Most wanted – iconic mountain bikes

88 Cinder cone with splatter paint job
90 Orange Clockwork
91 Eldridge grade (owned)

Another vote for the Turner 5 Spot – 4 bar version. It’s the only bike from the over the years that I’ve bought and kept.

Possibly missed it further up the list, but the Inbred must rate a mention nowadays?

I had a Trek Y22 – great bike
Also had a Roberts – but not a BogsBollox but a Genesis … Hated it , it was like a gate, absolutely huge for a 20 inch frame
And I had to reverse the BB just so the cranks would clear the frame
And it was a chain suck monster ….

Always fancied a Raleigh Tomac replica with the carbon tubes and Merlin Ti lugs.

Still got a Pace RC100 which I bought off a friend when he got bored of it. Also have a 1996 Merlin Mountain which I haven’t ridden in years, as dare I say it, I don’t like it. Had a Fat Chance Wicked and that wasn’t great in my opinion either. Best riding frame I have ever had is a probably a Orange P7. Moral of the story just because it’s expensive and sought after don’t necessarily make it better.

Always had a thing for the Raleigh DHO….

Great thread.

I’m usually a resident on RetroBike where almost anything old is valued, so it’s great to see what people’s wish lists really look like.

Back in the 90’s, I wanted a Zaskar LE, so I saved up, bought a frame and built one. It was and is a great fun bike and I’ll never part with it. Next on the list, thanks to the magazine tests of the time, was a Roberts DOGS. It took another 15 years, and half a year waiting for it to return from a refub back at the workshop of its birth, but now I have one.

Was it worth the wait….OH YES!

Nice to see Greg Fuquay mentioned, I just acquired one of his frames, it’ll be interesting to see how it compares to the DB.

Don’t have much of a wish list, maybe a HOTTA e-stay carbon mtb.