7.5, bought as I’ve always liked the design. Not riding at the moment as it suits big xc rides and not much time for those with 2 kids etc.

    bmx
    Cheap mongoose
    Better mongoose when I’d knackered the cheap one
    Macneil freimuth as I wanted something with a 21″ toptube
    Kona big mama xl race bike
    Sold them as wrists beaten up, 6 or so years ago
    And just bought a link whip a few weeks back to have another go at bmx

    road
    Cheap old Claude butler
    Cinelli steel with sora, nice but too small
    Saracen ventoux. Nice ALU bike, but preferred steel
    Ribble 731 with campagnolo veloce
    Omega radius with campagnolo centaur. Still my best road bike, now with ultegra 10 speed
    Planet x kafenback. Now in cyclocross mode
    On-one pompetamine, great workhorse commuter, currently in bits.

    Eek- think I’ve had too many, and probably missed a few!

    Harry_the_Spider
    Full Member

    Raleigh Pixie
    Raleigh Tomahawk
    Raleigh Meteor
    Peugeot “racer£ – Shit, went back after 3 weeks
    Dawes Jaguar

    <break for many years>

    Specialized Rockhopper
    Scott Octane
    Specialized FSR – Dead in the shed
    On-One Inbred – Still got
    Planet X Uncle John – Still got
    Scott Speedster – Still got
    Cannondale Tripper – Still got
    A BMX – Hopefully getting one in the near future

    birky
    Free Member

    This shouldn’t take long …

    1970s unknown boys bike
    1974 raleigh chopper
    1979 raleigh olympus
    1991 raleigh yukon
    1994 marin indian fire trail
    2005 trek fuel 80
    2010 edinburgh revolution cross
    2010 giant anthem x3
    2013 giant defy composite 3
    2015 giant trance 27.5 2

    Bregante
    Full Member

    (1974) Raleigh Chipper
    (1977) Raleigh Tomahawk
    (1980) Raleigh Medale
    (1997) Specialized Hardrock (stolen)
    (1997) Scott Yecora (stolen)
    (1997) GT Tempest
    (2007) Mongoose Teocali (snapped)
    (2007) Specialized Tricross ss
    (2008) Specialized Enduro
    (2009) Marin Rocky Ridge (swapped for the Croix De Fer)
    (2010) Genesis Croix De Fer (should never have sold)
    (2010) Nicolai Helius cc
    (2011) Kona Paddy Wagon
    (2012) Cotic Solaris
    (2012) Cannondale Caad8
    (2012) Surly Karate Monkey (so good I owned it twice)

    Current – Orange Gyro
    Current – Ribble Gran Fondo
    Current – Kinesis Crosslight

    That looks like a lot more when it’s written down than it was in my own mind 😳

    Hopk1ns
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    74-86 various bikes
    Mountain bikes
    1987 – Raleigh Mustang
    1989 – Raleigh Ambush
    1990 – Trek 7000
    1992 – Scott Ultimate
    1993 – Diamond Back Response Elite
    1994 – GT RTS 3
    1995 – GT LTS DH
    1997 – Pro Flex Animal
    1999 – SUNN bmix
    2000 – DMR Trailstar
    2001 – Specialized P3 & Hardrock
    2003 – Specialized P3 & Haro Extreme
    2005 – Tomac Omen & Commencal mini DH
    2006 – Charge Blender
    2008 – Solid Harlem
    2009 – Kong Dawg
    2011 – Gary Fisher Roscoe 3 & Boardman Pro
    2012 – Specialized Stumpjumper Elite
    2013 – Genesis Mantle
    2015 – Specialized Enduro Elite

    mattsccm
    Free Member

    Started with red trike. Steel, Very old even in 1968
    Normal single speed , recollect 20″ wheels but in 1970?
    Restored racer. 4 speed block, possibly interesting now?
    1975 or 76. Falcon Eddy Merckx in blue. 2nd year at grammar school.
    Several jump bikes about now. Best had NSU Quickly moped leading link forks and a Chopper back wheel. 21′ jump off a breeze block/bonnet ramp.
    About 1980 ,Puch Prima Super 12. , started time trialling on that.
    1983, Raleigh Competition. 531 with Campag, tubs etc. Deal direct with Raleigh through Bangor Normal College Head of OE John Brailsford.
    1984/5? Share in Dawes Pathfinder MTB I think.
    1989 Giant Escaper from Sian Roberts in Betws.
    1994/5? Gazelle CX bike
    1995 Another Raleigh Comp from the previous years BNC intake.
    1996 Claude Butler 531 road bike
    1996 Raleigh ladies 531 road bike
    1997 Quintana Roo 650c wheeled road bike
    2000 Raleigh Mirage MTB . Two of them
    2001 Offroad MTB Flexi stem fitted!
    2003 Raleigh Lenton from the tip
    2003 Pre war Dawes from the tip.(nicked 2014,found in the woods last week)
    2003? Raleigh road bike.
    2003 Marin full susser
    2003 Specialized Rockehopper
    2005 My aunts Moulton from 1st year of production
    2007 Specialized Enduro ( For sale at the moment)
    2008 Specilaized Tricross SS
    2009 Rgoers trike
    2009 Kaffenback
    2009 Raleigh Triathlon
    2010 Most of Higgin trike
    2010 Another Kaff
    2011 Cotic X
    2011 Genesis IO
    2014 On One Pickenflick
    2014 On One Pickenflick to replace #1 stolen
    2014 Raleigh 3 speed roadster
    2014 Giant road bike turned SS
    2015 Dawes Kingpin Two of the blighters.

    Alex
    Full Member

    Lots
    Lots more

    Since I last updated that in May 2013, I’ve sold
    Cotic Rocket
    Cotic Solaris
    Bought and sold
    Nuke proof Mega
    Bought
    Pyga 29-10
    Bird Aeris
    Trek Stache 7 29er

    So pretty much replaced what I sold. There’s a fine line between a hobby and a mental illness 😉

    teesoo
    Full Member

    First bike was a raleigh budgie 1975ish
    Raleigh Tomahawk 1977
    Raleigh chopper 1978ish (a silver one when everyone else had a red one)
    Grifter XL early 1980s
    Ultra Burner about 1984 (loved that thing)
    Raleigh milk race road bike late 1980s
    Muddy Fox mega Trax about 1994 (black and pink thing)
    Didn’t ride for a few years, until I bought a Genesis core in 2009
    Now have Salsa El Mariachi as my one and only bike.

    kayla1
    Free Member

    Blimey…

    A.N. Other kids bike, late 70s
    Raleigh Chipper (given to me by an auntie)
    Raleigh Tomahawk & Strika (given by a different auntie)
    Raleigh Tomahawk with Strika bars (when I discovered spanners!)
    Raleigh Burner (basic red & yellow one, stolen)
    Raleigh Chrome Burner (stolen)
    Raleigh Ultra Burner (bought from my cousin for £50 BITD- pricey!)
    GT Outpost
    GT Vertigo
    KHE Skunk
    DK General Lee (mk1, sold cos I was skint 😥 )
    Giant Boulder Alu
    GT Chucker

    then a few years off as I discovered motorcycles and the racing/trackdaying there of…

    Diamond Back Overdrive
    Sunn Tzar (2013 ally frame)

    then we start getting silly as I have all of these at the same time now, but only one backside-

    2011 Sunn Tzar (crmo frame, I will be buried with this bike)
    2009 Commencal Supreme 6 (tank/steamroller, bravery & skill compensator)
    2009 Commencal Absolut CrMo
    1996 GT Bravado
    1995 GT Fueler
    1999 GT Interceptor
    1999 GT Mach One
    1999 GT Pro Series XL
    2000-ish DK General Lee 20″
    2000-ish DK General Lee 24″
    2000-ish Giant hybrid £25 (bargain! 6 speed but only 4 actually work!) shopping bike 🙂

    stevied
    Free Member

    Raleigh Striker
    Raleigh Grifter
    Raleigh Team Banana 531 roadie
    Raleigh Avanti MTB
    Raleigh DynaTech Pro MTB (team only edition)
    Giant ATX970(?)
    Giant NRS Team
    Giant Reign
    OnOne 456C
    Intense 6.6
    Liteville 601

    sig123
    Free Member

    STRIKER
    BOXER
    GRIFTER
    GRIFTER TO BMX (STARTED SWAPPING BMX THINGS OVER TO GRIFTER)
    DIAMOND BACK VIPER
    DIAMOND BACK SILVER STREAK
    HARO
    SKYWAY
    HUTCH
    PK RIPPER
    GT PRO PERFORMER (CHROME)
    GT PRO PERFORMER (YELLOW)
    GT PRO PERFORMER (BLUE)
    BMX DAYS OVER…….
    HARDROCK
    MARIN RIFT
    TURNER FLUX
    TURNER 5 SPOT
    YETI ASR5
    YETI 575
    ORANGE CRUSH
    TRANSITION TRANS AM
    INTENSE TRACER 275
    THANKS SORT OF ENJOYED THAT.

    hellz85
    Free Member

    I can’t remember my childhood bikes, they were a mix of apollos and Raleighs. Had a baby blue heavy full suss Apollo when I joined my uni mtb club, quickly got replaced with my first proper mtb.
    2004 caerra fury
    2006 specalized hard rock
    2007 tank race elite
    Old giant road bike, not sure which model.
    Old Marin mount vision off eBay- hated it.
    Cheap old steel road bike converted to single speed and given flat bars by some hipster in London, bought in 2009
    2009 trek 1.7 road bike
    2010 kona Jake the snake
    2010/11 Scott addict road bike
    2012 giant trance
    2015 kona Jake the snake disc
    2016 Santa Cruz Bronson (arrived yesterday!!!)

    mamadirt
    Free Member

    Should I . . .

    mamadirt
    Free Member

    1991
    Dawes Zed
    1992
    Diamondback Camarillo
    1994
    Polished alloy Merlin Cycles frame
    1996
    Kona Cinder Cone
    1997
    Trek Y3
    1998
    Cheap white boys road bike
    Raleigh Grifter
    1999
    Kona Muni Mula
    Curtis Pro BMX
    Diamondback Viper X BMX
    DK General Lee BMX
    2000-2002
    Federal Nation BMX (raw)
    Y2K Kona Roast x 2 (warranty)
    DMR Sidekick (blue)
    2002 Kona Scab
    2003
    Red DMR Sidekick
    GT Zaskar Race
    DK Fury BMX
    GT Mach One race BMX
    Kona Mama BMX
    Mutiny Raven BMX
    Hutch Expert BMX
    Dirt Bros Shortbus BMX
    White One Flamin’ Speed
    DMR Rhythm
    Schwinn Stingray cruiser
    Kona Kilauea
    Orange O2
    Dirt Bros Patriot BMX
    2004
    Cove Handjob (red)
    Kona Roast 2004
    Orange C16R
    2005
    Kona Scab 2001
    Planet X Hammerhead
    24Seven Dark Angel
    Balfa Minuteman
    Kona Scab 2003
    Santa Cruz Chameleon
    Kona Scrap (green)
    Kona Stinky 2004
    Kona Chute 2002
    2006
    Kona Stinky 2-4
    Haro Backtrail BMX
    Orange Sub Zero
    Mutiny Punisher BMX
    Orange Hitman (blue)
    On-One Inbred sliding dropout
    Santa Cruz Heckler (black)
    Flow Moe
    Fit baby blue BMX
    Kona Scrap (grey)
    Kona Stinky Primo 2004
    Orange Clockwork
    Orange Airo
    Kona Cowan (orange)
    Kona Cowan DS (blue)
    On-One Inbred track ends
    2007
    Kona Cowan DS (yellow)
    Diamondback BMX (petrol blue)
    Eastern Shovelhead BMX
    Federal Fraction BMX
    Kink Launch BMX
    2008
    Dirt Bros Trail R Park BMX
    Spooky Bandwagon
    2009
    Cove Stiffee (red)
    Kona Coiler
    S&M Sabbath BMX
    Foes Predator
    British Eagle Exs
    Raleigh Chopper
    Intense Tazer VP (orange)
    DK BMX (orange)
    S&M Dirt Bike (orange)
    S&M Dirt Bike NG
    Santa Cruz Bullit
    Intense Tazer VP FRO
    2010
    Subrosa Pandora DTT BMX
    Fit Logic BMX
    Intense Slopestyle
    Cheapo Apollo f/s
    Intense Moto Pro Cruiser (white)
    Intense Tazer FS (red)
    Cove Sanchez
    Fit (black) BMX
    Federal Nation BMX (red)
    Intense Tazer HT
    Mountain Cycle Battery
    Intense Tazer VP (raw)
    Commencal Absolut SX 2010
    2011
    Cotic BFe
    Subrosa Salvador BMX
    Kona Dudu
    Santa Cruz Heckler (red)
    Intense Tazer VP (orange) – revisited
    Intense Uzzi VP
    GT Aggressor
    GT Timberline
    Alpinestars T24
    Intense Moto Pro Cruiser (red)
    On-One 456
    Cove Handjob (orange)
    Dialled Bikes Holeshot
    Commencal Absolut SX x 2 (2010 and 2011 – warranty)
    Kona Five-O 2008
    2012
    FBM Guillotine BMX
    Intense Tazer FS
    Kona Stinky TL
    2011 Orange Blood
    1992 Specialized Hardrock
    2009 Kona Shonky
    2012 WethePeople Arcade BMX
    1993 Kona Hahanna
    1998 Kona Explosif
    2012 On-One 456 Evo
    2007 DMR Transition 24
    2009 Cove Foreplay MX
    2012 Cove Sanchez
    2013
    2012 Cult CC00 BMX
    WethePeople Nova BMX
    Cove Hooker MX Ltd Ed
    1967 Schwinn Speedster
    Kona Operator
    Cove STD
    1995 Specialized Hardrock Ultra
    1998 GT Timberline
    1995 Kona Kilauea
    2008 DMR Transition 26
    2013 Sunday Primer BMX
    2014
    2013 FBM Autopilot (AKA Jet Generate)
    2013 Commencal Premier HD4
    2014 Whyte 802 650b
    Cove Stiffee (pixie blue) 650b / 26
    1999 Kona Lava Dome
    Atomlab Pimp2
    2013 Commencal El Camino 2
    Transition Trans Am
    2012 Kona Cinder Cone
    Pinnacle Dolomite One road bike
    2009 DK Reaction BMX
    1992 Diamondback Apex resto
    2014 Whyte 604 650b
    2015 GT Bump 24
    Transition TOP
    2009 DMR Transition 24
    2003 Kona Stinky
    Spooky Bandwagon
    2015
    Cove Stiffee (white)
    FBM Ignition BMX
    Kona Stinky Six
    1995 Dyno VFR BMX
    2014 Subrosa Altus BMX
    2014 Cannondale Trail 2 29
    1990 Kona Lava Dome
    1968 Schwinn Fastback
    2015 Genesis Col du Glandon
    1992 Alpinestars Al Mega T26
    DMR Transition 26
    2008 Dirt Bros Trail R Park BMX (revisited)

    😳 Most expensive form of therapy ever . . . 2014 was not a good year. In my defence, I do only have 3 (the Hooker, STD and Dirt Bros BMX . . . oh and the little Schwinn Fastback project which is work-in-progress).

    tomhoward
    Full Member

    Raleigh Nitro
    96 Carrera Mission – first adult mtb, upgraded every part save for the headset and seatpost.
    02 Azonic DS evo – bought as frame only, transferred all the upgrades from the carrera, but swapped the RST Gamma elastomer forks (with a whopping 75mm travel) for marzocchi Z1s. The difference was noticeable.
    98-99 ish Kona Stinky – first full sus, Jr T forks, Hope C2 front brake, Avid V brake rear. Stolen.
    04 Apollo Vortice BMX – bought for £100, razzed around everywhere on it, great fun. Sold a year later for £60
    06 Specialized Demo 8 – first bike bought with money from ‘proper’ job, lots of upgrades. Stolen from whistler. Best bike ever.
    09 Specialized SX trail II – replacement for the the above. Hated it. Too heavy for trail riding, too steep and upright for DH.
    08? GT IT1 – Monster bike. 9 inch travel ‘gearbox’ huck bike. 48lbs.
    05? Orange Hitman – eBay bargain, to use when the above wasn’t appropriate (98% of the time)
    09 Intense slopestyle Mk1 – decided a jump bike and a dh monster weren’t ideal so this was an attempt to combine the 2. Kinda worked….
    13 Trek 1.5 road bike still got. First foray into road biking. Now winter commuter.
    (No idea) On One inbred. Frame bought while drunk…Fancied singlespeed, built from spares originally then upgraded everything again.
    13 Trek Madone 5.2 – still got. Enjoyed road bikes. Bought a fancy one. Upgraded to full DA Di2, C50 wheels, carbon everything. Silly fast.
    99 GT pro series 24. Was for sale on here. Always wanted one. Rode it once, sold it 6months later.
    14 Santa Cruz 5010 carbon – still got. Went on a demo day, decided that all manufacturers should stop trying, as this was perfect. Wish list build. 140mm pikes, ccdb inline, hope/enve wheels, XX1, reverb, 26lbs
    14 Santa Cruz Nomad Mk3 – still got. Saw the dozens of launch articles/ on release day. Placed order. Was the first bike for a non sponsored rider in the UK. Same spec as the 5010, save for longer pikes (160) and a vivid air shock.
    15 Specialized Fatboy Pro – still got. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    13 Santa Cruz Chameleon – still got. Got a text from Stif saying some (free) replacement stickers had come in for me. This was the result. Bought as a frame only, last of the 26ers in a sale. Remember that /\ inbred? Plan was to use all the parts off that. 😆 decided the 5yr old 120mm rebas wouldn’t cut it, so new 150mm pikes were bought. Decided the 711 bars were too narrow, 750mm Carbon bought. A bike like this needs a dropper too right? Reverb bought. There’s a 142×12 rear end upgrade available? Oh yes. CBA with singlespeed anymore. 1×11 group set added…. These free stickers cost me close to 2 grand….

    Having had all that, I genuinely can’t think of a bike I want, save for maybe an ebike when I get really old and broken.

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Ooh a use for my spreadsheet

    edenvalleyboy
    Free Member

    OMG – you people have seriously good memories…I’d struggle to remember my bikes in the last…hang on..maybe it’s not so difficult… I may be back soon with a list… 😀

    Rorschach
    Free Member

    Raleigh Sunbeam
    Raleigh Commando
    BH Bmx
    DP Firebird
    Giant Terrago
    Gary Fisher Paragon
    Diamondback Apex
    Marin Bear Valley
    Funk
    Raleigh 653 Road
    Barracuda 4x
    Orange Patriot
    Haro 24″ Bmx
    Orange Patriot 66
    Dialled Prince Albert
    Kona Unit 29
    On One Scandal 29
    Another Kona Unit 29
    Macneil Deuce Deuce
    Standard 250l
    Kenesis Crosslight
    Kenesis Tk2
    Trek Madone
    Giant TCR Adv Sl
    Salsa Mamasita
    Planet X rt57
    Canfield Yelli Screamy
    Dartmoor 4x
    Planet X Dirty Harry
    On One Codeine

    lunge
    Full Member

    Emmelle kids bike – no idea
    Cheap BMX – broken
    Emmelle MTB – stolen
    Emmelle MTB – stolen
    Emmelle Laser – sold
    Trek 920 – cracked
    Trek 930 – cracked
    Trek 4600 – owned by my dad now
    Orange P7 – sold
    Planet X Jack Flash – sold
    Orbea Aqua – cracked
    Orbea Aqua – still got
    Planet X Kaffenback – still got
    Sensa Guilia – still got
    Kona MinUte – still got

    tazzymtb
    Full Member

    Small red tricycle which cost me a broken elbow due to to cornering at speed on 2 wheels until I flipped it one day.
    Some steel hand-me-down from my older brother
    Striker
    grifter
    Emelle road bikes
    Raleigh maverick
    very early stump jumper
    gt zaskar
    dave lloyd custom
    big break from riding due to sex drugs and rock and roll, resulting in a few scrapes a brief peiord of living on the streets and some rather bleak times
    back on the bikes with another gt zaskar
    gary fisher sugar
    merlin malt 1
    Orange 5
    On one inbred singlespeed (the start of the addiction!)
    Marin mount vision (hateful fking thing)
    Felt virtue

    fisher rig ss
    sinister splinter
    on one 29er ss
    on one scandal prototype thing
    on one scandal 29er ss
    trek 69 ss

    ellsworth epiphany
    chumba hx2 modified to be a slack trailsy fat bike
    salsa selma 29ss
    jones diamond with a fat front ss
    jones space frame ss
    on one fatty ss
    singular puffin ss
    blacksheep ss
    surly pugsley ss

    there are loads of others, but if I really hate a bike it goes bloody quickly sobtheres no point listing

    oxym0r0n
    Full Member

    Erm… wow.. some big lists… okay:

    tiny blue bike with solid tyres
    Raleigh Scorcher
    Raleigh Racer
    Ridgeback 601LX
    Specialized Allez (Carbon, Road)
    Orange P7 LX (Nickel)
    Orange P7 (Blue)
    Orange P7 SS (Nickel became Kawasaki Green)
    Gary Fisher Sugar 2
    Litespeed Veya (Road)
    Gary Fisher Sugar Race
    Yeti ASRsl
    Voodoo Wanga SS

    Cotic Solaris
    Genesis Day 1
    Salsa El Mariachi SS
    Cotic >X<

    (Some overlap between bikes at different times)

    RustySpanner
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    Raleigh Lion trike.
    Raleigh Tomahawk
    Raleigh Grifter.
    Raleigh Magnum tourer.
    Unknown Italian road bike.
    British Eagle road bike.
    British Eagle 531 MTB.
    Marin Palisades Trail.
    Orange Clockwork.
    Specialized Rockhopper.
    Mongoose BMX.
    Rock Lobster 853.
    Trek 1400 road bike.
    Another Rock Lobster 853 – first one nicked.
    About to buy a Surly Disc Trucker.

    I’ve forgotten a couple, but that’s about it.

    Euro
    Free Member

    A trike (red)
    An two wheeler (orange)
    Raleigh Tomahawk (red)
    Grifter (blue)
    My mums Raleigh 18 shopper (red)
    A racer of some sort (red)
    Super Burner (gold)
    Aero Pro Burner (chrome)
    New frame for above
    Another new frame for above + forks
    And another set (Raleighs 15 year F+F warranty was great)
    An mtb! Claude Butler something (purpley pink)
    Haro Sport (blue/black)
    The Motorbike years…
    Marin Wildcat Trail (bronze)
    Commencal Supreme Mini (black)
    DMR Drone (beige)
    On One 456 SS (red)
    Stumpy Evo (black/red)

    chrisdw
    Free Member

    A small red thing
    20″ Emmelle. it was blue
    Apollo Excel 24″ FS!!!
    Some silver supermarket thing
    Trek 4900 Alpha
    Identiti Dr Jekyll
    GT I drive 7
    Giant Reign
    One One 456 Summer Season
    Ragley MmmBop
    Lapierre Spicy
    On One Inbred 29er rigid
    Mondraker Vantage

    Theres a definite line where you can tell the bug bit!

    colournoise
    Full Member

    Shorter list than most on here I think…

    1974ish
    Red trike with a baby blue ‘boot’ for running errands to the village shop.

    1976ish
    Raleigh Chipper started my thing for orange bikes.

    1980ish
    Silver Halfords ‘racer’ – 15 speed IIRC with downtube shifters. Ridden everywhere including off road and the odd little jump.

    Then a few years where bikes gave way to early home computers & consoles, music, beer and finally cars (mostly minis).

    1993
    Home built ‘klunker’ from various police auction donor bikes. Heavy and very yellow, but got me round Cambridge in my student days just fine.

    1995
    Another frankenbike based on an early ’90s Peugeot steel MTB frame (which I still have, albeit built up as a ratty shop/pub bike). First taste of proper hills as I lived in Barnsley at the time.

    1997
    Custom build (a bit of a bizarre one in places – BMX stem and risers) based on a very nice one-off (prototype AFAIK) orange Lee Cooper steel XC frame (still riding this as my slick-shod singlespeed commuter). Mostly used for bimbling along canals and around the edge of fields in Warwickshire.

    2001
    Mk2 Trailstar custom build. A bit ahead of its time in some ways and was the template for almost every bike I’ve built up since – small frame, short stem, wide risers, single chainring, big tyres. When I ride it outside every now and again (it’s usually set up on the turbo) the only real giveaway that it’s an old bike is the twitchy head angle.

    Then another gap while I got obsessed with my now wife and some new money pit hobbies (digital music production and then archery).

    2009
    Identiti Mr Hyde. Burly as anything. This was my bike on my first trips to Scotland and The Lakes – it opened my eyes a bit to say the least.

    2012
    Cotic BFe. Another hardcore hardtail. Incredibly capable bike – it’s an XS so basically a big wheeled off-road BMX that I can still comfortably do all-day rides on. Still ridden pretty often. First riding trips to The Peak and Wales on this bike.

    2014
    Orange Alpine 160 26. The bike I got when I couldn’t get a Rocket (the numbers were VERY similar for geometry, weight and price). Very orange. First full suss and another real eye opener. Eats rocks and rough stuff and surprisingly good to climb with (faster on most off road climbs than the BFe).

    breadcrumb
    Full Member

    Started with a trike- I think it was yellow and red.
    Then I was given a Raleigh Chipper by a neighbour, it had been painted with white gloss. I can remember when my Dad took the stabilisers off- I hit my knee and promptly fell out with the bike fit a while.
    Next bike was a secondhand Grifter, I think it was stuck in the hardest gear, it had rock hard spikey green grips which were very uncomfortable.
    Universal Hill Street Cruiser, my first “ATB”. 10 speed Shimano Tourney- wooOOooo.
    The next one escapes me, it was black and green and had 200GS and biopace rings.
    Quickly followed by a British Eagle ZFX two. This is when constant upgrading took over!
    Univega Alpina 5.3 next, STX RC iirc.
    Cheap ass aluminium frame build.
    DMR Trailstar, with Z1 Bams.
    Specialized Pitch Pro.
    Reacquired the Trailstar for a SS build.
    Kona Kula SS build.
    Specialized Langster.
    Kona Unit.
    456 EVO II, using the Pitch as a donor.
    Pinnacle Arkose 3.

    grtdkad
    Full Member

    Okay…
    Moulton Mini early 70s 😕
    Raleigh Grifter – mid / late 70s 8)
    then a rather big gap:
    – Gary Fisher Tai Kai HT 1997 (still have the frame)
    – Specialized S-Works Epic FS 2005-2007
    – BeOne Team Killerbee HT 2007-2010
    – Whyte 19 Team Carbon HT 2010-2015
    – OnOne carbon Whippet Alfine HT 2012
    – Scott Scale Premium HT 2013 –
    – Cannondale Flash Ultimate HT 2015 –

    grtdkad
    Full Member

    WTF mamadirt!!!

    tomhoward
    Full Member

    I know right? Who buys a Trek Y3?!?!?

    lobby_dosser
    Free Member

    Far too many and I’ve probably missed out a few.
    Raleigh Chipper, Chopper and Arena

    Muddy Fox 1st MTB
    Dawes Fat Chance
    GTZaskar LE
    Specialized Enduro (1st Full Sus)
    Prince Albert Mk1
    SC HEckler
    Dialled Bikes Kobe Ti
    Some Roadbike runabout
    Cove Stiffee
    Norco something HT
    Prince Albert Mk1 again
    Turner 5-Spot
    Hungarian Super market special
    Saracen Trials Bike
    SC VP Free
    Specialized Enduro
    INtense 6.6
    Titus Motolite
    On ONe 456
    2 X Dutch Commuter bikes
    Transition Preston FR
    SC Nomad
    One ONe 456 Ti
    Dialled Bikes Prince Albert
    Giant Glory
    Evil Sovereign
    Planet X Ti Road Bike
    Transition Trans AM
    On ONe 456 Summer Season
    Brompton
    Marin CX/Commuter
    Kona Cinder Cone
    Banshee Spitfire
    Banshee Rune
    Dialled Bikes Morning Glory

    samcamsdad
    Full Member

    As I remember, it goes a bit like this,

    Raleigh Stryker
    Mongoose wire wheel bmx
    Peugeot trail, first mountain bike.
    Muddy fox courier,
    Nishiki alien
    Nishiki alien acx, both technically not mine but I was sponsored to race them in the early 90s.
    Bontrager race lite,
    Kona dawg,
    Specialized fsr xc comp,
    Santa Cruz bullet,
    Orange patriot 7+ DH,
    Specialized sx trail,
    Orange 224,
    On-one in bread 456,
    Iron horse mk3,
    Cannondale synapse, first road bike.
    Orange blood,
    Commencal meta v4 am.

    Retromud
    Free Member

    Something small and red with stabilisers that eventually fell off (after a short period of riding with just one side on…)
    Random inherited step-through frame hand painted baby blue. Had a rear rack.
    Raleigh striker. Remember repainting the chainguard
    Hand me down Raleigh grifter with a bent crank. Ride on any borrowed bike felt weird for a while!
    First “mtb” – Townsend something; steel wheels, centre ridge tyres, falcon friction gears, weighed the same as a small sun. First bike I bought new. Should have spent the extra £25 for the model up in the sale with sis and alloy rims but it wasn’t green and I was a naive 11 year old.
    Muddy fox pathfinder – actual mtb!
    Scott Tampico in 1998 bought with a small inheritance
    Transferred all the bits to a kona chute frame sometime in 2007, along with a pair of psylos and some avid juicy brakes
    Acquired Orbea something hardtail for xc duties
    Given an 80’s Raleigh road bike of some type
    Inherited an Orange ST4 pro – left in my best mates will
    A dirt cheap 2nd giant OCR2 while banned from mtb riding for medical reasons.
    I’ve done a lot of riding with not many bikes

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