Every bike I’ve owned, funny how I can remember these better than I can my ex-girlfriends…
1. Schwinn Banana seat coaster brake (my first singlespeed!)
2. Schwinn 10 speed that could shift while coasting
3. Panasonic RX-4000 (car ran into me)
4. Performance Superbe Pro (bought with car accident insurance money)
5. Cannondale Road bike (bought from some Ironman guy our shop sponsored)
6. Miyata with old Shimano 600
7. Tommasini Super Prestige (wrecked into a signpost at 35 mph)
8. Marushi mountain bike with 6 speed Deore XT.
9. Fat Chance Wicked
10. Redline 24” cruiser
11. Trek 930 with Funk Big fork
............Long break with no bikes when I smoked cigs and ate too much junk food....................
12. Raleigh M-400 (got me back into riding, thank you! )
13. Tommasini Prestige (too small)
14. Marin Mount Vision (I hated full suspension so much that it started me on singlespeed, converted the Raleigh M-400)
15. Surly 1x1
16. Phobia Anxiety fixed gear mountain bike (bad name for a fixed gear mtb)
17. Raleigh Technium townie singlespeed with wicked witch of the west handlebars(still have)
18. Oschner fixed gear road bike
19. Tomasso fixed gear road bike
20. Mountain Cycles Zen (still hated full suspension, why did I build this bike?)
21. Surly Karate Monkey 29er singlespeed (still have)
22. Bianchi CUSS singlespeed
23. Specialized Stumpjumper singlespeed
24. Indigo Cycles road fixie (still have)
25. Indigo Cycles 29er singlespeed (still have)
26. Matt Chester Indie Rock Cross Bike (still have)
Sure me or my brother had a Big Wheel, also this bizarre 1970s plastic thing one rode by pushing feet back and forth.
Sears "chopper" with Banana seat and sissy bar. I learned to ride without training wheels about age 5 (broke frame on a sweet jump)
Red Schwinn Sting-Ray with coaster brake.
Motobecane 10 speed
Bianchi 10 speed
Maruishi Tange steel MTB with Deore XT "Biopace" and Araya anodized rims which was about $950 in 1988. Really realy really wish I hadn't sold that one.
Peugeot MTB rode to campus for years
(Long period with no bike at all, another dumb move).
2006 Trek Solo (1x8 or 9, nice bike)
Fisher Rig
Trek Solo S
*Giant Rincon
Giant XTC Team
*Soma Analog
*Moots Rigormootis
*Farley 6
*Cannondale Hooligan
*Cannonade Fat CAAD with OLAF
* = still own. No full suspension yet.
My first bikes were from so many years ago I forget their names... had hand-me-downs from family, and tried a bmx once, didnt like that.
Raleigh (forget any other name of it) - when I was a kid. Rode this until the tires got bald. Just got rid of it actually, to a good cause. That bike had many memories.
Reebok Switchback was my first decent upgrade after that - loved it, but realized after time it wasn't a good fit for me, and I upgraded from this.
Kona Mahuna - what I currently ride. I just bought it this year and I'm in love with how much easier it is to ride with a nicely made bicycle. Still can't get over it or believe it. It's really my first entry level mountain bike. Love it. Haven't rode it enough this year, but I'm trying to! I take it everywhere! <3
80's BMX's
1992 Warehouse (like Walmart) 10-speed "mountain bike"
1994 Marin Palisades Trail
1993 Marin Rocky Ridge (bought second hand at the start of '95)
1997 Diamondback something (alloy hardtail, black and yellow frame)
1998 Santa Cruz Heckler
1999 Giant Mosh Pro-XL
1999 Kona Kula (I think) full XTR, bought second hand in 01
2006 DMR Trailstar
2007 Kona Coilair (built up with the DMR parts, hated it!)
2005 Turner 5spot (bought second hand in 2008, loved it!)
2010 Turner 5spot DW
2015 Knolly Warden
Beyond the random BMX bikes as a kid, my first bikes were a Low level MTB and a junk yard salvage 10 speed that really started to get my interest in biking. Had them during the ages of 11-13. Then I moved on the the 'real' bikes. Forget the exact models on some.
1992 Specialized Hardrock
1993 Dyno BMX
1995 Mongoose Rockadile
1999 Kona Lava Dome
2004 Giant VT3
2006 Cannondale F500
?Early 90's Gary Fisher that I turned into a commuter
2005 Specialized Epic
2007 Specialized Allez
?(2000) Kona Steel Kahuna that I turned into a single speed
? Old Raleigh 10 speed that I turned into a commuter briefly
2009 Kona Jake (commuter)
2011 Scott CX Team
2010 YETI ASR
2009 Jamis Dragon Pro (won, kept)
2010 Specialized Epic (won, sold immediately to a junior I raced with)
2011 Argon 18 Krypton
2012 Niner EMD
?2009 Misfit Psycles singlespeed
2010 Specialized Stumpjumper HT
2012 Scott Scale Pro
*2013 Salas Mukluk 3
2014 Random Townie bike
2014 Scott Spark 700 premium
2014 Scott Scale 720
*2014 Ridley X-fire
2014 Scott Spark 900sl
*2015 Dengfu 27.5 FS
* Current bikes
- Biggest regret is selling my Scott Spark 700
- Favorite bike, likely the Scott CX Team. Rode the snot out of that bad boy. But went disk
Hmm, this is an interesting thread. Folks should say how the bike left their possession, there's a lot of stories there.
- Some big box kiddie bike:
- Some kind of huffy BMX, broke head tube junction ghost riding it off a 15ft cliff. Dad re-welded it. Broke again.
- Some 10sp big box bike of indeterminate brand, given to brother in law as college bike
- Yakota Toulumne, stolen outside the bowling alley (idiot doesn't lock it)
- 1995 Klein Rascal, custom build with Deore LX, White Bros custom wheels. Stolen outside of Chem building in college (idiot brings their nice MTB to college)
- Some specialized Hardrock, traded buddy for paying his utility bill. Other buddy rode it to bars, and "hid it really well". But it was gone.
- 2001 Specialized Stump Jumper FSR XC Comp, sold Ebay
- Took a long break from MTB here due to injury and work
- *2011 Yeti ASR5C
- *2012 Pivot Firebird
- *2013 Rocky Mountain Flatline Pro
- *2014 Felt F5X
- *2009 SE Bikes Filth Flyer (as a townie)
Eek!! Haven't ridden that many bikes - but, here we go.
1st Bike - HMX 600, frame cracked (top tube near headset)... got a guy in street to weld it back together... went again after a month (age 7-10)...
Diamond Back Sorrento was next bike (aged 27). Bought for commuting. Sat in shed from 31-40. Gave to Father-in-law for parts (after getting next bike).
Age 40, I got a KHS Winslow 29er. Got hooked on mtb-ing. Sold to a colleague just getting into sport (after I got next bike...)
14' Kona Process 134, age 41.5... still got it. Ride it more out of town i.e. real gnarly stuff.
12' Transition Bandit 29er... my home trails go to bike and race day companion. If it were a little shorter in the rear and had a little lower standover, I'd sell the Kona.
Looks like I need to buy some more bikes
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Damage: 14' Kona Process 134, 12' Transition Bandit 29er
1985 Huffy Sigma
1996 Specialized Stumpjumper Expert 26er Mango
2002 Allez Carbon
2003 Cannondale Gemini
2005 Cannondale Chase
2008 Cannondale F3 Singlespeed
2009 Cannondale Rize
2010 Stumpjumper Comp 29er hardtail
2011 Stumpjumper S-Works 26er
2012 GT Fury
2012 Specialized Status II
2012 Nomad
2012 Specialized Allez
2013 Tallboy LTC
2013 Stumpjumper FSR Expert 29er
2013 S-Works Enduro 26er
2014 Enduro Expert 29er
2014 Marin Attack Trail CXT-9
2014 Santa Cruz Bronson C
2014 Epic Expert World Cup
2015 Pivot Mach 6
2015 Bronson CC XO1
2015 Specialized Fatboy
2015 Specialized 6Fattie Comp Carbon
2016 Santa Cruz Hightower CC XO1
Moved to Colorado in 2003 and found Mojo Wheels in 2010. They let me ride a bike for 3 or so months at a time and return it mildly scuffed and trade it in for the newest great bike sometimes straight across, sometimes for a fee/upgrade charge and they would sell the old one. I would ride away on the newest great bike. Moved to Yellowstone in November 2015 and other than my Hightower I got when I was back in Denver for Spring Break, I don't see the trend continuing.
1. Yellow Walmart Huffy (with training wheels and rescue heros helmet) 15"
2. Triax PK7 (this bike was the bee's knees, and then it got recalled for shattering frames. still pissed.)
3. Walmart Next Mako (all chrome, rusted quickly. it sucked.)
4. 1996 Cannondale H200
5. 2002 Fuji Sunfire
6. Giant Talon 1, 27.5
1. Age 12: English racer (Raleight?) 3-speed for Christmas. That bike got serious use riding around the Air Force bases where my father was stationed. Best Christmas present ever. It sparked an interest in cycling that is still going strong over 50 years later.
2. Age 19: Old school Motobecane bought new at Freewheelin' Bike Shop (RIP Frank Cook). That bike was solid for many, many years and miles. I didn't have a car on a regular basis until my late 20s; bike was my main transport.
3. Age 36: Rockhopper (early model). Didn't really get any off-road use; there were no trails close by. Bought when my ex's grad school loan check finally arrived. At some point in there I bought my first helmet.
4) The clock ticks on - Proflex 856
5) Clock still ticking on: Sweet Juliana Softtail (suspension seatpost). Love that bike and it's still in regular use by my stepdaughter.
6) Titus Racer X - built up from a used frame. Such a sweet bike! Pre disc brakes, though. Sold it when the 29er bug hit.
7) early Gary Fisher full suspension 29er. Bought used from a rental fleet. It died at Big Bend Ranch State Park when the chain stay snapped.
8)Motobecane Ti Fly Team. Awesome bike and now my daily driver in the city.
9) Salsa Spearfish: Built up from a new frame with parts bought off MTBR classifieds!
2) 87 Columbia Clipper - Brown
(I actually miss this bike, it was a tank! Probably why I want to get a Fat Bike now)
3) 3spd Adult Sears Trike (I mowed a little old lady's lawn for a summer to aquire it. If you've never rode one, I highly recommend it.)
4) Columbia 10spd Road Bike.
5) Mountain bike I bought from Sears around 1997.
6) 1999 GT Aggressor (stolen... to this day it was my favorite Mountain Bike)
7) Think of crappiest Diamondback full suspension bike Walmart sold in the early 2000s. (Glad I only paid $20 at a pawn shop, traded it 3 months later for Giant Sedona SE).
8) 1995 Giant Sedona SE (soon to be retired)
9) 2016 Huffy Torch 3.0 ( $17 after free gift cards, its an experiment while I save up for a Wyatt Driftless 2.0).
Theres a few more in there as well. There was a local trading post in my neighborhood where I grew up. I'd fix them up, sell them and then go back with one fixed up bike and trade it for two or three more clunkers.
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