bikes you've loved and lost

Col.Decker
Col.Decker Posts: 19
edited April 2012 in The Crudcatcher
Lets see your history of MTB. From the 90kg Grifter you started with, to the 15g carbon fibre space ship you've got now. Here's mine.


Grifter XL
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An old Apollo of some sort

Carerra Vulcan
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DDG Shooter
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and today:
Hoodoo Voodoo
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My super awesome band here: http://www.facebook.com/airbagmusic and http://www.airbag-music.co.uk
My super bitchin' other band http://www.facebook.com/theatease or http://www.theatease.com

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  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    I lost this little gem when I stopped pedalling in deep water...
    The Bouncer
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    I have never had unnatural relations with a bike.
    You pervert.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • Ryan Jones
    Ryan Jones Posts: 775
    My old Mongoose Tyax, had so many fun memories with that bike reminded me of a Wolverhampton girl really......cheap, a bit rough round the edges and a bit lardy but took the abuse well and felt up for more. Heck I even took a picture of me riding on top and put it on the internet :lol:
    My Nukeproof Mega TR
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,157
    cooldad wrote:
    I have never had unnatural relations with a bike.
    You pervert.

    Don't believe you
  • Rucks
    Rucks Posts: 93
    No offence but your taste in bikes is pretty.. well er... crap.

    Bike I miss the most would be my original Mongoose California when I was 12,

    After that was a couple more newer mongooses until I learnt to drive,

    Can't ride Bmxs any more (dont think I'm "Hip" enough for the kids..) I now ride a Mount Vision, fantastic bit of kit.
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    i think i missed this one he most.
    scott-genius-mc-20-2008-mountain-bike.jpg but it paid for a good stag do in vegas and now my carbon is bigger and lighter!
    Kazza the Tranny
    Now for sale Fatty
  • Col.Decker
    Col.Decker Posts: 19
    Rucks wrote:
    No offence but your taste in bikes is pretty.. well er... crap.


    eh? Didn't you see the Grifter XL. GRIFTER XL DUDE!!!!! :wink:
    My super awesome band here: http://www.facebook.com/airbagmusic and http://www.airbag-music.co.uk
    My super bitchin' other band http://www.facebook.com/theatease or http://www.theatease.com
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    he said XL ya bitches
    Kazza the Tranny
    Now for sale Fatty
  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    Xtra Lame
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,157
    Col.Decker wrote:
    Rucks wrote:
    No offence but your taste in bikes is pretty.. well er... crap.


    eh? Didn't you see the Grifter XL. GRIFTER XL DUDE!!!!! :wink:

    Mine was just a standard grifter that made the my orange feel light!
  • jndb72
    jndb72 Posts: 629
    matthew h wrote:
    Col.Decker wrote:
    Rucks wrote:
    No offence but your taste in bikes is pretty.. well er... crap.


    eh? Didn't you see the Grifter XL. GRIFTER XL DUDE!!!!! :wink:

    Mine was just a standard grifter that made the my orange feel light!

    I couldn't afford a griffter....I had a Chopper instead. :)
    2011 Canyon Nerve AM 5.0
    2009 Specialized Rockhopper Disc

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  • mak3m
    mak3m Posts: 1,394
    I had a standard Grifter, 3 speed :D

    never had a chopper but pre grifter i did have one of these bad boys

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  • mak3m
    mak3m Posts: 1,394
    all I ever wanted was one of these

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    now is it me or does that look like a charge duster :P
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    mak3m wrote:
    I had a standard Grifter, 3 speed :D

    never had a chopper but pre grifter i did have one of these bad boys

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    Thats what i learnt to bunny hop on!
    Kazza the Tranny
    Now for sale Fatty
  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    VWsurfbum wrote:
    mak3m wrote:
    I had a standard Grifter, 3 speed :D

    never had a chopper but pre grifter i did have one of these bad boys

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    Thats what i learnt to bunny hop on!
    +Potato
    My photos
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    VWsurfbum wrote:
    mak3m wrote:
    I had a standard Grifter, 3 speed :D

    never had a chopper but pre grifter i did have one of these bad boys

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    Thats what i learnt to bunny hop on!

    Lost some front teeth to one of these babies lol
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    Thewaylander wrote:
    VWsurfbum wrote:
    mak3m wrote:
    I had a standard Grifter, 3 speed :D

    never had a chopper but pre grifter i did have one of these bad boys

    0.jpg
    Thats what i learnt to bunny hop on!

    Lost some front teeth to one of these babies lol
    Is that the secret of your good looks?
    Kazza the Tranny
    Now for sale Fatty
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    I knew you found me sexy :P get some rohypnol and i'm yours :P
  • Col.Decker
    Col.Decker Posts: 19
    mak3m wrote:
    I had a standard Grifter, 3 speed :D

    never had a chopper but pre grifter i did have one of these bad boys

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    A Budgie!!!! I had a blue one. Man I loved that bike. My mate Simon had a Striker ..... tosser. He's gay now, just goes to show dun it.
    My super awesome band here: http://www.facebook.com/airbagmusic and http://www.airbag-music.co.uk
    My super bitchin' other band http://www.facebook.com/theatease or http://www.theatease.com
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,084
    Ryan Jones wrote:
    My old Mongoose Tyax, had so many fun memories with that bike reminded me of a Wolverhampton girl really......cheap, a bit rough round the edges and a bit lardy but took the abuse well and felt up for more. Heck I even took a picture of me riding on top and put it on the internet :lol:

    You are forgetting the 26" diameter rim and the fact that you wouldn't really want anyone to see you on it
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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    I'll give YOU a 26" diameter rim in a minute.
    My photos
  • Clank
    Clank Posts: 2,323
    You haven't got a good 26" diameter rim in a minute in you!
    How would I write my own epitaph? With a crayon - I'm not allowed anything I can sharpen to a sustainable point.

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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Cromoly Raleigh burner. Iooked cool, good for sweet tricks, gears on a bike was a revelation, concidering grifters had Sturmey Archers, a bit of a Paris Hilton really.

    Still got my Reynolds tubed racer which I have kept going, love the classic look.
  • Ryan Jones
    Ryan Jones Posts: 775
    Gazlar wrote:
    Ryan Jones wrote:
    My old Mongoose Tyax, had so many fun memories with that bike reminded me of a Wolverhampton girl really......cheap, a bit rough round the edges and a bit lardy but took the abuse well and felt up for more. Heck I even took a picture of me riding on top and put it on the internet :lol:

    You are forgetting the 26" diameter rim and the fact that you wouldn't really want anyone to see you on it

    How could I forget the rim diameter, like looking down a well :lol:

    And that mongoose was a rather fun bike I have you know nothing I wouldn't want to be see on :o
    My Nukeproof Mega TR
  • Mental Mickey
    Mental Mickey Posts: 406
    My favourite bike from childhood was one of these...

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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    my old

    Raleigh StreetWolf, god i loved that bike

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    i dunno what happened to it, i would wedge a cup drink in the back wheel so it sounded like a motorbike (ish)
    Keeping it classy since '83

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