who's got the oldest MTB on here?

lordhelmet
lordhelmet Posts: 60
edited October 2007 in MTB general
i ride a 97 scott vail, still in tip top condition, all i've done to it is change the crappy indy's that came with it for some judy's and put a riser bar on and it still rides great.

just wondered if anyone had owt older

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  • FSR_XC
    FSR_XC Posts: 2,258
    I recently sold my 1991 Cannondale Delta V900.

    In a way I actually wish I'd kept it and used it for road work.
    Stumpjumper FSR 09/10 Pro Carbon, Genesis Vapour CX20 ('17)Carbon, Rose Xeon CW3000 '14, Raleigh R50

    http://www.visiontrack.com
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    the '90's is still new! i have one from '84.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • hamboman
    hamboman Posts: 512
    My frame's a 92 Orange Clockwork. All the rest is new ish though. She's a little old but she still does the business!
  • ransos
    ransos Posts: 380
    I have a '92 Breezer Storm with close to original spec. Not my main bike though.
  • bryanm
    bryanm Posts: 218
    1990ish rigid Saracen. Brilliant bike for shops / pubs. I'm debating whether to turn it into a proper single speeder at the moment, or whether to get the gears fixed - it's had no front mech for years, and the back one's playing up.
  • Fab Foodie
    Fab Foodie Posts: 5,155
    I have a midd-ish to late '80's Saracen 531 MTB and an approx 1949 Holdsworth road-bike. The old MTB is used daily for commuting/pub/hack duties, (the Holds is a fixed and needs new forks, currently doing Turbo-duty).
    The pessimists of this world are rarely disappointed....
    Fab's TCR1
  • timbooth
    timbooth Posts: 160
    Peugeot Magnum 800 - Columbus steel frame, Ritchey forks, bars, stem, headset, grips and tyres. Shimano Deore DX w. thumbies and Wolber AT18 rims! Bought in late 1991 - it's nothing like that now, but I still have it (and the receipt for it!).
  • Gazzareth
    Gazzareth Posts: 17
    Mine is a 1990/91 Diamondback Ascent looking to get a new bike, but I will probably keep hold of that for when I am pulling the nipper along in the trailer....

    G
  • dave_s
    dave_s Posts: 4,362
    Some of the best MTBs hardtails made were from the early 90s in my opinion.

    I'd still be riding my 91/92 Kona Explosif if some tosser hadn't nicked it for sure.

    My 03 Cove Stiffee FR has some of the same ride feel of the Kona but it really was a classic frame
    Dave S
  • Prowlus
    Prowlus Posts: 539
    my 2nd frame for road is a Apollo x-rated 2005 which i'm considering refurbishing with parts from my cannondale's full suss
    Specialized Camber

    http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/10715065/

    Fuji Sportif Disc 1.5

    http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/11000596/
  • John Stevenson
    John Stevenson Posts: 962
    I still have my 1988 Dave Yates/Two Wheels Good team frame, currently halfway to being resurrected as my popping-to-the-shops bike.
    John Stevenson
  • Bugly
    Bugly Posts: 520
    My old (now spare) MTB is a circa 85 Shogun Prairie
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,343
    1998 Santa cruz Heckler for me.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,343
    well, i had to "resubmit the information" as i got the following message

    message_die() was called multiple times. This isn't supposed to happen. Was message_die() used in page_tail.php?

    I have no idea what that meant, and for your information yes I do have 2 hecklers so STFU! bloody n00bs.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    I ditched my 1989 Peugeot Raider frame last year - it was rather bent and beyond saving. Came with lots of industrial strength steel parts, which were upgraded over the years. It was raced at XC, Enduro and a 10 mile TT (with slick tyres). It never had sus forks, and weighed the same as a small car, but it never failed to put a smile on my face when I rode it.
    1 2 3 4 (Dead)5 6
  • toontra
    toontra Posts: 1,160
    An early 80's steel Saracen which I found in a skip in Fulham in 98. It was one of the first Saracen MTB's, apparently. A friend was sponsored by them in the 80's and toured Scandinavia on the exact same model.

    It was my only bike for 8 years and did many 1,00's of miles all over the UK.

    Last year I got a mid-90's Orange Clockwork frame and built it up - beautiful!

    The Saracen went back into a skip last month :cry:

    a serious case of small cogs
  • lego
    lego Posts: 769
    I just retired my ID frame ( the one in my sig ). It's 10 years old this November. Now it's a wall trophy in the shed :cry: .
  • mountaincarrot
    mountaincarrot Posts: 26
    I ride about 2500 miles a year still on my 1992 GT Tempest. - None of the original moving bits left though!
  • Iain W
    Iain W Posts: 26
    I've got a '92 (I think) Raleigh Ravine, my first MTB. I say I've got it, it's in several bits at the moment as I ponder tarting it up as a project with the idea of to using it as a runaround/commuter

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