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

£70 Mountain Cruiser
GT Tiimberline
Spesh Rockhopper 2nd hand
Nigel Dean 2nd hand
Cannondale KillerV700
Scott Endorphin 2nd hand
Cannondale SuperV1000 2nd hand
Cannondale SV700SX
Cannondale F900
MC San Andreas
Kona Stuff
Nicolai Helius FR (THE BEST BIKE EVER FULL STOP)
Spesh Rockhopper 2nd hand
Norco Charger 2nd hand
DB Fubar BMX 2nd hand

I don’t recall anymore but there probably was.

Raleigh Lizard – bright green madness
Peugeot Tim Gould
Peugeot Kaiman – hand me down from Dad
Scott Yecora
Vitus Optimum II (current MTB)

I’m a roadie really.

Cheap 10spd racer
Raleigh hardtail
Boss URT full suss
Raleigh Bandicoot
Saracen X-ess
Marin B17 – full suss
Planet X Compo
Kinesis Maxlight
Coyote DH3
GT Aggressor 3.0
Raleigh AT20

Gone full circle!

Raleigh Marauder (Index, with a gen-yoo-ine 6-speed SIS rear)

Was that the white one? I remember they came in a bluey colour (with 15 speed?), or white, I really wanted the white one. Then some how ended up with a Raleigh Lizard which was much the same.

mamadirt………….fanbloodytastic……….. 8)

mama:

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Brilliant! I honestly didn’t expect THAT many!!!

mamadirt wins. 8)

Better than I even dreamed about! Mamadirt, I’m speechless! Averaging a bike every 70 days for 21 years! Here’s to the next 21?

When I was wee:

Trike
Small bike with & without stabilisers
Raleigh Tomahawk
2 x BSA bikes with mahoosive cowhorn handlebars, 3 speed.

MTBs:

Trek 830, yellow with black splatter paint – rode it back 21 miles home after I bought it, couldn’t walk properly for 2 days!
Black Alloy Saracen Frame built up from parts.
Steel Marin Pine Mountain – nice bike
Another Trek 820? – came 3rd on it on my one and only race. ❗
Ti Airborne Lancaster – Ti forks, Ti bars, Ti Stem, Ti seat post, got me over my Ti fetish period.
GT Avalanche.
GT Steel Chucker.
On-One Inbred 853 – current.
Santa Cruz Superlight – first full, now gone.
Salsa El Mar – first 29er current.

Built up my bikes from the black alloy frame onwards, except for the Marin & Trek 820.
All my bikes have been used as commuters, single speed and anything MTB orientated.
I have added the 820 from another post about bikes that you’ve owned probably had a couple more but can’t remember at the mo.

Here’s to the next 21?

Carlton Criterion (in the loft at my mums!)
GT Timberline (stolen)
Scott G-Zero FX Team (stolen)
On-One 456 Aluminium Prototype (stolen)
Boardman FS Team (current)
Lynskey Pro26 Helix (current)

hope i can remember them,

started aged 11 in 1991

apollo avalanche (horrible halfords crap)
scott something lol not a good one
emmelle piece’o’crap from catalogue to get to first job on
merlin dual slalom built up
marin rock springs
dmr trailstar lt
specialized fsr xc pro 2006 (start of decent bikes i hope)
trek fuel ex8 2006
giant acid built up and sold
kona stuff
orange 5 (never should have sold)
cotic bfe
ns society
orange evo 8
solid 90mm travel thing
orange sub zero
marin quake
commencal supreme fr
santa cruz bullit
ns society (second one)
ns surge
gary fisher fat possum
specialized enduro
rocky mountain slayer ss
santa cruz chameleon – still have but going to sell
cube stereo pro – still have
kona cindercone – have most of still

think thats it

Muddy Fox Courier Comp
Raleigh White Lightening
Kona Explosif Pro
Specialized Stumpjumper M2
Saracen Sahara (single-speed in 1994 before it was even cool)
Sunn Crosss *
Specialized S-Works FSR 120 *
Global Ti Softail *
Identiti Mr Hyde *
Dialled Prince Albert *
Saracen Trekker Hydrotech
Yeti Kokopelli *
Pace RC200 F8 *

The starred ones I still have – though some as frame only.

Outta Bmx racing in da 80’s and MX in da early 90’s
I got back into offroad bikes with a Carrera Krakatoa in about 97.
Then I got a Saracen Tuff trax elite.
Then a GT Zaskar, and I started working in bike shops.
Rode all the new stuff, but bought a Wheeler 4x frame from a mate. I H and got a e Coiler customised for trail and DH use.
Still had use of shop bikes from Commencal and Santa Cruz but I love Orange bikes.
Got a 5am to replace the Kona and not seen any need to change since.
Coiled it up like I did with the Kona and it’s good for another few years .
I still have the Wheeler and I’ve got a On One inbred for longer XC rides.

In no particular order……

MBK all terrain bike
Saracen Sahara
Marin Bear Valley SE
Proflex 857
Orange Aluminium O
Orange P7
GT Avalanche
Marin Team Issue
Merlin XLM
Cannondale F800
Cannondale Taurine
Specialized S works steel
Trek 8000
Klein Attitude
Kona Explosif
Pace RC200
Rocky Mountain Vertex70
Rocky Mountain Vertex team
Rocky Mountain Blizzard
Litespeed Obed
Moots Rigormootis
Steve Potts
Kona Big Unit

Trek 4900 Alpha
Identiti Dr Jekyll
GT I-Drive 7
Giant Reign
456 Summer Season
Ragley MmmBop (Current)

Raliegh bomber
Couple of shit Apollos
Kona Scrap
Diamondback AFX
GTidrive xc4000
Yeti ASR
On-one inbred
Norco Fluid 2
Yeti 575
DMR Switchback
Voodoo Wanga
Scandal 29er
Cove Handjob
Ragley Mmmbop
Voodoo Soukri 29er
Norco Fluid 3
Kona unit 29er
Tinbred
Commencal CombiS
Mongoose Teocali
Lapierre Spicy
Haro Mary 29er
Ragley blue pig
Kona unit 29er
Cannondale F400 retro
Niner one9*
Norco Phaser1
Evil Sovereign* (just waiting on frame delivery)

*= current

Peugeot thing that weighed a ton
Muddy Fox Explorer
Marin Pine Mountain
Diamond Back Axis
Spesh FSR
Spesh Epic Pro
Spesh Hardtail Stumpy
Spesh S works hardtail
Genesis io SS
Cotic Soul*
Spesh Camber Expert*
*Current
Would like to add SS to current list by the winter.

Raleigh Budgie
Raleigh Boxer
Raleigh Burner
Raleigh Grifter
Viscount road bike
Trek 930 – stolen
Marin Mount Vision Pro
Marin Rift Zone
Kona Kula
Klein Attitude
Kona Jake the Snake Cyclocross – stolen
Kona Explosif
Nicolai Helius CC
Turner 5 spot (horst)
Yeti 575
Cervelo Soloist
# Trek 69er
Turner 5 Spot DW
# Cove Hummer
# BMC SLC01
# Nicolai Helius FR
Cove Handjob
# Nicolai Helius AC
# Niner Air9 Carbon

# = Current rides

Not a bad collection even if i say so myself – and i just have!

Shiny

My bikes in order of appearance:

Emmelle
Saracen Pro-Trax (broke)
Saracen Kili pro (broke)
Saracen Kili Flyer (broke)
GT Zaskar LE (broke)
Giant XCR (?) broke
Giant NRS (sold)
Intense Tracer (first one broke second one nicked)
On One Inbred SS (two broke)
Kinesis alu frame thing (frame still hanging in the parents’ garage)
One One Inbred 456 (still have as a hack bike when I visit the island)
Seven Sola (three frames – 1 broke)
On One Inbred SS 856
That’s about it for MTBs. Road and cyclo-cross bikes is another matter entirely! 😉

Avanti Montari
Peugeot Altitude
Avanti Hammer V
Salsa Ala Carte*
GT Moto*
Cannondale Scalpel
DMR Swithcback*
DBR Axis TT*
Iron Horse MkIII*
Yeti SB66*
Hmm? Still own 6 out of 10.

More or less in order covering the 20ish years

-Raleigh mini burner
-Raleigh Burner
-Emmelle Cougar (I’m counting it as it was sold as an MTB and got used as an MTB)
-Diamond back Ascent (92 I think)
-Kona Fire mountain (95 model)
-Kona Stab (98 model)
-“Storm” something or other (Cheap diddy HT off CRC good fun for a while when getting back into MTBing properly)
-DMR Trailstar (Mk2 I think – Chrome)
-Kona Cowan (the orange one – set up with 24″ wheels and a rigid fork – didn’t like it)
-DMR Trailstar (Mk2 I think – Red) I liked Trailstars
-Carrera Road bike (C2W)
-Yeti DH9 (Too much bike but I stuck it out
-Speciaized Enduro SX 150 (or whatever it was called – 2005 model with the crappy (IMO) 5th elephant shock)
-DMR Exalt
-Solid Acer HT
-Brand X trail frame (used for about 5 rides)
-Kona Fire mountain (97 – Bought frame cheap with rose tinted memories of my previous FM to build up SS, I’ve not been disappointed)
-Kona Stab (05 model – My newere Bargain bin DH machine
-On One 456 SS (bought 2nd hand, currently building up)

I think that it…

1991-93 british eagle
1993-96 spesh rockhopper fs
1996-1997 kona lavadome
1997-1998 santacruz hekler
1998-2000 chuck crfs
2000 dmr trailstar
2000-2003 santa cruz chameleon
2003-2005 pashley 24mhz
2005-2007 cannondale chase 1
2007-2008 turner rail
2008-2009 Leader LD-510H
2009-2010 Mountain cycle rumble
2009-2010 JBC lightning
2010-2012 Singular hummingbird
2012- Canynon AL 8.9 29er

(my Dad’s Raleigh Lizard)
Dawes Die-Hard c. 1991
Trek 4500 c. 2002 – much upgraded…
Scott Octane bought 2nd-hand c. 2004
Planet-X Armadillo c. 2004 (eventually given to my brother for commuting and stolen a year or two later)
Santa Cruz Heckler c. 2006
Orange Alpine 160 c. 2010
Cotic BFe c. 2011

Still got the Alpine, the BFe and the Trek!

Guess I should count the 2 Sunn Kern LT c. 2010 as well – rental bikes I own!

Wow. Some of you lot have had a ridiculous number of bikes!

In 22 years of mountain biking I have owned and ridden:

Raleigh Highlander
Ridgeback 4300 (I think that’s what it was)
Orange C16r
Marin B17 (x2)
Diamondback Asr
Cannondale Rush

Marin Team Ti (till it got nicked whilst waiting for a race at Cannock)

Then this replaced it:

Then I did a lot of this stuff:

Then this (which I didn’t like)

Now this:

If any one has bothered reading this far (as i have…..) as follows

Raliegh Technium
Spec rockhopper (stolen in loughborough one new years eve)
Univega Alpina 5.5 (insurance replacement for spec still got the frame)
Wasted a few years in the mid 90’s…
Trek 6800 (stolen in London)
Kona Mini Mula (stolen in London)
Rocky Mountain Hammer (still got. now ss)
Cotic Soul (still got, rarely used….Hmmmmm)
Cotic Roadrat (cx build – this bike rules – still got)
Fisher rig (still got the frame and rebas)
Inbred 29er w O-O carbon forks and Alfine 8 (still got)

Jesus – half the bikes i’ve owned i still have! Must get a smaller shed…

Probably several missing…
(Starred ones still in my possession)

Raleigh Budgie
Raleigh Tomahawk
Raleigh drop handled something or other
Peugeot Road Bike
Diamond Back Ascent (1988)
Kona AA
Litespeed Occoee
Marin Mount Vision
Rock Lobster Ti
Bianchi road bike
Santa Cruz VP-Free
Nicolai Helius CC ***
Lemond road bike ***
Kona Sutra ***
Brompton ***

Rachel

raleigh budgie,chopper,gs burner,bomber,medale,montage,carrera krakatoa gt,specialized rockhopper,rockhopper a1 comp,gary fisher big sir,specialized allez elite,roubaix elite,s works track bike,condor pista,specialized rockhopper pro sl and a genesis core 50

Dawes Wildcat
Saracen Ltd Edition
Coyote HT1
Sunn bmix
Specialized S works m2
Specialized rockhopper
Kona caldera
Cannondale raven
Klein Adroit
Merlin ti
Gt zaskar
Giant NRS Xtc
Dekerf solitaire
Pace rc300
Trek oclv
Turner flux
Ti 456
Kona 2-9 kula
Curtis custom SS 853 (still have)
Nicolai Helius CC (still have)
Singular swift
Curtis custom XC9 (just arrived)
Gas pipe commuter
And a couple of road bikes which I’d rather not go into

1988 Peugeot Ranger ATB
1988 Peugeot Laser 15 ATB
1991-1996 89 Cannondale SM600
1996 Orange E3
1997 Orange E4
1997 Gary Fisher Ziggurat
1998 Cannondale CAAD4
2000 Sunn Roader
2000 Sunn Urge UN
2000 Marin FRS XC
2001 Pace RC200
2001 Airbourne Lucky Strike
2002 Gary fisher Procaliber OCLV
2002 Rocky Mountain Blizzard
2002 cannondaleF3000SL
2002 Santa Cruz Roadster
2003 cannondale optimo
2003 Dekerf Elysium
2004 Orange Sub5
2004 Cotic Soul
2005 Raleigh alu mtb
2005 Cannondale Optimo
2006 cannondale CAAD5
2006 Cannondale Prophet
2006 Kona Cnder cone
2006 Yeti kokopelli
2006 Kona Kilauea
2006 Trek EX7
2007 On one Il Pompino
2007 Cannondale Rush
2007 Gary Fisher X-caliber 29er
2007 Kona Blast
2008 Kona Lava Dome
2008 On One Inbred 853
2008 Cannondale Scalpel
2009 Cannondale CAAD3
2009 Marin Bobcat Trail
2009 Marin Muirwoods
2010 Specialized Crossroads
2012 Trek 9.8 Elite

So far…..

Dont think I’ve ever typed it all out..

Mongoose BMX
DMR droid
Kona Cowan
Trek 1000
Onza trials bike
Marin Trail
Revell 250r
Cove Sanchez
Charge blender
Charge Duster
Charge Iron
Charge blender Ti
Charge blender (yes, had 3 of these)
On-one 456SS
Meta 4x
Giant trance
Giant Reign
Specialized Enduro
GT distortion
DMR trailstar
Orange 5*
Specialized Epic*
Transition Covert*
GT chucker
Descendence Vox
Chumba HX2 29er
Kona Major One
Rocky Mountain Oxygen

*Cant really say I owned them but they were in the stable for a bit.

Few bike that I have forgotton, im sure. That makes me feel awful though! How the hell have I done that ? Ive been ridding ‘seriously/competitively’ since I was 12 and im only just about to graduate. So thats 28 bikes in 9 years…

Raleigh Mirage
Specialized rockhopper
Orange Prestige
Alves custom built
Orange E-3
Specialized S-works M4
Santacruz Superlight
Turner 5 spot(Still current)
Cove handjob
Chromag Samurai
Genesis I0ID
Kinesis Maxlight xc pro3
Titus Eleven(Still current)
Prince Albert Classic(Coming July 2012)

1993 Ridgeback 706RS
1997 GT Zaskar custom build
2001 Giant XTC Mammoth (NRS)
2002 Giant ATX Team
2003 Giant XTC Team
2004 Giant XTC Hybrid
2004 Giant NRS1
Giant Cyclocross prototype
2005 Giant VT1
2006 Giant TCR Composite
2006 Giant XTC Composite
2006 Giant Reign
Giant Cyclocross Prototype
2007 Giant XTC Team
2007 Felt RXC Team
2007 Felt Redemption 2
2008 Giant Anthem 1
2009 Giant Anthem Advanced 1
Another 2007 Giant XTC Hybrid
On One 456
2010 Giant TCR Advanced
Empella Bonfire CX
2011 Giant Bowery

Roughly in order & bound to be the odd one I’ve missed off that I can’t remember

Raleigh Boxer (82)
Dirt Burner BMW (86)
Raleigh Magnum (85)
Specialized Rockhopper Comp 89 (Still got frame!)
Kona lavadome 90 (paint splattered)
(Some road bikes….)
Schwinn – Team Pro frame custome build 2001
Rockhopper Comp 03
Stumpjumper FSR Comp 07
Stumpjumper FSR Elite 07
Giant Trance X0 08
Stumpy S-Works FSR Carbon 08
On-One C456 custom build 10
Yeti 575 09
Now – Trek EX9 2011

Marin Something
Orange Evo
Orange Evo 2
Orange Evo 3
Pace RC200
Santa Cruz Superlight
4 children and a 10 year gap –
Yeti ASR5c
Niner Air 9 Carbon Rigid (current ride)
Santa Cruz Tallboy (dreaming of)

omg this thread is so dull.