You want old Skool?

nicklouse
nicklouse Posts: 50,673
edited January 2009 in MTB general
My first ATB

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originally purchased in '84 IIRC a few upgrades were done as things wore out.

Oh and i was not the last to ride it.
"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown

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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    was just looking at your rides... prefer the Monster 8) lol!

    that bike is older than me btw!
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  • jayson
    jayson Posts: 4,606
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    ........that bike is older than me btw!

    Its only 10 years younger than me, god i feel old!!!!!
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  • nonnac85
    nonnac85 Posts: 1,608
    its older than me too!
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  • realnumber 1
    realnumber 1 Posts: 675
    8 years younger than me :cry:
    Some nice angles going on there lol. I wish I had pics of some of the stuff I used to have. Its a shame digital cameras weren't around back then.
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  • stumpyjon
    stumpyjon Posts: 3,983
    :shock:

    love the mudguards and saddle. Have you still got it or were you going through old photos?
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    stumpyjon
    photo taken today at about 16:30.

    but as i am normally a few 1000kms away i dont tend to use it now.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • Stoo61
    Stoo61 Posts: 1,394
    Lets be honest...old skool it may be, but it is hideous! :lol:
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  • Sarnian
    Sarnian Posts: 1,451
    I had just got my first BMX, my older brother had something very simalar to that as I remember.
    It's not a ornament, so ride It
  • smackmypitchupǃ
    smackmypitchupǃ Posts: 133
    My first mountain bike was a red 20in GT Outpost in 1993.. it had one cro-mo steel tube (the seat tube) and all the rest was hi-tensile steel...frame weighed 7lbs!!! 21 gears and no front suspension.. I seem to recall it had maybe 48 (?) teeth on the outer chainring and one day with the wind behind me I pedalled it to 36mph down a long flat road where I lived.
  • dave_hill
    dave_hill Posts: 3,877
    Old Skool? You want old skool?

    LMBC_02.jpg

    "Dangerous" Derek Dougan of the now-defunct Lancashire Mountain Bike Club, attempting to ford the River Hodder at Newton-in-Slaidburn, c. 1989, riding a Peugeot if I recall??

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    Yours truly about to land a 50-foot huck on a fully rigid Giant Sierra, outside the Dolphin pub, Longton, near Preston.

    LMBC_01.jpg

    Members of the Lancashire Mountain Bike Club on their ascent of Wolf Fell, 1990 - left to right, Rob Smith (Muddy Fox Explorer), unknown, unkown, Paul "Bacon Legs" Eastwood (Muddy Fox Limited Edition), Steve "Radio Timperley" Withington (Muddy Fox Explorer)
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  • smackmypitchupǃ
    smackmypitchupǃ Posts: 133
    Muddy Fox.. another top brand back in the day .. not worth a s.hit now of course.


    My second proper bike was a Balance 450. They no longer exist AFAIK.
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    I think its an explorer we got shoved at the back o the garage...
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  • Sarnian
    Sarnian Posts: 1,451
    My first MTB was a Peugeot, about 1988 at the age of 11 all I can remember was It was white and had one of those triangular handle bars.
    It's not a ornament, so ride It
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    Dave those are not really Old skool it was almost the '90s.

    :wink:
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • dave_hill
    dave_hill Posts: 3,877
    Yes but all the other photos I have are on glass plates and they don't scan too well... :shock:
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  • Captain Turok
    Captain Turok Posts: 686
    Theres "old school" and theres "old skool kool", its certainly one of those! :wink:
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