onza porcupines .......

nik young

when i was a youth i used to run onza porcupines(white ones) and think they where amazing so the other night whilst looking on eBay i saw a pair of porcs for £16.99 so i bought them,today they arrived and i stuck them on my rims still using my Stan's tubeless conversion kit and believe it or not they when straight on no problems





going to give them a go over the weekend to see if they are still any good so im expecting loads of sliding and falling off lol

hucking_fell

I had Onza bar ends and purple Onza grips that had little raised porcupine logos all over them. I thought they were called Onza porcupines. Now I'm not so sure what they were called :?

supersonic

I think there was a pedal too.

dave_hill

Porcs are absolutely top tyres!! About time they brought them back!!

nik young

all i can remember about the white ones was they wore out just by looking at them they where that soft these seem to be about as soft as the maxxis high roller 62a they replaced


just been looking on the net and found they made dan/dave tyres,seatpost,grips,chainrings brakes and bar ends


now i wish i had saved a few pairs of white ones as a pair fetched £150 on ebay

redvee

supersonic wrote:

I think there was a pedal too.

Onza HOs, clipless with an elastomer as the spring force, 3 different elastomers. Still got a cleat at home but no pedals :?

geordiefreerider

Hucking Fell wrote:

I had Onza bar ends and purple Onza grips that had little raised porcupine logos all over them. I thought they were called Onza porcupines. Now I'm not so sure what they were called :?

They were called porcupaws mate I had them as well - proper old school these new kids wont have a clue what were going on about ha ha !!

elPedro666

I had porcupaws - lovely.

Picked up four kevlar porcs for a tenner a little while back (sorry Nic)! - two are still in the boxes - sadly all black though!

dave_hill

Nik

Just out of curiosity, what width are they supposed to be? How wide do they actually come up compared to say a High Roller?

It's over 20 years since I last saw one in the flesh and your memory starts to go after a bit... :shock:

geordiefreerider

I dunno dave but i remember thinking 2.10 was massive as a young burner ha ha !!!

FSR Si

bet you wish you still had some white porc's as a NOS pair recently sold on Ebay for £250 :shock:

Mancunianfightingcat

I had a set of porcs on my first proper MTB. I may still have them lurking somewhere. Mine had the 'biscuit' coloured side walls. I recently un-earthed an old Ritchey Z Max too!

nik young

dave_hill wrote:

Nik

Just out of curiosity, what width are they supposed to be? How wide do they actually come up compared to say a High Roller?

It's over 20 years since I last saw one in the flesh and your memory starts to go after a bit... :shock:

they say on the side wall 2.1 and they seem a good 2.1 not like the maxxis high roller which look a very skinny 2.1,didnt get to ride them today i was using anouther new set of tyres (continetal race kings) but they will be on tomorrow

Thermo1

supersonic wrote:

I think there was a pedal too.

Yeah and they were rubbish. They used elastomers where most SPDs use coil springs.

Dark Lord

how did you get on with the tyres..

SWEETY-4x4

geordiefreerider wrote:

Hucking Fell wrote:

I had Onza bar ends and purple Onza grips that had little raised porcupine logos all over them. I thought they were called Onza porcupines. Now I'm not so sure what they were called :?

They were called porcupaws mate I had them as well - proper old school these new kids wont have a clue what were going on about ha ha !!

I also had a set of porcupaws in purple which i've just had to replace due to being worn out & the rubber had deteriorated after all this time
For the younger ones among you these are the grips

Dark Lord

ye i had a set, classics now,
still run onza barends today on my factory mtn cycle

thel33ter

geordiefreerider wrote:

Hucking Fell wrote:

I had Onza bar ends and purple Onza grips that had little raised porcupine logos all over them. I thought they were called Onza porcupines. Now I'm not so sure what they were called :?

They were called porcupaws mate I had them as well - proper old school these new kids wont have a clue what were going on about ha ha !!

Actually, a new kid does have an idea about them - On my 1991 Specialized Hardrock, that is slightly older than me They are horrible grips though, hard, slippery, but they are yellow

thegrouch

Sorry kiddo - They're Onza "Ules" not porcipaws!

thegrouch

Oh and just in case anyones interested, I'm sure they've started selling porcipaws again on Ebay, either wiggle or wooly hat shop I think

Dan_xz

I remember I used to have callouses at the base of each finger from riding porcupaws without gloves.

Aren't the Porcupines in the original post the recent reissue ones? I remember when the local woods was covered in little dots all over any soft ground! Great times.

joshtp

I know its very different... but I have a 07 Onza Trials bike... and the pedals and grips are pretty much the same as the original "porcipaws" grips, the pedals are the same (so far as I can tell) as the original Onza bearcage pedals.

Awsome.

Dark Lord

ye they still make them for trials
http://www.bonthronebikes.co.uk/onza-porcipaw-grips

billysan

Onza Ules are the best grips ever IMO. Ive been stock piling them when they occasionally pop up on ebay as NOS ones will run out sometime. I want enough to cover the remainder of my MTB career!