Bike History

mudsucker

as far back as i can remember. Loved them all

a few really early ones can't remember, think i had a thundercats one!

an Emmelle (sp?) bmx. Remember when i was about 7-8 ish my dad made me some stunt pegs on a lathe at work and my mate and i went everywhere with one of us standing on the pegs. good times

Emmelle mtb can't remember the name

Raleigh Gritstone. Solid, reliable. never changed a thing on it but it was pretty heavy!

1999 Specialized rockhopper FS. rode it for 9 years and loved every min of it. Changed just everything except front mech, shifters and frame. Bent rear triange at danbury after hitting rear mech (no breakaway hanger, too old)

2008 Specialized stumpjumper FSR comp (current stead) love it. Climbs well and decends like a rocket

solsurf

raleigh budgie
puch racer (far too big for me at the time)
Dawes racer used for years
Orange P7 now 14 years still using as a ss best bike
Titanium Red star
kona phd
voodoo wanga
kona beast
cannondale prophet
Felt Z35


That's it I think there is still space in the garage for more!

Steve_F

1 - Raleigh Wildcat (with a padded seat and a noise making box 8) )
2 - Apollo rigid which I can't remember the model
3 - Muddy Fox Adventurer (1994) (still got)
4 - Carerra Banshee 2002/3 (still got)
5 - Apollo road bike (still got)
6 - Carerra Banshee X 2006 (still got but in bits)
7 - Giant SCR 1.5 (still got and in use)
8 - Iron Horse 6.4 (still in use)
9 - TBC...... downhill or hardtail, hmmmmmmm????

lawman

some little 20" inch thing
24" raleigh mustang
cheapo thing from makro (worst by miles)
claud butler cape wrath disc 2004
kinesis maxlight xc120 (best by miles)
scott speedster road bike

TBC lapierre zesty or commencal meta????? still to decide

crimsondynamo

1979 Raleigh Strika
1984 Raleigh Pulsar/Quasar (silver, the one with the aero waterbottle, space shuttle decal)
1992 Emmelle (mum's trashed it first time out mountainbiking) - WORST
1993 Raleigh MTRAX (2nd most mileage)
1998 Cannondale F700 SL (discovered Glentress) = BEST
2002 Fausto Coppi Lombardia (Most mileage, end 2 end) = BEST
2008 Specialized Stumpjumper Elite
2009 Brompton?

Great thread, a real Raleigh love-in. Those bikes have a lot of good will.

GHill

Restricted to MTBs

Raleigh Mustang (15 friction gears)
Specialized Rockhopper, circa 1995
Specialized Rockhopper 2006
Giant Boulder (commute bike that got nicked within 3 weeks)
Specialized FSRxc Comp 2008 (insurance replacement for '06 RH)
Trek Fuel Ex 8 2009

Surf-Matt

Raleigh Strika type thing
Raleigh BMX type thing
Proper BMW with Skyway Tuff 2s. Can't remember the make (Kuwahara I think)
24" MTB - pretty poor but got me into into it
1994 British Eagle Strike (still got)
1997 Specialised Stumpjumper Comp - gave to my dad
2007 Specialised Stumpjumper Comp - my best bike and blinged to death - still got
2010 Specilialised Allez Elite - fun in a different sort of way

Sometimes ride Mrs Matt's 2008 Rockhopper Disk (when mine's being fixed)

Pretty lame compared to some!

Been riding since I was four. Now 34
:oops:

fourcrossjohn

jungle stabilizer bike
apollo xc.................... worst
giant gsr fs
merida matts dj
giant stp 2
carrera banshee x ..................best

otaylor38

ermmm well,

1. some random kids bike
2. another random kids bike
3. Townsend (cant remember the second name)
4. Dawes Bandit
5. Onza T-Bird
6. Specialized P1
7. Genesis core 00

not too sure about the best and worst though, they're all designed for different things lol

Penylope

Hmmmm

Homemade steel thing made by me dad to teach me to ride on.
Raleigh Montage
Orange P7
GT LTS2000
Santa Cruz Heckler (the origional shape)
Orange MsIsle
Santa Cruz Bullit
Specialized Enduro FSR
DMR trailstar
Santa Cruz Chameleon
On One Inbred

No bad apples, all great in their own way

jonnyc2420

reading this reminded me - also had a grifter - loved that bike, and yes, was really heavy, did anyone else tuck the front guard round under the tyre to get that motocross noise? - cool until it melted.......

the rest are in my sig - still to find my best bike, theyve all been good for something but the muddy fox holds the best memories.

big_scot_nanny

OK, a bit rough on timelines, but here we go:

born in '74, no bike at that stage I believe.

78-82 - trike and first bike with no stabilisers

82'ish raleigh grifter - 20yrd skids a speciality

84'ish Peugot 10spd racer about 2 sizes too big, could hardly reach the pedals (WORST!)

88'ish Diamond Back Topanga (sold it and my C64 with tons of games + paper round money to buy...)

89'ish Scott something or other - bloody loved it, upgraded everything, STOLEN!

9'ish Gary Fisher Montare - with raised Chainstays and kinked seatube - climbed like billy-o, no mud problems, but.... frame snapped (whilst pedallling up a hill) where the cro-mo seat tube kink met raised chainstays.. replaced by edinburgh bike co-op by....

92 Specialized Rockhopper in bluey-purple. Awesome looker, totally wrong geometry for me and gave me a killer sore back after 30 mins riding - STOLEN!

96 Marin Nail trail - nice bike, strong frame, terrible forks (still used as my commuter)

after a long cycling hiatus started getting back into it again on moving to CH so

08 Spesh Stumpy FSR (BEST) bloody fabulous, really fits me perfectly and is just right for my riding (alhtough would love slacker and longer travel for alpine trips!)

Anyone help me with what the scott might have been? I worked on that thing loads, rode it loads, And I cannot remember what model it was. It had a mainly white frame with 'smokey' grey colours where the tubes met.

Ta!

big_scot_nanny

jonnyc2420 wrote:

reading this reminded me - also had a grifter - loved that bike, and yes, was really heavy, did anyone else tuck the front guard round under the tyre to get that motocross noise? - cool until it melted.......

Yes! Brmmmmmmmmm

meesterbond

Ok, I'll bite... if my memory goes back that far!

1. Trike of some description when I was very small
2. Raleigh Striker (Black, weighed as much as a small planet)
3. 5 Speed racer (although it actually had a rack!) Friction, downtube shifter - guess I've always been a roadie at heart
4. Bit of a break then Muddy Fox Courier Comp in fluro green...
5. Another bit of a break then Kona Blast
6. Dialled Bikes Kobe Ti
7. Giant OCR
8. Cannondale Six13 (still got)
9. Ventana El Saltemontes
10. Titus Switchblade
11. Turner 5-Spot (still got)
12. On One 456 (in the post)

Beardface

Errm... In rough order (and can't remember the kiddie bikes!):

Yellow bmx with blue mag wheels
Emmelle Cheetah (SS, I feel your pain!)
Raleigh Max
Raleigh Activator
Diamond Back something or other
Kona Lava Dome - green, probably the same as Mac's (same year I think!) - loved that bike, it got tricked out (snapped the frame too :oops:)
Kona Hahannah
Specialized Rockhopper Pro (yellow/black - Stolen)
Kona chute -(with orange Hayes calipers - Stolen)
Some wal-mart quality BMX bike, (bought from America (It had like 64 spokes a wheel, weighed a ton!) WORST BIKE
A gold (not solid... ) jump bike - (I have no idea what it was, it said 'Hardcore' on the downtube, and had 5.0 on the chainstay, I presume it was crap, but I loved this bike (anyone shed some info, its the one at the back) http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2779569/
Handsome Dog XC1 - My XC bike at the time, ridden to death
Scott boulder HT (Officially known as the trolley - everything rattled, Pedal arms & cranks were almost falling out, wheels were buckled, and the forks were f***ed, but I was still over the Surrey Hills every weekend on it! Until it died..)
Kona Scab - http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2690005/ (Did the London 2 Brighton on that, great little bike!)
Giant Trance 1 (My first foray into FS! Sadly, broke the frame after a heavy landing)
Specialized Epic (Modded up!) http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3130046/ (Loved it, but it was a bit small for me. Sold earlier this year)
Specialized Centrum hybrid (SS) - Just sold last week, didn't get on with it!)
Marin Mount Vision (2008) - (The current beast, and best bike I've owned by a long shot - theres pics in the photo challenge thread if interested)

Jesus, I've had more bikes than I thought! I'd say the Marin is definitely the best bike, but the Lava Dome got me properly into MTB, so was my most influential.

Good thread this, it's made me think!!

nicklouse

in no real order.

Fixed Trike
some red Raleigh
Raleigh Areana
Ridgeback XT
Scott Octane
Scott High Octane
DR J Mk2
Tank DH2
DR J ADS
Mr Hyde ADS
P-45
Krisis
Monster HT
Monster EN
Dragster
Boxster
speedster
CRX
CCR Road bike
Dirt BMX
an unbranded XC frame
a scrap yard salvaged Saracen

Oh and the pub bike (lost in town somewhere). the worst and best at the same time.

JamesBrckmn

Born in 1996
1st bike in 2000 little raleigh 16" wheels 7-speed rigid with stabilizers. Cost around £60 new. Sold for £10
2nd bike in 2003 specialized hotrock 24" wheels 21-speed rigid - Ok but i grew into and out of it so fast i only fitted it for a few months, but owned it for four years. Cost £80 2nd hand. Sold for £90
3rd bike in 2007 Raleigh flair 26" 21 speed: Worst - called itself a mountain bike, but after 18 months of mountain biking was ruined. 1st 'big bike'. Hardtail but rubbish forks. Cost £260 - now worth nothing. Still got - anyone in need of scrap metal?
4th bike in August 2009 Decathlon rockrider 5xc - 1st proper mountain bike - Best! Cost £370. Still got.

Hopefully speciallized pitch pro in a few years - will be the best!
Specialized Hotrock:


Rockrider 5xc:

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Rich9

A little yellow thing with stablisers in about 1977
Raleigh Boxer (cool as anything)
Halfords Bandit (cheap version of a Grifter) incredibly heavy!
Peugeot racing bike
A BMX of some description that I sprayed purple! :oops: (worst by a long chalk)
Raleigh Massif
Raleigh Apex (with the wonderful Girvin flex stem)

big gap of about 10years...

Cube Acid

colintrav

sheepsteeth wrote:

So we havent had one of these for a while so thought id ask about everyones bike history but you have to pick a best and worst bike from your list. Here's mine and ive only been riding for 3 years!!:

1. apollo xc 26 - 200
2. GT avalanche 3 - 500
3. Saracen Hazzard pro - 500
4. Specialized Epic - 500
5. Specialized Stumpjumper FSR (Still Got) - 500
6. Giant reign
7. Random no name alu hardtail with gucci parts
8. Orange p7 WORST
9. Bionicon golden willow
10. claud bulter cape wrath carbon
11. merida road bike
12. giant scr road bike
13. cannondale f somthing or other
14. 07 stumpjumper fsr comp
15. trek fuel ex 6
16. 07 stumpjumper elite
17. Giant trance x 2
18. specialized allez (still got)
19. Specialized Enduro (still got) (BEST)
20. specialized p1
21. giant rainier (still got)
22. Specialized stumpjumper (still got)
23. Focus cayo (still got)
24. raleight boxer when i were a lad.

And that's what you have bought in 3yrs Spot the lottery winner !!

Anonymous

ive got a couple more to include now too:

1. apollo xc 26
2. GT avalanche 3
3. Saracen Hazzard pro
4. Specialized Epic
5. Specialized Stumpjumper FSR (Still Got)
6. Giant reign
7. Random no name alu hardtail with gucci parts
8. Orange p7 WORST
9. Bionicon golden willow
10. claud bulter cape wrath carbon
11. merida road bike
12. giant scr road bike
13. cannondale f somthing or other
14. 07 stumpjumper fsr comp
15. trek fuel ex 6
16. 07 stumpjumper elite
17. Giant trance x 2
18. specialized allez (still got)
19. Specialized Enduro (still got) (BEST)
20. specialized p1
21. giant rainier (still got)
22. Specialized stumpjumper (still got)
23. Focus cayo (still got)
24. raleight boxer when i were a lad.
25. on*one 456 SS
26. old orange crush (still got)

ive never won the lottery but i like bikes and am very fickle, plus, i dont really have any other vices. there are a few on the list id love to own again, especially the reign.

colintrav

I've only ever had 2 bikes

A wannabee bmx Leways make - It was half decent ...


Carrera - Absolute - bought for 350 from halfords 10 years ago and still have it .. in dire need of a fixing I booted the arse out of it ..

drummondjhn

some of these i wish

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steelo

Rock 12
Raleigh Blaster
Falcon Pro
Saracen Sahara Elite
GT Performer '98
Specialized Rockhopper
Trek Fuel EX8

jay12

hard to remember here it goes:
little pink bike(worst)
Blue and white bike with spokie dokies
Brushed Steel BMX
Scott rigid in dark green
Green probike
Freespirit Redwood
current bike-releigh alona(ful sus)-best but still aweful
next bike is 2010 orange crush which will be the best

teacherman

Ummm,

Grifter
A BMX of some sort
My uncle's knackered racer
Specialized Stumpjumper
Trek 8000 SL
FS Diamondback of some sort (worst bike)
Kona Caldera
Scott Yecorah (I found it in a bush)
Mongoose Teocali Elite
Giant XTC SE (best bike)
On One inbred 456 SS (soon)

Think that's it.