Oldest MTB item that goes out with you regularly?

Brocklanders023

Orange helmet cover. Got it for christmas in 1992 I think. 8)

fletch8928

A pair of Cannondale baggies, circa 1991. To this day they are the comfiest pair of shorts to ride in.

Markmjh

cooldad wrote:

Ye even olde er Rockhopper. 1988

Do i see a Girvin flex-stem on there???
My god they were strange to ride with lol

AMcK

cooldad wrote:

Pretty rubbish off road. These days only gets used as a pub bike and for school MTB club rides - still stays ahead of most of the teenagers.
And the odd (very odd) Retrobike run.

Nice pic - are those all yours?

stubs

Just been sorting through my rucksack ready to give it a hose down to get it clean for once and I have just found a 3 year out of date gel in a pocket I had forgotten I had. Should be good for another couple of years I reckon

Giraffoto

Karrimor panniers (large and small) from 1983
Tyre levers, hex key tool, dumbell spanner - probably even older

Until 2007 my regular bike was largely original and dated to 1983 - creeping obsolescence, 27" wheels and a frame that had been brazed up on four different occasions eventually sent it on its way

Markmjh

stubs wrote:

Just been sorting through my rucksack ready to give it a hose down to get it clean for once and I have just found a 3 year out of date gel in a pocket I had forgotten I had. Should be good for another couple of years I reckon

Everyone knows they get stronger the longer you leave them

nicklouse

the bike when I am back in the UK. ´84.

miss notax

Notax :shock:

Markmjh

Really good to see so many people still have some old stuff, be it for nostalgic reasons or just the fact that it still works so why replace it.
i won't feel as bad tomorrow at gisburn now if i decide to wear the old Hardnox leg armour

nicklouse

Markmjh wrote:

Really good to see so many people still have some old stuff, be it for nostalgic reasons or just the fact that it still works so why replace it.
i won't feel as bad tomorrow at gisburn now if i decide to wear the old Hardnox leg armour

Oh Go watch DIRT.

Kaise

miss notax wrote:

Notax :shock:

funniest response so far,

cooldad

@markmjh - Flexstem and mighty Biopace chainrings. Flexstem is OK - has a fairly hard rubber that is still works so just absorbs a bit of buzz.
It's the brakes that are really rubbish, especially after getting off the real bike with discs.

@AMcK - no just the one in the middle. Some nice old bits in there though, one on top is a Ti Ibis with 'spring' built into the frame.

tom_howard

A couple of jerseys that are abt 13 yr old, camelbak is 12 yrs old (had a new bladder though), Dainese pads from '02. The Shivers on the Orange i think are 03/04?

Other that that, nothing earlier than 06.

Anonymous

cooldad wrote:

I'm older than you, and I will not be referred to as cooltool.

How about tooldad?

I think the oldest thing that always gets taken on rides is the box my puncture repair kit is in. From the very first fat tyre festival.

cooldad

yeehaamcgee wrote:

cooldad wrote:

I'm older than you, and I will not be referred to as cooltool.

How about tooldad?

I think the oldest thing that always gets taken on rides is the box my puncture repair kit is in. From the very first fat tyre festival.

Wonder if the mods will change my username?

madmax245

my dads bike a twenty year old trek OCLV carbon. or my 51 year old dad

the_moodster

The front triangle and saddle of my Marin are 12 years old

benpinnick

My allen key tool will celebrate its 20th birthday next year.

ThePriory1978

1995 Kona Cinder Cone.

ThePriory1978

nicklouse wrote:

Markmjh wrote:

Really good to see so many people still have some old stuff, be it for nostalgic reasons or just the fact that it still works so why replace it.
i won't feel as bad tomorrow at gisburn now if i decide to wear the old Hardnox leg armour

Oh Go watch DIRT.

Jason McRoy. Legend.

chrism110

love that kona