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  • Your first ever mountain bike.
  • gears_suck
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    Mine was cobbled together out of two knackered bikes I found somewhere. I used my girlfriends dads brazing torch to fix the rear triangle of one the the front of the other. It looked like Frankensteins butchers bike. Single speed of course. I think that would have been in about 1985.

    Blackhound
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    Trek 820 from about 91/92. Cost £300 I think.

    mattbee
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    Falcon ATB from the Kays catalogue when I was 13 back in 1990. Black with fluoro green and pink decals. Was awesome.

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    Leku
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    xcstu
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    Claud Butler Spectre but the older version of this

    ashleydwsmith
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    Raleigh mantis.

    lobby_dosser
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    muddy fox courier comp- must have been circa ’88, black hammerite type finish with red cracks.

    chrisdw
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    A trek 4900 alpha!

    stumpy_m4
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    Emmelle ….. something , followed by my first proper mtb … a bright yellow Trek 830 !

    billyblackheart
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    Not a proper Mountain bike but my first knobbly tyred 26er was aRaleigh Marauder 1988 or 1989 I reckon I was into Megadeth so it has to be around then.

    Upgraded from that to a Kona, then to Pace, then to alcohol and women

    Waderider
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    First mountain bike? First mountain bike shaped object, or first real mountain bike?…..subjective.

    Emmelle something or other, Townsend Explosion, Orange Clockwork. One of them meets the criteria. Personally I say the third.

    martinhurton
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    The coolest paintjob of any bike I’ve had 😀

    superfli
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    1989 Giant sierra with hyperglide and mountain lx groupset

    Didnt have that shit on the front though

    tomhoward
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    Carrera mission, I’m trying to buy another one 🙂

    Proper one was an azonic ds evo

    fasthaggis
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    One like this

    Wildcat,hear me roar 🙂

    nuke
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    Raleigh Mustang. Look like this but with added saddle and front tyre…

    Still in my Dad’s garage complete

    …although this was my first ‘real’ MTB…

    Loved that paint job

    billyblackheart
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    Orange Clockwork. One of them meets the criteria. Personally I say the third.

    I would say that’s the first and last time Orange made a decent mountain bike…Oh no that and the Vitamin T 🙂

    kingkongsfinger
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    One of these, not this actual onbe.

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    frazchops
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    Thumbies check, E-stay check, Rigid check, U-brake check and for added fruity flavour mine also had bio-pace rings. Only the good stuff would suffice.

    Cheezpleez
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    89 rockhopper in yellow with pink and blue decals, completely ineffective exage plastic rear u-brake, semi-indexed thumbies, etc. Did years of mtbing then commuting and went to the skip about six years ago when the drivetrain finally died.

    docrobster
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    1994 khs Montana summit.
    £469 from langsett cycles.
    Pinched out the back garden last year. Gutted.

    themoodster
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    1993 Raleigh Activator. Pimp! 8)

    AndyF1
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    Al carter proffesional with biopace and farmer johns.

    CaptJon
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    raleigh outland

    Thrustyjust
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    Saracen Tufftrax here, probably 1991 ish. Altus groupset , elastomer suspension on the front. Wheel lasted on the front about 3 months before I stacked it and started the mail order buying from Merlin of my first XT part of a front hub and a Mavic 231? rim, I think. The got given some inheritance and bought a nickel laquered Orange P7 with pace RC35 forks and my first bike build. Then went into Konas, which made the P7 turn like a barge. Loved my Kilauea in a greeny/ blue matt finish. The got a King Kahunna Ti, which I rode for years, but still hanker for another Kilauea sp?.

    djglover
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    Not my pics, but the actual model of bikes I had from 14 to 17:

    first mtb

    second mtb

    Third mtb

    Fourth mtb

    kingkongsfinger
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    Oh and mine had a crud bung, crud catcher, crud claw and a DCD. 😳

    Northwind
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    Not sure what year this was, 1987 or thereabouts

    simondbarnes
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    Late starter here – ’96 Orange P7


    My first mtb ride by simondbarnes, on Flickr

    shortcut
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    Here ya go. Sale bargain with quite a lot off.

    knightrider
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    Diamond back Topanga, in massive gate size

    richpips
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    A 1988 Rockhopper Comp like this.

    Blimey, that was 25 years ago.

    Check the U brake. LOL.

    gonetothehills
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    Not my pic, but it was a 1989 Giant Escaper, not dissimilar to this:

    Bought 2nd hand from one of the older lads at the bike shop in 1990 – he’d moved onto a Muddy Fox Courier Comp, I think.

    Happy days 🙂

    matther01
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    1994 Marin Palisades Trail upgraded with brown walled 1.9 z max tyres and razor sharp saddle…that USA flag and purple stem and bars…nearly bought another a few months ago!

    Scapegoat
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    A 1990 Emmelle 300 Classic which I bought to help me get back to fitness after a bad motorcycle accident in 1993. Biopace Chainrings, and a CroMo frame with bonkers gold crackle paintwork. Here it is in 2009 after I restored it to sell it.

    tazzymtb
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    Raleigh Maverick in the mid 80’s

    1981miked
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    First proper mountain bike that was up to the job was a Trek 930, must have been about 1994/5. It was red and black in colour, Rockshox Indy (I think) forks, shimano XT gearing, LX cantilever brakes (got changed to XT v brakes) and silver Mavic rims on black LX hubs. I loved that bike and would buy another if I could find a goon one.

    Progressed onto a Trek Y22.. I think I lived that bike a bit more.. Been looking for a good one for ages but still no joy.

    busydog
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    Spec. Stumpjumper—-yes I am that old (older actually)

    sherry
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    Raleigh Bomber for me around 86 I think. Then moved onto an Al Carter around 91/92 and started to really get into biking. Tens of thousands of pounds later and I’m still buying bikes and parts. Cheaper to be a junkie Ha ha!

    Candodavid
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    Dawes wildcat here too, 1987, still being used every day by my brother in law

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