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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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#152 ·
Bikes I have owned

1. Huffy bike bought from AAFES in Guam (8 years old).
2. Huffy Strider 10 Speed (Kmart special).
3. Huffy 18 speed mountain bike (AAFES in Korea)
4. Roadmaster 18 speed mountain bike (Walmart)
5. Mongoose XR75 21 speed (Walmart)

Then I got visited by the ghost of Walmart bikes past, present, and future after I got my shoulder separated on the Mongoose after a slideout and then I bought a:

6. 2006 Specialized Hardrock Sport.
 
#153 ·
Could be worse addictions!

Tricycle
Schwinn banana seat bike with shifter
A couple of home made used-pieced together-mutts
Raleigh Record (white with orange panels, looked great) - stolen 1976 - bastards
Schwinn LaTour

Motorcycles took over…

Earth Cruiser - 1979-80
Ross Mt. Hood 1980-1?
Fat Chance Kicker 1982
Columbine MTB*1984? (worst fitting bike I ever had made)
Wicked Fat Chance - ran over by car - mine :madman:
Wicked Fat Chance - replacement
Manits Valkyeri* (favorite 26" MTB)
Ibis ti Mojo
Ibis up-tube tandem w/4 color fade paint*
Cannondale early dual suspension - forget model
Monolith*
Trek OCLV road bike
Mantis ProFloater - broke in half:mad:
Calfee Tetra-Pro
Lightning P-38 (it was a phase)
Bruce Gordon Rock & Road
Rhygin cycles MTB w/ S&S couplers* (now my sons)
Seven Cycles Teres
Ellsworth Truth
Turner 02
Phil Wood kiss-off (steel)
Seven Sola 29er used
Seven Cycles Tsunami
Rivendell Allrounder*
Phil Wood Piss-off Ti*
Calfee Dragonfly
Gunner Street Dog fixie* (fun change of pace)
Vanilla road bike* (favorite road bike)
Steve Potts 29er
Kirk Montana road bike* (now my other sons)
Jeff Jones 29er* (favorite MTB ever)
Pugsley* (a ton of fun!)
Funk LaRuta 29er*
Vanilla "fish bike"* (favorite bike)
Kelly (close out cross/bad weather bike.)*
Moots rigid, S&S, Rohloff 29er*
Kirk travel road bike* (Italy, here I come this summer)
Ahearne 29er singlespeed* (close 2nd favorite MTB)
Parlee Z1* (fastest although that is not saying much with me onboard);)
Municycle (kids xmas present to me, I have no idea how to ride it):confused:

*still have these

May have missed one or two. Only have one in the distant pipeline so this will be it for a while...:D
 
#154 ·
I like this thread. Brings back some great memories. Well here it goes,

'77 black "big wheel" (first iteration of a 29er):thumbsup:
'78 red Schwinn
'80 black Huffy.
'84 Diamondback bmx, not sure of the model
'86 Redline bmw
'91 Raliegh mtb, aluminum frame. pain.
'92 Bridgestone MB-2

long time off for partying, etc

'03 Caloi softail. cheap bike to see if I still liked riding.
yes Bob, I still do.
'03 Titus custom FCR Ti with 4" of suspension.
'04 Ventana El Saltamontes
'05 Salsa Dos Niner
'06 Niner SIR 9
'07 Ventana El Padrino

I like the progression...
 
#156 ·
1974 Yellow Banana seat bike
197? Purple banana seat bike
1980 Mongoose
1980ish Schwinn Varsity 10 speed
1984 Fuji 12 speed
1984 Diamondback Silver Streak
1985 Diamondback Silver Streak
1985 Diamondback Leary Turbo
1986 GT Pro Series built myself
1986 GT 24" cruiser built myself
1986 MCS chrome 20" custom build
1986 MCS chrome cruiser custom build
1988 MCS chrome 20
1988 MCS chrome cruiser
1989 MCS blue 20"
1989 MCS blue cruiser
1989MCS white 20"
1989 MCS white cruiser
1990 MCS white 20
1990 MCS white cruiser
1992 MCS blue 20"
1992 MCS blue cruiser
1995 Another MCS cruiser and 20"
1992 Diamondback road bike
1995 Specialized Stump Jumper
1997 Spwcialized S Works
2006 Giant Rein 1
2006 Giant XTC (building now)
 
#158 ·
BMX moto bike with front and back suspension (1976)
nishiki ten speed
another ten speed
full race mongoose team BMX
beach cruiser
Cannodale M500
45 dollar Target full suspension
Zieg Lam whopping 3 inches of travel
Kona Stinky
Specialized Big Hit
Azonic Recoil
Azonic Saber
Azonic Gravity
Intense M-3
 
#159 ·
1. Schwinn metallic blue banana seat
2. Sears BMX red
3. Ross Girls bike banana seat
4. Schwinn Beach Cruiser all original parts
5. Peugot 10 speed way to big for me. Seat post slammed all the way down.
6. 1993 GT Timberline green all rigid, gel grips,gel seat, Specialized Ground Controls
7. Team RTS, Noleen shock(maybe 2.5 inches) Grafton cranks, Mag 21 SL, all anodized blue parts.
8. Team LTS, Judy SL
9. Team LTS the one with the coilover
10. Litespeed Ocoee F/S
11. Specialized Stumpjumper M2 (grey)w/Spins
12. Tomasso SL tubing
13. Outland VPP Marzocchi Z1
14. Outland VPP DH, Foes Fork
15. Yeti Straight 6
16. Cortina DH
17. Intense M1 SL (yellow)
18. Sunn Radical Plus
19. Kona King Kikapu
20. Kona Hot 853 steel
21. Intense M1 SL (polished)
22. WTB hardtail Ritchey dropouts
23. Lemond Zurich
24. Schwinn straight 6
25. GT Zaskar LE
26. Standard 24" 125 (BMX Cruiser)
27. Turner DHR Double top tube
28. Turner 6 pack
29. Badd 24" Cruiser
30. Specilized Stumpjumper M2 (blue)
31. Turner DHR Turner Honda Team model
 
#160 ·
1. 16" bmx made by "bmx"
2. 20" randoor (stolen)
3. 20" kent 5 spd
4. 92 24" schwinn sidewinder
5. 93 26" trek 800
6. 95 mongoose switchback
7. 97 trek 6000 hardtail (stolen)
8. bianch bmx of some sort (freewheel broke, not sure what i did with it)
9. 95 Raliegh m80 hardtail
10. 97 klein mantra race
11. 03 santa cruz superlight
12. 04 bianchi SASS
13. 06 giant faith 3 (still have)
14. 05 santa cruz blur
15. 03 bianchi buss (still have)
16. 05 trek fuel ex9 (still have)
17. 07 Free Agent Hellcat 24 (still have just bought last weekend)
 
#161 ·
Of all the bikes I've had before.....

- Sears - Convertable [removeable top tube] - 20" wheels - purple - cottered cranks [liked to fall apart] - 1973?

- Sears - 24" wheels - coaster brake - hideous greenish yellow paint - learned how not to true a wheel - 1976?

- Schwinn "Le Tour" - 27" wheels - 10 speeds - real aluminum rims - 1978?

- Univega - ? - some kind of road bike - grey - 12 speeds - 700c wheels - 1985?

- Raleigh - "Cross Country" - maroon - cruiser / mountain bike - 10 speeds - side pull brakes - knock off of an early Joe breezer design - 1985?

- Specialized Rock Hopper - navy blue - 18 speeds - bio pace chain rings! - hite rite seat adjuster! - 1987

- Specialized - "Cross Road" - white- hybrid, set up with specialized BB-1 copies of the original dirt drop handle bar - never could get those things high enough - 700 x 45mm panaracer smokes [at one point] - 1991

- Schwinn - "Cross Cut" - Red - frame seemed stouter than the "Cross Road", limited tire choices. Fairly stout tho. - 1994

- Supergo - "Access" - mountain bike - blue - manitou SRX fork, LX components - 2001

- Kona - "Major Jake" - cyclo cross bike. Great bike! Too small. - 2003

- Redline - Conquest Pro - cyclo cross bike. Better fit, harsh ride. - 2004

- Gary Fisher - Mount Tam 29er - ahh, very comfy and confidence inspiring mtn bike. BB too low. Took it to Moab, very happy with how it worked - 2005.

- Soma - "Double Cross" - cyclo cross bike - good fit with frame, had S & S couplers inserted - hope to take it traveling - 2006.

- Soma - "Juice" - 29er. Great fit, good bb hgt, Titec licensed H-bars - 2006. Now if I could just get the hang of the horizontal drop outs!.

People keep saying there is no perfect bike, now if I could just believe that!

:madman:
 
#162 ·
I added another bike to the collection this week and got to cross one of the "want / need" list to boot. She looks rather odd mixed in with all the modern bikes I have sitting in the shop and I suppose some of those bikes are getting a little jealous.



It's a 1933 CCM men's coaster bike... the bearings and hubs have all been serviced and now all that's left is the restoration of the paint to it's original colours.

All the original parts were intact save for the seat (but I found a decent Brooks saddle) and despite her scruffy appearance, she's a still a great ride at 74 years of age.
 
#163 ·
Green Machine....

I see some people had a Big Wheel (pedal front wheel and steer with front wheel until plastic wheels get flat spots), but did anyone else have a Green Machine (pedal front wheel and use two 'control arms' to swivel rear wheels in order to steer..it was P.I.M.P.)!?!?!

Big Wheel
Green Machine
POS Huffy BMX Bike that I 'tricked out' with parts from Target
Mongoose Californian (SWEET).....never could afford the Uni seat.....
Some no name 10 speed bike that was abondoned at my apt. complex in college

Years without a bike during college/drinking/a$$ chasing years......

Raleigh M60 (30-31 years of age...sold to friend at 1/2 price)
2002 Gary Fisher Suger 3+ (31-32 years of age...sold to same friend above at 1/2 price)
Santa Cruz Blur (original) (32-33 years of age...sold on mtbr.com to guy in Iowa)
2006 Ventana El Salt (33 years of age.............)
2006 Lemond Alp D Huez (34 years of age.........)

Wish List: Ventana El Rey or El Cap.........

Wife:
2003 Specialized Hard Rock
2007 Trek 4200 SL
 
#164 ·
even though some folks think i'm going back to the time before tires, here goes:

no-name 16" cruiser, blue w/ travel stickers all over it (i'm not counting the tricycle that preceded it)
schwinn stingray, green/white, shoulda kept
huffy p.o.s. 3-sp cruiser, dark purple, possessed
schwinn 10-sp, bought after riding it as a loaner on a weeklong bike trip south of Indy, loaned to buddy after buying first car, gave up on bikes for a few years when buddy paid me for the bike 'cause stolen/stripped
murray complete p.o.s. 10-sp (26" skinnies!), damn near gave away to get rid of
garage sale p.o.s. 12-sp w/ exercise bike saddle on it, rode it about 6 times before dumpstering it
murray cruiser from wally, gave to bro-in-law after he dubbed it "the handicapped bike"
huffy rigid that actually served its purpose before the frame fatigued and broke
mongoose fs that my sister finally broke after i gave it to her
pacific ht i still have, built up as a "ghetto cruiser"
motobecane xb4 p.o.s. (khs fxt clone), broke frame in two places while commuting
weyless sp, currently down for new paint
jamis dakar xlt, new

there was "the dark time" in the middle, between the 1st murray & the garage sale bike, about 10 years, when i was stupidly wrapped up in cars. never should have hung up the 1st schwinn 10sp....
 
#165 ·
1.) Red sears bike w/ banana seat.......hand-me-down from my sisters
2.) Huffy BMX Bike......can't remember which model, but it was black with gold trim
3.) Diamond Back Silver Streak BMX
4.) Redline (PL 20?)........white w/ cool skyway mags!
5.) GT Pro Perfromer
6.) Trek 6000......my first mountain bike! I ended up putting one of the original Trek shocks on it!
7.) Mongoose IBOC
8.) KHS (can't remember the model) w/ Rock Shox Judy XC
9.) Klein Pulse
10.) Yeti ARC
11.) Intense Tracer
12.) Santa Cruz Blur
13.) Yeti 575 (current ride)
 
#166 ·
1974: Pinokyo: a foldable Turkish bike

1996: Diamondback Topanga: didn't use much, a friend who has been borrowing it dumped it :(

2002: Gary Fisher Tassajara: started real mountain biking with, now converted to a commuter

2006: Titus Eleven in SS form: the real thing! :)

Ali
 
#167 · (Edited)
Here goes... I'm being constantly heckled for having this many while still in college.

Had:
one or two I can't remember
90's cheapo 24" Schwinn mtb

Currently have:
mid 80's Raleigh Technium mtb (going to get rid of it for cheap after getting a bb stuck in it - check the classifieds soon)
2005 Gary Fisher Piranha
1980 Raleigh Supercourse
2005 SE Racing B.M. Flyer (29er SS)
1973 Raleigh Competiton (this has mostly Suntour Superbe components, with a cool two-tone paint job by Matt Assenmacher)
 
#168 ·
93 GT Avalanche... remember the steel one with the cow paint job? I wish I had a picture of the 'ol mountain cow.
95 Bontrager Race Lite... got ripped off :madmax: :madmax: :madmax: :madmax:
2001 GT Avalance
2001, Giant carbon hardtail... I can't remember the actual name other than I enjoyed it. A good friend let me borrow it for an extended period of time.
2004 Curtlo Advanced Mountaineer.
 
#170 ·
Let's see if I can remember. I remembered some that I had forgotten about as I read this thread. Dates are approximate.

1970: Schwinn Stingray. I had a few of these as I kept breaking them and they kept replacing them.
1975: BMX bike. I can't remember the brand, but it had a top tube that was almost a straight line from the head tube to the rear axle. The seat tube stuck up to far and I cracked it there, but the local metal shop teacher welded it for me.
1977: Schwinn ten speed with 24" wheels.
1980: Robinson BMX bike.
1982: Cheap Bianchi roadbike.
1984: Old vintage cruiser. I trashed it, but it's still in my parents shed, so sometime I need to collect it and restore it.
1988: Diamond Back Apex. My first mountain bike.
1993: Schwinn Paramount. This was way too flexible for me, but I bought it mostly for parts.
1993: Alpinestar Full suspension. This got all the parts off the paramount. I went from rigid to full without ever trying front suspension. This bike had the option of different rear triangle parts so you could race xc or dh with it. I abused it for a few years and the bushings got very sloppy. It finally died in a head-on crash with a jeep on a fireroad. Fortunately I was fine.
1998: Supergo Access. This got all the parts off the Alpinestars and was converted to SS.
1998: Intense Tracer. This was a new bike and was awesome, but I found that the SS was more fun on the local trails and only used the Tracer when I thought it was warranted.
2000: Vitus roadbike. This was pieced together via a couple of friends old parts.
2001: Cannondale CAAD 4. This was my first good roadbike. It was awesome.
2004: Cannondale Optimo. This replaced the CAAD 4 frame, which was getting old, and it got mostly old parts.
2005: Gary Fisher Rig. This was my introduction to 29ers. I loved it.
2006: Vulture. This replaced the Rig, but got mostly new parts.

Hmm, 16. Not too bad.

~R
 
#171 ·
My list

Compared to many of the posters, my list is pretty short. As with most, I don't remember the childhood bikes, but here are the ones I remember since picking up mountain biking in 1993.

93 Cannondale M700
95 Klein Rascal
96 Trek Y-33
96 Manitou System DH (still have)
01 Iron Horse G-Spot
01 Schwinn Straight 6
02 Foes Fly
03 Intense Spider
03 Titus Quasimoto
03 Titus Quasimoto DH
05 Titus Moto-lite (still have)
05 Seven Sola Ti (still have)
06 Ellsworth Moment (still have)
06 Ellsworth Rogue (still have)
06 Gunnar Ruffian 29er SS (waiting to be built up)

and 2 road bikes:

05 Orbea Lobular (still have)
05 Orbea Aletta Tri (still have)
 
#174 ·
Dude what a cool thread!

1. huffy still got it in the basement!
2.Western Auto FreedomIII psuedofreestule bike which I later turned into a steamroller
3.Diamondback Sorrento- my first forray into mountainbiking I later slapped a softride stem with almost 2 inches of travel for the "DH" runs
4. specialized stumpjumper 96 my first "quality" bike
5.KHS it was shiny
6.Specialized m4 FSR all zooted up still got it its a loaner bike now anyone wanna buy it?
7.Litespeed Toccoa still got that one! This marks my enrty into the brand whore realm I guess fun hardtail but I'm no racer
8.Ellsworth Id 02 nice long travel bike to substitute my FSR. The litespeed was more fun than the FSR.
9.Ellsworth Dare 02 I still can't ride this thing anywhere close to its limits. I call it my barco bike cuz its laid back like the barko lounger weighs as much as one too. One ellsworth which i'll hang onto.
10.Ellsworth Moment traded my squirrely, too tall Id in for this one then had problems with swarf destroying my bb threads. Gonna fix it, sell it, and buy something else.
 
#176 · (Edited)
1960- I went to the neighbor's house and gave them $1 for this tiny bike. I broke the frame about three years later.
1965- A gold Stingray with a slick.
1966- Brazed a gear onto a three speed hub. Made my first mountain bike. Proceeded to ride it on trails.
1967- Mercier ten speed. Plum color. Huret crappy derailleurs. The beginning of my road riding. Oh, 69 dollars new.
1969- Italvega Super Speciale (Wow! All Campi.) Sew ups. I began road riding on the San Francisco penninsula. Every day for years I road up Old La Honda or Page Mill or Kings Mt. Road and then along Skyline and swooping down home. Met Jobst Brandt. Tom Ritchey. Not many bikers back then.
1985- 1983 Diamondback Ridgerunner. Started hitting trails in Palo Alto and Los Alto hills, and Mount Tam.
1988- Broke the Ridgerunner frame. Got a Diamondback Apex.
2001 Giant NRS Air
2002 Giant NRS Air
2003 Giant NRS Air
2007 Ibis Mojo carbon fiber. Just got it two days ago. Holy Cow!

There was a unicycle in there too. I actually road Page Mill on that thing. I also commuted to school on it for years, in the late 60's.
 
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