Mountain bikers, whats your ride.....?

[Jim]

Cheers for the advice guys, TBH, I doubt I'll ever get that serious that I'll have the urge to change the components of the fury. It's better than what I have at the moment and will hopefully last me a good few years...if I get one.

[Ash]

Some nice sounding rides in this thread and there seem to be a lot more bikers amongst us than i had first though, get some pics up of yours pretty please ash

Just for you Spudly






GT - Good old steel frame, but too big even for me at 6'3" Think I'll go for a Titanium frame next


Had a nice Alu machined azonic chainring till it folded Pictured in DH spec oh and a big disc on the front now.

EDIT: Errr, might use a better camera next time....

[Spudly]

Wow old skool rides dude, i can recognise parts on your orange, like the anodised UNO kalloy stem, the onza brake hanger noodle things

GDN16v, your RTS is sexy as hell and '95 XTR groupset by the look of things, epic lush

[GDN16v]

GDN16v, your LTS is sexy as hell and '95 XTR groupset by the look of things, epic lush

Thanks Yip 95 XTR group set Rides like it is new, cant fault it one bit!

[Spudly]

My mate had a '95 XTR rear mech on his '98 Marin Bear Valley SE and ive always wanted one, i think they look sooooo much nicer than others and look so good on your rig dude, im very jealous!

[GDN16v]

My mate had a '95 XTR rear mech on his '98 Marin Bear Valley SE and ive always wanted one, i think they look sooooo much nicer than others and look so good on your rig dude, im very jealous!

They certainly are, smooth looking gear always looks the best! Cranks are also a work of perfection,

[philip]

ive got a specialized pro comp and a DMR drone.

not got any life pics, but ive ridden the dmr maybe a dozen times and the specialized maybe 6 times tops!

here pic of what ive got, except mines in a champagne colour




drone is the same:




drone may be for sale if anyones interested.

[Novasport]

I have just bought the same bike you have Spudly. I want to get back into biking but did not see the point in spending £500-£1000 on a decent bike only to use it for 6 months then leave it rotting in the shed.
Got a cracking deal on it, they have been reduced from £375 to £250 but there was only one place local that had it in stock.
So happens that a mate of a mate works there and got talking to him, the stock bike had been on display so had a few light marks on it so asked hime what he would do it for. In the end I got it for £200 which I thought was pretty good for a disc spec ally framed bike.
If I get back into it in a big way then I can justify spending the extra on a better bike and then give this one to the missus

[Spudly]

Thats similar to how i got mine, i ended up paying £208 for it

Id stick with it for a bit and upgrade the forks/brakes/tyres as ive done with mine and its made it so much more rideable, dith the oe tyres asap though as they weigh a ton and mine feel much more spritely for having light kevlar beaded ones on it

Stick at it rich, its a way of life which im so glad to be back into!

[JordyzNova]

i dont have moutian bike ... i have a custom bmx tho its a vauxhall nordic blue haro