just a bit of fun.......bikes older then 5 years or more.

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  • CFS
    CFS Posts: 124
    Still ride my 1995 Trek 830 to work.

    It is mainly original including the front tyre and still going strong.

    The most noticeable thing compared to a later bike is the geometry, bikes have definitely improved a lot in that respect.
    Shot by both sides...
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    PaulBox wrote:
    This is my old GT Backwoods, must be somewhere in the region of 18 years old now:

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    The only original thing on the frame is the seat post, I still have the original rigid forks somewhere.

    It still runs like a dream, though reduced to road work now...

    is that a old school mag wheel i see on the front????
    Biking pics
  • paulbox
    paulbox Posts: 1,203
    altern_8 wrote:
    PaulBox wrote:
    This is my old GT Backwoods, must be somewhere in the region of 18 years old now:

    DSC00713-1.jpg

    The only original thing on the frame is the seat post, I still have the original rigid forks somewhere.

    It still runs like a dream, though reduced to road work now...

    is that a old school mag wheel i see on the front????
    :lol:

    Yes mate, Spin wheel, picked up in Miami about 12 years back.
    XC: Giant Anthem X
    Fun: Yeti SB66
    Road: Litespeed C1, Cannondale Supersix Evo, Cervelo R5
    Trainer: Bianchi via Nirone
    Hack: GT hardtail with Schwalbe City Jets
  • anyuser
    anyuser Posts: 51
    1998 Gary fisher Utopia is my daily commuter bike. I did upgrade the brakes and wheels about 8 years ago though, so not all original.
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    PaulBox wrote:
    altern_8 wrote:
    PaulBox wrote:
    This is my old GT Backwoods, must be somewhere in the region of 18 years old now:

    DSC00713-1.jpg


    is that a old school mag wheel i see on the front????
    :lol:

    Yes mate, Spin wheel, picked up in Miami about 12 years back.

    been a while since ive seen a mag wheel on a bike,pity you couldnt of got one for the back as well :wink:
    Biking pics
  • ex-pat scot
    ex-pat scot Posts: 939
    Blimey -where do I start? It's more a case of "what's under 5 y/o" for me.

    1. 1991 Pace RC200 mtb. Perfection, then and now. Still a lot of original gear
    2. 1990 Cannondale tourer. Slow but sure
    3. 1985 (?) Raleigh Comp. hack bike, now showing its age
    4. 1994 Trek OCLV 5500 all original
    5. 2003 Trek OCLV 5900
    6. 1997 Dawes Kickback two MTB tandem. All original (except for maguras and stronger back wheel, both fitted when new)

    etc

    etc.

    5 years old is not "old".
    Commute: Langster -Singlecross - Brompton S2-LX

    Road: 95 Trek 5500 -Look 695 Aerolight eTap - Boardman TTe eTap

    Offroad: Pace RC200 - Dawes Kickback 2 tandem - Tricross - Boardman CXR9.8 - Ridley x-fire
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    ex-pat scot wrote:
    5 years old is not "old".

    like the post said mate,just a bit of fun,i was just after peeps who have oldish bikes,and the way geometry has come on over the last couple of years(which i dont go a long with as my cannondale from 99 feels better then my scott which is 2 years old),5 years or over is old on a bike now :wink:
    Biking pics
  • paulbox
    paulbox Posts: 1,203
    altern_8 wrote:
    PaulBox wrote:
    altern_8 wrote:
    PaulBox wrote:
    This is my old GT Backwoods, must be somewhere in the region of 18 years old now:

    is that a old school mag wheel i see on the front????
    :lol:

    Yes mate, Spin wheel, picked up in Miami about 12 years back.

    been a while since ive seen a mag wheel on a bike,pity you couldnt of got one for the back as well :wink:
    I liked the un-symmetrical look mate, Spin also went out of business in the 90's.
    XC: Giant Anthem X
    Fun: Yeti SB66
    Road: Litespeed C1, Cannondale Supersix Evo, Cervelo R5
    Trainer: Bianchi via Nirone
    Hack: GT hardtail with Schwalbe City Jets
  • *AJ*
    *AJ* Posts: 1,080
    My new (to me) 2004/05 Orange Patriot........

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  • paul.skibum
    paul.skibum Posts: 4,068
    2001 Heckler and a 2004 Cove Handjob are my two rides - I owned the Cove from new but the Heckler was an ebay buy from last summer - still got the original rear shock but otherwise its all 09 kit.
    Closet jockey wheel pimp whore.
  • GHill
    GHill Posts: 2,402
    I had a 1996 Rockhopper that was still doing great as a commuter as recently as 2007. Then some scumbag nicked it.

    I'd probably still be riding it...
  • El zilcho
    El zilcho Posts: 73
    I had a Marin Wildcat Trail from 2004 until a month or so back when the frame finally gave in. Shame because it was a nice bike and over six years I had some great times with it.
  • 007iron
    007iron Posts: 52
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    My 1999/2000 scott comp racing , still running most of the original parts
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    .blitz wrote:
    p1010552.jpgBought new in 1996. Still riding round Cannock on it :D
    Is it just me or do those fork lowers look like there back to front?
    what do they feel like compared to normal forks?
    Kazza the Tranny
    Now for sale Fatty
  • the_moodster
    the_moodster Posts: 273
    i'm still riding my '99 alpine trail, its a bit like my old grandad's broom though, everything has been changed at least once bar the main triangle.

    the forks have been updated since the pic in the signiture.
    Ibis Mojo SL
    On One 456c
  • snotty badger
    snotty badger Posts: 1,593
    I've got an original DMR Trailstar (approx 99?) and my winter commuter hack a 94 Univega Alpina 5.3.

    I need to venture into my man cave and do some fettling on the Univega really...
    08 Pitch Pro
    14 Kona Unit
    Kona Kula SS
    Trailstar SS
    94 Univega Alpina 5.3
  • pugaltitude
    pugaltitude Posts: 191
    93 Peugeot Altitude with grip shift, Fred Salmon L bends and a Tim Gould sticker.
  • BiggBadBri
    BiggBadBri Posts: 5
    1995 Kona Fire Mountain recently retired to the garage!

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    96 Zaskar LE.
    GT ZASKAR CARBON TEAM

    VOODOO CANZO

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  • Deputy Dawg
    Deputy Dawg Posts: 428
    Got a 1978 MK2 Raleigh Chopper languishing in the loft. Keep meaning to get it out again sometime but never seem to get around to it ;)

    Got an old rigid steel ridgeback I'm thinking about resurecting as a hack but its nowhere near the same league.
    Statistically, Six Out Of Seven Dwarves Aren't Happy
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    BiggBadBri wrote:
    1995 Kona Fire Mountain recently retired to the garage!

    how long is the stem on that, :lol:
    Deputy Dawg wrote:
    Got a 1978 MK2 Raleigh Chopper languishing in the loft. Keep meaning to get it out again sometime but never seem to get around to it ;)

    get out on youre local trail on it,might have a few heads turning 8)
    Biking pics
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Oh god no, DON'T take a chopper off road, they were dangerous enough on the pavements!
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    they where only dangerous mate,when youre best friend rode past you and you tried jumping on seat behind him while he was still moving,or was that just me and my mates when we was kids :oops: :wink:
    Biking pics
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    They were bloody dangerous because they were so badly designed.
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    is that youre excuse for injuring youreself when you was riding one when younger :wink:
    Biking pics
  • Andy B
    Andy B Posts: 8,115
    '98/'99 Orange Clockwork

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    altern_8 wrote:
    is that youre excuse for injuring youreself when you was riding one when younger :wink:
    You know what? You're right. They were the most incredible advancement in cycle design ever, and it's an absolute crying shame that their groundbreaking technological achievement was not carried on on motorcycles or bicycle design.
    In fact, I'd go so far as to say that if ALL mountain bikes had tiny, caster-like front wheel, and really really peculiar head angles, and all your weight set very far back indeed, that there would have been a lot less crashing at the Red Bull Rampage this year.
    And just think of what it could do to the tour de france?
  • thenarrowwizard
    thenarrowwizard Posts: 12
    I'm in love with that clockwork
    I wanted one so badly back in the day

    the other bike i want is my brothers
    a 93 or 94 stumpumper he's had from new

    all original except paint, tyres and pedals (he moved to spd's in the late 90's but then moved back to flats once his shoes dropped to bits and he was too tigt to buy new ones)

    gotta love that proflex too

    and the flexstems are awesome
    I remember MBUK doing a comparative test between those and thhe very first model of rockshox

    reading this thread makes me vaguely ashamed of my 2010 Kona blast deluxe
    Cogito ergo Dumb
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I ride a 1986 Muddy Fox Courier that I got for Christmas when I was 11. It's my bimbling/pub/ride with kids bike. The only things that have been changed are a longer seatpost and tyres. (My Dad kindly put a Biopace crank on in 1987...)

    Pic from last saturday...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Wow, look a tiny cow!!
    Either way, you're much more adorable than I thought you'd be, Napoleon, but which one are you? The one on the purple bike, or in the seat?

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