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#1 · (Edited)
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)
 
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#51 ·
2 Trike - no suspencion tubeless wheels plastic muddy tesco crank and reverse gears :D
3 no suspencion bike- apex 4 stablisers 3 gears one worked pig iron frame construction
4- fs bike- red 2" front travel back didnt really work tubed tyres 5 gears
6- fs bike - blue hyper rust techonilgy tesco brand the suspencion smelt funny 5 gears
9- fs- black allways found it hard to pedal dad said tyres where fine they fell off =)
10- anouther cheap fs bike- 6 gears this time baby i was rocketing when i wasent going over bumps then the wheels turned buckled so bad it got stolen funny days....

became fat bad years lol

13-bike thingey wasent achually worth more than £100 and 14 gears yeuh
13.1- didnt like the bike took it back bought a mongoose rockeydale frame way to big for me
14- bought some up grades
15- still rideing my god its damaged but decide to get a xbox

15.3 - stopped getting fat got fit and sexy still rideing my good old mongoose

16- yup i should really get a nice bike now :D
 
#52 ·
1. Girls Schwinn green 20" coaster
2. Huffy BMX w. bananna seat, black
3. Schwinn Letour Tour, bronze
4. car for 6 years
5. Cannondale M800 Beast of the East, gloss black w. orange splatter
6. Stumpjumper, maroon, Deore DX
7. Stumpjumper M2FS, XT, Specialized carbon judy
8. Trek Y33 XTR/XT Judy long travel 3"
9 Blur 2003, XT, talus 125
 
#53 ·
Hand me down tricycle (I am the youngest) ~ 2 to 3 years old: learned how to pedal
Neighbors cruiser bike loaner: about 7 or 8 years old; learned how to bike 2 wheels.
Department Store easy rider with solid rear tire single speed: I lived in the country so I had done off road since, mainly fire road, and industrial type roads.
BMX: about 15 y/o to adulthood: considered my first "wheel" as I assembled it and bought the frame and parts out of my earnings
Cannondale M200 sort of. Rigid bike bought second hand from a re cycle bike shop.
Diamondback
Specialized Hardrock
Cannondale F300
Cannondale Jekyll 600 disc
Rocky mountain ETSX 50

Enjoying mountain biking...
 
#54 ·
This could take a while, mostly chronological...

Childhood:
- race inc bmx
- redline proline
- panda pro am
- champion
- schwinn predator
- GT performer
- MCS pro bmx
- Elf doublecross 24in bmx
- redline proline bmx
- Shimano skykomish mtb
- Scott chromoly mtb
- Torker 24in bmx

Adult bikes
- Marin bear mtn
- SC Chameleon (slalom)
- SC Heckler
- SC Chameleon (xc)
- Intense Uzzi SL
- Chameleon (2nd slalom)
- Da Bomb Sputnik urban rig
- Specialized enduro ht (setup as singlespeed)
- Surly 1x1
- Litespeed Pisgah
- SC heckler (new style, 5th element coil shock, AM build)
- SC Chameleon (xc build)
- On One Inbred SS
- SC heckler (AM build, dhx coil, etc)
- Surly 1x1 (basic build)
- SC Bullit (freeride/am build)
- Surly Instigator (am build)
- Specialized enduro ht (am build)
- Cove stiffee fr hardtail, urban rig
- SC Blur LT (am build)
- Rock Lobster road bike (lugged and brazed baby :D)
- Rock Lobster EBB SS, rigid
- Specialized Rockhopper Pro disc xc with custom build
- SE Racing Assassin 20in bmx bike (for nostalgia sake)


That should just about do it. I may be forgetting something in there but who cares, thats a lot of bikes and fun. Obviously there were some repeats in there. Some frames I tried in multiple sizes and build configurations. I am trying to settle down in my old age and spend more time riding / less time wrenching, buying, and selling :cool:
 
#55 ·
1. Huffy Timberwolf
2. Schwinn Powermatic Mag
3. Schwinn Frontier (This bike got me into the sport)
4. Fuji Gran Tourier
5.Schwinn Varsity
6. Cannondale Super V 700sx (I loved this bike so much, but I out grew it and sold it.)
7. Nishiki International (My first SS Conversion)

This weekend I am purchasing my first SS MTB and Im STOKED
 
#56 · (Edited)
I'll play

here is my list....

Starting around 1972
Iverson? 20"
Columbia 20"
various "dump" bikes cobbled together
Yamaha "moto bike"
1st real BMX bike 1981, Mongoose team
Raleigh Grand Prix (10 speed)
Redline PL20
GT BMX 20"(cant remember model)
GT BMX 24"
Redline PL24
1st mtbike 1984, used Ross (Tom Kellog hand built frame)
Ritchey Ascent
Motobecane road bike
GT team avalanche
Klein road bike (old used model)
Proflex 853
Raliegh Technium road bike
Cannondale beast of the east
Cannondale touring bike used for cyclocross
Bianchi Cross project (cyclocross)
Proflex 955
**Cannondale CAAD 3 road bike
Trek (steel hartail cant remember the model)
Litespeed Ocoee
Cannondale CAAD 3 mtn
**IF Deluxe
Cannondale cyclocross
Norco VPS1
**Cannondale MT4000 mountain tandem (technically I only own the front half)
Santacruz Superlight
Santacruz Heckler
Jamis (cant remeber the model) hardtail
Tomac 98 special (won in a raffle & immediatly sold)
**Fuji fixed gear track bike
Gary Fisher Cake
Surly Karate Monkey
Salsa Dos Niner
**On-One inbred 29er
**Waltworks 29er
**Giant TCR-c1 road bike
**Flyte cyclocross bike

** indicates that I still have the bike

Holy crap I've had a lot of bikes
 
#57 ·
Flying-O BMX bike - outgrew
Giant Awesome MTB (24" wheels) - outgrew
Schwinn (early Al bike) - broke
Schwinn Moab (steel) - warranty for above, outgrew
97 Specialized Stumpjumper (new) - broke
Monty X-Lite 221, 2000 (modified trials bike) - broke, reparied, broke, repaired, sold
Trek 760 SS road bike - gave away
Cove Stiffee FR - sold
Planet X Zebdi, steel prototype (stock trials bike) - broke
99 Specialized S-Works - broke (2005)
Brisa B26D (stock trials bike) - sold
Trek 760 SS road bike (different one), now geared
Diamondback BMX Cruiser - gave away
Salsa Ala Carte (2006)

I ride my bikes until they fall apart...
 
#59 ·
1974 Peugot kid racer with a Sturmey Archer 3-speed
1976 SUN brand kid racer with a 10-speed
1979 full size upright 10 speed, kind of an early hybrid
1983 Raleigh road bike of some kind, 10 speed. Really like it, so fast
1986 Orbit touring bike (stolen)
1994 Some Marin hybrid (stolen)
1996 Trek 730 ridden daily, still going strong
2006 SIR9 29er, waiting for the frame to arrive!
 
#61 ·
Starting with the green machine at 3 years old

The green machine.(wish they made these bigger for adults)
Mongoose bmx when they were good bikes. Uncle bought it for me.
Schwinn ten speed.
2001 Schwinn moab 1
2000 Rocky mountain spice.
Gary fisher Idrive 5.0
2004 Specialized Stumpjumper fsr
Jamis 2.0 ss
Kona manomano
kona caldera
Surly karate monkey ss
Gary fisher rig. ss
Redline monocog ss
2005 rocky mountain slayer
Trek 8500 racing bike hardtail
Salsa Dos Niner that got stolen.
2006 Yeti 575 Race that I still own and the best of all of them.
 
#62 ·
Here's mine:

-1984 Kuwahara Nova
-1987 Trek 830
-1989 Specialized Rockhopper Comp
-1994 Scott Comp CST
-1995 GT RTS-2
-1999 Azonic DS-1
-1998 GT Lobo Thermoplastic
-1998 Specialized FSR
-2000 Karpiel Disco Volante
-2002 Diamondback RM-24
-2004 Kona Hoss
-2004 Santa Cruz Bullit
-2005 Specialized Enduro Expert
-2005 Bianchi Giro

Of these I still have the Disco, the Hoss, the Specialized Enduro, the Bianchi, and the RTS-2 frame.

Oh, to think of all the money I could have saved if I had just taken the minute to THINK before purchasing some of these!!! But, it's all part of the fun.
 
#63 ·
1987 Huffy MTB of some sort. I don't remember much about it except that all the bmxer kids made fun of me for having such a huge bike.
1988 Sears road bike. Painted it florescent orange. Had drum brakes.
2000-2001 Giant ATX 850 (euro model) (quickly advanced beyond it's limits)
2001-2001 Giant NRS 1 (too small)
2002-2003 Cannondale Jekyll 800
2002-2004 Cannondale Scalpel 800
2003-2004 Cannondale F3000
2003-2006 Airborne Thunderbolt
2004-2006Airborne Liberator
2004-2004 Specialized FSR Expert (didn't last long, never got comfy on it)
2004-2006 Kona Kikapu (bought in 05 on sale and seriously modified)
2005 Redline Conquest Pro

Move a lot in the military, so I've sold a bunch of stuff I wish I hadn't, currently down to the Liberator, the Kona, and the Redline.
 
#64 ·
ROAD
Bridgestone 600 (year ?) -stolen
Giant Cadex (1991) -still have, works great


MTB
K2 4000 Proflex (1998) -unrideable front shocks and rear suspension linkage blown
Cannondale Prophet 800 (2006) -current

I also ride my wife's Specialized RockHopper hardtail from 1999.

I'm blown away by all the different bikes some of you have owned. I tend to ride the same rig until it falls apart (had been riding the K2 since 2000).
 
#65 · (Edited)
OK, I thought this was a silly thread, but then I made my own list and it was a fun time. Some bikes I had forgotten about completely.

-01- blue "Gator" bike [~1981 - 1983] (16" wheels)
-02- cheap generic chrome BMX bike [~1984 - 1990]
-03- my dads huffy 10-speed [~1988 - 1990]
-04- 1990 Giant Chinook [1990 - 1992] stolen!
-05- 1992 Giant Aquapulco [1992 - 1993] crashed to death
-06- 1993 Giant Iguana [1993 - 1999] eventually stolen
-07- 1995 GT Pantera [1995 - 1997] also stolen!
-08- 1972 Schwinn Colegate [~1995 - ~1998] rebuilt as a funky cruizer
-09- 1996 Giant CFR [1998 - 2000] upgraded nicely but shortly replaced
-10- 1997 GT Zaskar [1997-2003] built up frame, later converted to "hard core" bike
-11- 1996 Bianchi Grizzly [1998 - 2001] built up the frame as a city/winter bike
-12- 2000 Salsa Ala Carte [2000 - present] built up frame, now a SS
-13- 1993 Miyata Team Miyata [2000 - present] built up with newer parts, still my main road bike
-14- ~1991 Ross Mt. Hood [2000-present] the nasty weather commuter
-15- 1996 Barracuda A2V [2001 - 2006] singlespeeded
-16- 2002 Bruce Gordon BLT [2002 - present] took me from one coast to the other
-17- 2004 Titus Loco-Moto [2004-2005/6]
-18- 2006 Soulcraft Option 3 [2006 - present]
 
#68 ·
1. Black Huffy Python 16" wheels
2. Orange Huffy 20" wheels
3. 86 Diamondback bmx, with mags
4. Schwinn Sidewinder 21 speeds, 26"
5. 98 Dyno VFR
6. 99 Dyno Zone (still have)
7. 97 GT Mach 1
8. 00 Fuji Nevada, cannibalized into a race bike (still have)
9. Raleigh Technium road, pink and fixed (pissed that I sold)
10.01 Cannondale XR800 (16,000 miles and still ridden daily)
11. 02 Klein Attitude Race (sold to fund first car)
13. 02 Specialized Rockhopper, cannibalized into a race bike (still have)

I am almost 20 so that makes a little more than a bike every other year, I get team bikes this year so I am not too sure how many I will be adding but it looks promising.
 
#69 ·
  1. Huffy Dragster, not my first bike, but the first I can remember. My Mother tells me I T'boned the neighbor's car on it not too long after I got it since it was really too big for me Conveniently I don't remember that.
  2. Columbia BMX Bike, rode the heck out of that thing.
  3. Schwinn Tandem yellow tandem my sister and I rode around with, cool generator lights and all.
  4. Mongoose SuperGoose 24" wheels, so good that my Mother put some smooth tires on it and rode it for years when I was done with it.
  5. 1987 Cannondale SR400 Sold when I bought the F3000, now I wish I'd kept it.
  6. Mid 90's Gary Fisher Mt. Tam Polished frame, great for a month till I broke the frame. LBS gave me a credit towards the F3000.
  7. 1996 Cannondale F3000 Magic crank, XTR, Syncros Ti, Spinergy Rev X Rocks, all the good stuff. My Brother in law now has it but I have dibs on buying it back if he ever sells it.
  8. 2000 Cannondale F5000SL Another one I should have kept.
  9. Schwinn Tandem, yellow just like the one my sister and I rode as kids, bought it at a garage sale for $75, restored it with steel wool and degreaser, repacked all the bearings and rode it a couple of times and scared the crap out of my GF, sold it on eBay for $300.
  10. 2005 Cannondale Prophet 1000 Should have gone FS sooner.
  11. 2006 Cannondale R800 CAAD 8 Road. Down to 16 lb. doesn't resemble stock anymore.
 
#70 ·
Plim said:
Three bikes in childhood I don't remember
'85 Univega Nuovo Sport
'93 Bridgestone MB-6
'97 Voodoo Hoodoo
'98 Bianchi Volpe
'01 Santa Cruz Superlight
'04 Calfee Luna Pro
'05 Turner Flux
Wow, some similarities here:

197?? Big wheel, zat count?
197?? had two wheels, purple then rattle can painted orange
1979? KHS Duster BMX (Rode this gem to pick up Devo's Freedom of Coice album opening week)
1980's Scorpion BMX
1985 Univega Nuovo Sport, completely non-stock upon sale
1988 Nishiki Colorado (traded for a fishing pole and reel)
1992 Bridgestone MB-3 (gutted for the next bike)
1991? Klein Rascal (my sister has this)
1997 Bontrager Privateer Comp (stolen)
2003 Dean Scout (still have)
2002 On-One Inbred (sold for the next one)
1999? Dean Private (converted SS)
2006 Bianchi Volpe (commuter)

This does not even begin to describe the many projects that have come and gone in my brain :D
 
#72 ·
mine

I'm not really doing this because I think someone will actually read it, but more for my own amusement. These are bikes that I actually rode, not just fiddled around with.

1) Big Wheel!
2) blue trike
3) 1985? Western Flyer Dirt Duster
4) Murray Red Wing 24" wheel 10 speed
5) Murray something with suspension
6) 1995 Schwinn Moab S << first bike I purchased myself
7) 1999 Trek 7000 << current frame, broken
8) Nuke Proof "Prime" frankenbike later turned SS << current frame
9) 198? Schwinn Sprint 12
10) 1987? Schwinn Super Sport later turned fixie <<current
11) 2001? Monty Alp 219
12) 2003 KHS Flite 2000 <<Current
13) 1972 Schwinn Varsity converted to crappy SS Cross bike project, broke on first ride
14) 1995ish Redline BMX
15) GT Borrego frame converted to SS commuter for school
16) 2004 Santa Cruz Blur
17) 2006 Cove Handjob << Current
18) 2006 Kona Explosif 2-9, broke within a month.
19) 2006 Voodoo Dambala 29 <<Current
20) early '90s Giant Allegro 14 speed
21)

That should be everything up to now? Still want to get a trials bike again.
 
#73 ·
Ok
1.Giant Iguana - 2002
2. Rocky Moutain Carve - 2002
3. Giant Iguana- broke the old one, got new frame from giant, made it single)-2003
4.Redline DJ - 2002- this was a bomber cromo DJ bike
5. Giant NRS 1- 2003
6. Redline Monocog - custom painted pink, it was sick bird!
7. Giant TCR 2 - 2005
8. Kona Kula Primo - 2006

Not that many bikes, but I am not even eighteen so...
 
#75 ·
More bikes

Little red fire engine (not a bike, but the first set of wheels I remember)
Bright orange banana seat bike
A few 10/12 speed bikes before I regained my senses and got back to the dirt.

Then there are the bike I bought or built up

1996 - Kulahara Mesa
1998 - Diamondback Ascent
2000 - Kona Hardtail (name ???, but white paint with color speckles throughout)
2000 - Specialized HardRock
2001 - Stinky Dee-Lux
2002 - Ellsworth Joker
2002 - Giant NRS
2002 - Airbomb Nukeproof Hardtail
2004 - Ellsworth Joker
2004 - Specialized BigHit DH
2005 - Giant Reign
2005 - Giant Trance
2005 - Iron Horse 7 Point 7 (frame too large)
2005 - Santa Cruz VP-Free
2005 - Iron Horse 7 Point 5
2005 - Iron Horse MK III Expert (current XC/AM ride)
2006 - Santa Cruz Nomad (current AM/Freeride bike)

You may notice that I now like the virtual pivot type bikes. For the record the Iron 7 Point bikes are the best Freeride bikes I have been on. They pedal expeptionally well, soak up all the bumps, mine was just too heavy as I had it setup with a full on DH/Freeride build, it was cheaper and easier to look for another frame rather than to try to drop the weight on the 7 Point and still keep it slack and plush.

The VP-Free is an excellent park bike, but you don't want to be pedalling it too far. The Nomad is close to the 7 Point bikes in terms of pedalling and taking the bumps, but I was able to drop a good 4 lbs with pretty much the same component build. The build I have on my Nomad puts it around 37-38 lbs, it is still pretty heavy but perfect for what I ride. I also have second set of wheels/tires that drop it to around 34-35, should I want that epic all day singletrack, techincal XC ride.

That's my ride list. I reckon that the Nomad and the MK III will remaing as the current rides, as I can't image any other bikes working better for the type of riding I like to do.

Cheers

Jeff
 
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