What's your mountain biking pedigree? List past owned bikes…

hmmm…..

Raleigh Striker
Ridgeback XT
Specialized Hardrock
Vitus bonded Alu racer (no idea of the actual name)
Chas Roberts White Spider
Specialized Stumpjumper Comp

13 year gap and then…

Rock Lobster Team Tig SL
2010 Trek Fuel EX9
2012 Trek Fuel EX9

Giant Escaper (23″)
Giant Escaper (19″)
Orange aluminium O
Trek 930 or was it a 970 (can’t remember, only had it 3 months…)
Cannondale M2000
Pro-Flex XP8
Kona Explosif (stolen… Sob!)
Klein attitude
Santa Cruz Heckler
Cove handjob
Titus Motolite
Cotic Soul
Chumba vf2
Cotic Soda (possibly for sale if anyone fancies… Reason? See last entry… )
Cotic Solaris (in orange, soon to be taken away… Sob!)
Cotic Solaris (in green, well I will come July)
And possibly a Cotic Rocket sometime soon too… 😳

80s Raleigh burner
Retro 531 road bike
2 Bickerton folding bikes
91 Marin pine mountain
no name 531 road bike
95 Kona Kilauea
Peugeot road bike
Townsend 531 road bike
Lemond GLX road bike
Diamondback reactor bmx
98 Marin DH FRS
99 Scott G-zero
Kona muni mula
00 GT edge road bike
01 GT edge road bike (after breaking the previous one)
Inbred slidy dropout model
Dolan road bike
Pace RC303
456
03 Spesh Enduro
853 Inbred
03 Rocky Mountain Element
Airborne road bike
Spesh Langster
Klein Mantra
Dolan CX
Bianchi road bike
Giant NRS
Singular Swift

that’s more than I thought!

mind you I’ve ridden a lot more than that list over the years too.

2003 Spesh Hardrock Pro
2004 Marin Attack Trail
2005 Giant Anthem
2009 Lapierre Spicy
2008 BlurLT
2009 Dialled PA
2010 Spesh Stumpjumper
2010 Spesh Epic
2010 Lynskey LT Ridgeline
2012 Ibis Mojo HD 140
2012 Yeti ASR5c

I suddenly feel sick.

Good to see a few Burners turning up in the lists.

As a kid I had a Tomahawk, Chopper, Ultra Burner & Sun GT 10 racer. Long overlaps on most of these, so that I always had more than one bike.

MTBs only
93 Marin Bear Valley
98 Specialized Ground Control FSR Comp
99 Scott G-Zero FX Team
11 Lapierre Zesty 2011

As well as riding the Zesty, the Marin is still going strong, the FSR is hanging up on the garage wall and the Scott is about to have the swing arm alloy welded back together (fingers crossed)around the pivot.

Raleigh M Trax – bought to take to university as it was less likely to be nicked than my road bike back then
Kona Cinder Cone – which I sold to my nephew who had it nicked; don’t know who was more upset, him or me
Kona Explosif (still own)
Kona Dawg (sold to mate who still has it)
Giant Reign (still own frame)
Cotic Soul (still own)
Dialled Alpine (still own)

Carrera ………. (something)
Specialized Hardrock Sport
Rock Lobster Team Tig SL
Merlin Malt 2
Commencal Absolut
On One 853 Inbred
On One Summer Season
Santa Cruz Heckler
Dialled Bikes Price Albert Classic…..coming soon

schwinn hardtail.
Specialised fsr
Cannondale gemini
Azonic Recoil
Azonic sabre
Kona stinky supreme
Kona stuff
Nicolai Helius Fr
Nicolai Ion st
Nicolai helius Fr
Nicolai AC(now)

Ooh I had a Fuel, a 8000 or something, a Bruiser, a VT and a Giant AC

Pre MTB:
Vindec high Riser? (Chopper Copy)
Raliegh Racer/Tourer (despite wanting a white and bright orange bmx from halfords)

MTB:
198? Diamondback Ascent EX (stolen)
1990/91 ?? Claude Butler Spectre??
1995 Marin Nail trail (cracked)
1996 (?) Marin India Fire Trail (stolen)
2001 Scott Comp Racing
2004 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp (cracked)
2007 Scott Scale 40
2009 Specialized Epic (frame)
2010 Charge Duster
…?

92 Kona Hahanna
95 Bontrager Privateer
96 Bontrager Race
Lemond Tourmalet
Trek Top Fuel 7
2008 Lemond Croix de fer
2010 Trek Top Fuel 7

Various BMX haro/burner/cheapies
Raleigh mustang 1985
Marin bear valley 1988
Funk pro-comp 1990
Yeti Fro
Mongoose (something)
Klein Adroit
GT Zaskar
GT Rts 1. 1993
San-Andreas
DMR trailstar
Specialised FSR comp
Specialised enduro
Specialised P3
Mountain cycle rumble
Specialised SX trail

Raleigh Chippy
Universal BMX
Raleigh Chrome Burner
Apollo road ‘bike’
Dawes Ascent
Cannondale M800 Beast of the East
Trek 6500
On One Scandal

Some random BMX
Raleigh grifter
Raleigh bomber
Raleigh Maurader
Raleigh Mustang
’95 Kona Kilauea
’98 GT Lightning
’98 Kona Caldera
’95 S Works FSR
’01 Stumpjumper FSR XC Comp
’05 Kona Explosif
’95 Mountain Goat Whiskey Town Racer
’07 Cove Hummer
’93 Klein Attitude Sea And Sky
’96 Bontrager Race Lite
’93 Marin Eldridge Grade
’96 Kona Hot Stars and Bars (owned same frame twice)
’93 and ’96 Marin Pine Mountains
’94 Cannondale M800 Beast of the East
’94 Clark Kent Chromag
’05 Kona Dawg Supreme
’95 Marin Bear Valley
’07 Santa Cruz Heckler
’06 Turner 5 Spot HL
’08 Ellsworth Epiphany
’09 Santa Cruz Superlight
’03 Litespeed Lookout Mountain
’96 Kona King Kahuna
’03 Rocky Mountain Blizzard
’98 Specialized M2 Comp
’06 Kona Unit
’96 Diamondback Axis R
’09 Cove Stiffee
Kent Eriksen

A few of these have long departed now but I am a true believer in N plus 1

😈 😈 😈

awaiting arrival of newest frame shortly 😆

I’m definitely not worthy, but, since 1975:

’75 (new) Dawes Chevron (got nicked at Uni)
’83 (new) AN Other Peugeot road bike (insurance replacement for the Dawes (sold to ex-girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend)
’92 (new) Marin Palisades Trail (sold to neighbour)
’99 (SH) Marin Mount Vision (Ebayed)
’03 (SH) Titus Switchblade (still got)
’03 ish (SH) Saracen Kili Race (the mag one, still got the frame and not bust yet)
’09 (SH) PX Kaffenback (still got)
’11 (new) BeOne Raw carbon hardtail (still got)

Pretty restrained really, although acquisitions seem to be increasing exponentially.

Since I started this MTB stuff a few years ago:

BeOne Stella
On One Inbred
Specialized Pitch Pro (still have)
On One Inbred (earlier model with chainstay bridge and my favourite On-One)
On One Inbred 853
Gary Fisher HiFi (26inch)
On One 456
Sanderson Life (still have the frame)
NS Bikes Surge (my current hardtail with 2 rides under its belt)

Also have a singlespeed Inbred for child carrying duty.

My extensive list

Marin Palisades Trail (new about 1992) – still being ridden by my cousin
Orange P7 (new about 1996/1997) – still being ridden by me
Cotic Soul – (new, get it Thursday)…..

Trike with pedals fastened to the metal front wheel (with bits of lego in to make it rattle)
1973 Learnt to ride on my little sister’s 16″ bike
1973 Bought a 20″ from mr Longworth who built them from random bits – we couldn’t raise the saddle so it went
1974 Chopper copy
1975 Puch alpine 5speed racer first new bike – gave to a friend
1983 Falcon Cotswold 10speed tourer bought with college travel grant – gave to my mum’s partner
1991 Ridgeback rigid mountain bike twist shift I think. Rode like a pig and got stolen from my garage
1992 Orbit harrier audax machine 531 tubing, bought from the factory with the insurance money -still got
1996 Marin palisades trail bought from Aiden Lehup – on it’s second frame, being used by my 12year old
2009 Marin Indian Fire Trail – still got, being eyed by the 12 year old
2011 Anthem x1 – main ride now

Edit – I bet that each bike on the list cost more than all the previous ones put together – wonder if there’s some kind of rule there!

The billion dollar question is whether mama will exceed ton’s tally? 😆

Marin Mount Vision
Specialised Stump Jumper
Cube Fritzz (nicked recently)
Yeti 575
Yeti DJ
On one 456 with 160 forks. Singlespeed
On one inbred singlespeed
Nukeproof Mega Pro (later this week hopefully)
Yeti SB66 Carbon (if it ever turns up)

Okay this is both mine and my sons bikes but I ride them all when he’s at University

Like others have said, I’m still a crap rider even though we have some sweet bikes.

MTB’s only.
Stump jumper Team
Orange Prestige
Kona Explosif
GT Zaskar
Cove Stiffee
Marin Mt Vision
Airborne Lucky Strike
Orange Sub 5
Turner 5 Spot
Dialled Bokes Love Hate
on One Inbred
On One Scandal 29
Yeti ARC
Fisher Ferrous
Lynskey Ridgeline 29
Santa Cruz Superlight
Singular Hummingbird
cotic Simple
Cotic Soul

Order is wrong but fairly complete!

Raleigh Golden Arrow (think it was a Raleigh)
Raleigh Tomahawk
Raleigh Grifter
Falcon San Remo
Specialized Rockhopper
Kona Cindercone
Nishiki Alien
Thornhill road bike
Proflex 856
Canondale Raven
Marin Mount Vision Pro
Orange Sub 5
Santa Cruz Blur
Santa Cruz Nomad
Ridley Cyclocrosser
Santa Cruz Heckler
Cove Hummer
Santa Cruz Blur LT
Santa Cruz Nomad C
Santa Cruz Tallboy C

Looking to sell both Nomad C and Tallboy to fund new Tallboy LTC

The lot:

Raleigh Lion trike.
Raleigh Tomahawk.
Raleigh Grifter.
Raleigh Magnum road bike.
British Eagle rigid 531 Mountain Bike. 1991.
British Eagle gas pipe road bike.
Marin Palisades Trail. 1993.
Unknown make Italian Columbus framed road bike.
Orange Clockwork, Suntour Microdrive. 1995 ish.
Specialized Rockhopper Comp. 2001.
Mongoose Expert BMX.
Rock Lobster 853. 2006.
Trek 1400 road bike.

Obviously not trying hard enough, compared to some of you 😀

MTB only?

Apollo Atomic
Carrera Kraken
93 GT Zaskar
97 Rockhopper
97 GT LTS-1
Airborne Mosquito
Inbred SS
Cannondale F800
Cannondale F1000
Cannondale Prophet
Inbred SS 853
Cotic Soul
(& a bunch of retro rides in between)

Kiddies 16 inch bike
Bmx with gears (my mates dad welded mounts onto our frames)
GT freestyler
Apollo 18 speed!!
93′ Orange clockwork (wish I still had it)
Diamond back ascent

13 year gap

Saracen kili (1996 retro bike)
Sinister Ridge
NS surge
Dialled alpine
Specialized enduro
DMR rhythm
Chumba xcl
Evil sovereign
GT fueler 20″
Cannondale rush
Giant reign x (about to build up)

I still have my diamond back ascent from 95′ as a hack/pub bike 🙂

This shouldn’t take long:

In order of purchase

Raleigh AT20
Scott Aspect
One One Inbred
SC Superlight
Orange 5

😀

Marin Eldridge Grade
Bianchi Tycoon, never worked properly
Pace RC300 replacement for the above
GT somethingorother singlespeed
Kona Cinder Cone hack bike, broke it
Kona Caldera replacement hack bike
LaPierre Spicy

in chronological order:-
1988 dawes ascent
1991 marin eldridge grade
1994 specialized stumpjumper m2 (purple) with direct drive fork and first gen xtr
2002 cannondale F800 matt black with lefty fork (god i loved that bike.sold in a moment of stupidity 2 years later 🙁
2007 specialized stumpjumper fsr comp (the last year when they put the shock through frame/didn’t really gel with it tbh)
2008 swapped the frame for an s works carbon ht
2009 swapped bike for a specialized fsr comp (the first 140mm travel one in matt black) i really wanted an anthem x2,but they weren’t going to arrive in uk until following jan.
2010 the bike shop still took the anthem x2 bike that i had ordered.i kept seeing it in the shop gloating at me.well there was only one thing i could do. so after a p/x i was the proud owner of the blue anthem x2 (lovely bike 😀
2011 i swapped the anthem x2 for my current bike now charge duster mid (bright green) as i was worried about servicing costs for the anthem x2
unfortunately i am currently an ex mountainbiker (well for the past 6 or so months due to depression/laziness e.t.c 🙁 but i will be back. OH YES I WILL BE BACK! 😉 if i could ever afford it i would also love to buy another anthem x bike (but keep my duster also)

Round one- 80s and 90s
Raleigh Marauder (Index, with a gen-yoo-ine 6-speed SIS rear)
Carrera Krakatoa Flex
Round two- 200s and 2010s
Carrera Kraken- still got it but in bits
On One Scandal- too small
Cotic Soul- fantastic, but wanted something a bit more hardcore
GT Idrive 5- really nice, but heavy and steep
Cotic Hemlock- perfect, going nowhere
Ragley Mmmbop x3- first one too small, second welded up wrong, all 3 too stiff
Specialized SX Trail- didn’t like it at all, broke for parts and sold
Cotic BFe- interesting but not really to my taste
On One C456- good compromise, still got it. Not perfect.
Ellsworth Dare- never liked this at all.
Last Herb DH- quite new, good so far.

Still got the Krakatoa, the C456, the Hemlock, the Herb and will probably rebuild the Kraken.

Specialized HardRock Sport – First mountain bike.
Trek 6500 – Replaced the Spesh when thieving gits stole it from the shed.
Trek 4500 – A mate needed to sell it and I wanted something with disk brakes.
Cube Reaction 29 GTC SL – Sold both Treks to get it.
Kona Unit 29 SS – A mate very kindly gave me the frame & forks – build in progress.

Spesh Rockhopper (the nice Ritchey steel one)
Club Roost XC4
Whyte PRST-4
On One Inbred
On One 456 (one blue, one green)
Kona Kula
Marin Rift Zone
Lapierre Zesty

The Kula was my favourite. I still have it too, it’s an orange 1998 and is now a rigid SS

Is anyone actually reading this thread?

Starting from the late 1980s:
Marin Palisades Trail
Cannondale Killer V
Rocky Mountain Blizzard
Specialized Enduro mk1
Specialized Enduro mk2
Nicolai Helius FR

All sold except the Blizzard, which is a bike for life. Only one I regret selling is the mk1 Enduro, which was such a sorted machine.

– Raleigh Lizard, not a proper MTB but bright green and awesome none the less
– Diamond Back Sorrento
– GT Zaskar – first proper MTB
– SC Heckler
– Giant Trance X0
– Specialized Stumpy FSR S-Works Carbon
– Scott Voltage FR10
– Orange P7 (my SS) – Still got
– SC Blur LTc – my baby…

Variety of kids crap, then:
Chopper
Grifter
Burner
Pananonia (?) 1st MTB, which I built!! This was dad’s tourer that I fitted a BMX stem, flat bars, took off the mudguards
Trek Singletrack 930
KHS Montana Comp
DDG (Piece of shit) 1st full sus’
Rocky Mountain Thin Air – still best hardtail I’ve ever ridden
K2 Razorback
Sub 5
Marin Wolf Ridge
Tomac special 98 (or something)
Cove Hummer
Cove Handjob
Patriot LT
Norco A-line
Van Nicholas Zion
Inbred
Cotic Soul
Scott Ransom 30
224 (why oh why did I sell this bike?)
Dialled Kobe ti
Dialled PA
Cotic Bfe
Cotic soda
Titus SuperMoto
Dialled Alpine
Patriot 66
5
Yeti asr7
Marin Quake 7.3
Marin attack trail
Nicolai Helius FR
Nicolai helius cc
Nicolai helius ST (will never sell this baby)
orange blood

A couple of Raleigh Roadsters with rod brakes.
Carlton 10 speed.
(Several motorbikes)
Raleigh Maverick MTB
Specialized Rockhopper Sport
Trek 8500
Kona Explosif
Kona Hei Hei
Global TH1
Global TH1.5 (still got)

Only been addicted for 11 years so…
Specialized Enduro Comp
Marin East Peak
Gary Fisher Tassajero (still have it back in the UK, will never sell)
Trek 6000
Specialized FSR Comp
Yeti ASR-5
Santa Cruz Blur TRc (Current)

I’m sure this has been done before? But I cba to search.

Black bike with fat white wheels (no idea what brand)
Raleigh Grifter 3sp
Raleigh Winner 5sp
Peugeot somethingorother 10sp
Madison/Ridgeback Rapide 14sp
Scott Vail 24sp
Cotic Soul
Droessiger QX (cyclocross)

OK there’s only 2 that count as MTB there. Still got the last 4 bikes, but only ever ride the last 2.

It’s a very short list 😕

1991 Raleigh Yukon
1994 Marin Indian Fire Trail (still got it)
2005 Trek Fuel 80 (still got it)
2010 Giant Anthem X3 (still got it)

Raleigh Grifter (blue and silver)

BIG GAP

On-One – inbred
Kona – CinderCone (Singlespeed)
Kona – FireMountain (Singlespeed)
Dialled Bikes – KobeTi
On-one – Scandal 29er
Cotic – Road Rat
Dialled Bikes – Morning Glory
Santa Cruz – Blur 4x
DK – General Lee BMX Cruiser

Out of that lot only the Scandal and the Road Rat have been new, almost everything else has come to through the STW classifieds 😀