Going through some old photos and found this….

About 2001 at coed y brenin on my 1998 saracen kili

Feeling old!

my 1989 Cannondale SM600, taken in 1993.

resprayed by Venom Cycles in Birmingham in Spokes and Saddles (malvern) team colours, who i did a little bit or racing for back in the day. It was a purple base coat with a duotone lacquer, so in some light it looked kinda blue ish, but in others it was purple metallic. kinda like a flip paint, but in the early 90’s

Custom Chas Bland 531 fork, flexstem, USE seatpost, XT gears, thumbies, X-Lite Stubbie pro bar ends, snowflake wheel (on those XT hubs with the grease ports) Think it was a MA40MB front rim and a 217SUP on the rear as I broke the original MA40 landing on the steps near Aquarius in Gt Malvern. Dia Compe SS5 levers, 987 front brake and deore U brake rear, crud claw and a Mt Zefal pump!

Arse up – head down!… 🙂

nice, colour matched forks. that a stumpy? 1994 ish?

I had the frame and fork lowers resprayed by Mercian in Derby.

Wheels were Mavic Sunset Rims on Sachs Quartz hubs. Full XT for everything else.

Has there been a better looking rim than Mavic Sunsets!? 🙂

that a stumpy? 1994 ish?

Yep, early nineties.

First MTB, Claude Butler from about 1995. No photos sadly.

Missed out a HT, went straight to this from the fully rigid CB. 80mm of travel both ends 🙂 Great colour, narrow bars, long stem. And those V brakes weren’t much use in a claggy Chiltern winter.

My first full-suss – did 1000’s of miles on this…

Those whyte designed marins still look modern. Such a great bike

A bit of a scratch on my mate’s MacB after an XC race (well, during). About 1997

Not sure if this image works, not my bike but v similar to the one I had from new. 1992 Raleigh Dynatech Diablo LX.
Biopace! Titanium frame! (replaced under warranty when the down tube bubbled st the head tube).
I think the only upgrade I had was the x lite bar ends.

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An image very much of it’s time! Top of Spooky Wood in 2006, bike owned since 2000

[url=https://flic.kr/p/9PHAi]Adventurous[/url] by Matt Cotterill, on Flickr

First trip to Morzine, summer 2004

Can’t find any from before that (apart from a very small me on a Tomahawk). Pre digital camera, I suppose

1991 rad-as-f

Lycra seat cover
Specialized Helmet
Oakley wish-you-were’s
Super narrow bars

Retro bike bragging points if you can identify the three bikes in the two pics.

Still got my old Scott Sawtooth (hanging in the garage). It was the bike I used for family fun days but not for serious off-roading.  Later I took up road riding before resurrecting the Sawtooth to start playing off-road again.

Took it on local military land and Swinley then bought a full-suspension.

Ti Inbred – circa 2004 during Coast-to-Coast. I still own this bike, and it’s my only MTB (spec has changed though!)…

£1.00 for anyone who guesses what this is! I think there’s only one chap who will know though!… 🙂

First ‘new’ bike (instead of hand-me-down from my sister)

First ‘grown up’ bike.

2000 (or ‘01?) Red Bull 24hr on ‘92 Klein Fervour

Bontrager Privateer (re-powder coated.)

5-Spot

As you can see, those Bomber Z3s moved to quite a few bikes over the years!

Riding bmx in the early-mid eighties.
(Me in yellow)
Leamington Spa bmx track

Helmet schmelmet…

Way back when!

Owned this Merlin Malt frame (ignore the Parkpre decals) from new in 1997. Here in 2003 after a hard life. Then decided to restore it – this is after it’s latest rebuild after buying it back from someone.

A photo from the local paper of me & my Avante Hammer V in 1997.

It was a local DH when you raced whatever you had.

Early summer 1987, a 14 years old me 2nd from left on my Raleigh with my Derby Mercury friends. We’d just finished a local charity ride/race event and were back at Elvaston Castle.

Over the Gap back in 2006 on my old Scott. Bought second hand back in 1994 and still going strong.

Y2k Marin Attack Trail my first FS.

Found one of my first full suss

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A photo from the local paper of me & my Avante Hammer V in 1997.

Surely flip it 90degrees and you’re stunt riding whilst grabbing your nuts (shamow!) 😀

I have more going back a few years before, but these are to hand and not needing scanning in….
Mabie, BITD.

My old Clockwork under a friend:

Another Clockwork:

and why I wasn’t riding my Clockwork on the day – I was leant a Sub3 demo…

A very skinny me on my 1986 Diamond Back Apex. Probably 1987 Surftracks race at Blandford.

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This is me in a schoolboy crit at Stoneleigh in 1969 when I was 16

I’m in the blue Velo Club Ventoux jersey which was a tribute to Tommy Simpson’s Peugeot checkered jersey.

Foes exotica. In reality it was shite, cracked it 3 times, I gave up on the warranty after that and took it to the recycling centre.

Old bike ,new photo.

My first proper MTB, before that was a Peugeot Ranger.

My very pimped out P1, loved that bike.

First mountain bike. Marin Bear Valley 1987

Windsurfing tour of Jersey 1990

First full Susser. Enduro Expert 2003 Wharncliffe practicing for my first Alps trip to Verbier

Been hooked ever since

Cant believe how small 26″ wheeled bikes look whilst being ridden now we’re use to seeing 29ers….momo & mattbee pics make them look like they are riding kids bikes 😂

£1.00 for anyone who guesses what this is!

I can hear the QI klaxon going off if I say original Scandal but the top tube-headtube doesnt look the same as the Scandal 26″ frame I still have in a box somewhere….some weird prototype version (Use to have a 456 prototype done in standard Inbred white but sold that on)