My Turner DHR, but since I stopped racing DH on it I really could not justify keeping it. Lovely bike though.
Bikes You Wish You Still Had:
- Thread starter BurlyShirley
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I just eBayed my Hutch Trick Star that I bought in '86. I don't really miss it though. I kinda wish I still had my Hutch Pro Racer though.
I have no found memories of my prior MTBs. The current ride is so much better than all of them.
I have no found memories of my prior MTBs. The current ride is so much better than all of them.
my Redline Proline...sold it to put a downpayment on my 1st car at 16...what a waste of $$ that turned out to be.
I regeret selling almost all my bikes but the ones I miss the most are...
82 Torker BMX Pro Model. My first real BMX bike. I rode that sucker into high school until I sold it for money to take chicks out. I should have known better... bikes last longer and are more faithful than chicks.
85 Schwinn cruiser. Eventually stolen.
94-ish GT - It was a steel frame, but not one of the cheapy ones. I forget the name but that bike was one of the best feeling bikes I ever rode. I put more miles on that frame than any other frame I have owned since. I later tried to recapture that feeling by buying a Zaskar. Ack! Worst frame I ever purchased. Dang thing just about made me quit mountain biking I hated riding it so much. Like Burley Shirley I am now on the hunt for an awsome steel XC bike again.
02 DH9 - A size medium it was too big for me, but now that I want one again and can't find one I'll take the medium.
82 Torker BMX Pro Model. My first real BMX bike. I rode that sucker into high school until I sold it for money to take chicks out. I should have known better... bikes last longer and are more faithful than chicks.
85 Schwinn cruiser. Eventually stolen.
94-ish GT - It was a steel frame, but not one of the cheapy ones. I forget the name but that bike was one of the best feeling bikes I ever rode. I put more miles on that frame than any other frame I have owned since. I later tried to recapture that feeling by buying a Zaskar. Ack! Worst frame I ever purchased. Dang thing just about made me quit mountain biking I hated riding it so much. Like Burley Shirley I am now on the hunt for an awsome steel XC bike again.
02 DH9 - A size medium it was too big for me, but now that I want one again and can't find one I'll take the medium.
I wonder if that's because, 1) Steel does give an awsome ride, and 2) we miss those early days of MTBing... days when there were no land access issues, when you were lucky to see another person on your favorite trail, and you had to explain to people what that contraption you're riding was. I miss those days.Echo said:
Cool thread. I went through a bunch of BMX and freestyle bikes in the 80's and wish I had any one of them...kuwahara, torker, haro, gt, redline and dynos. I really wish I still had the last dyno I owned, a full pimp freestyle rig that I sold for way too little. I would probably almost never ride it but I would still like to have it.
i wish i still had my performer.
I miss my '98 Specialized FSR pro. I had all the Mountain speed updgrades (bearing kit, disc brake adapter, 6" swing link and shock) I used that thing for everything and loved it. I sold it so I could my first DH bike, which turned out to be a mistake.
85' Hutch Hollywood and my 98' Gary Fisher Pro-caliber
My first bike.
1992 Giant ATX-760.
Cromoly rigid goodness.
1992 Giant ATX-760.
Cromoly rigid goodness.
I miss my Bullet. That was the only bike I spec'ed from scratch and didn't skimp. It was the perfect freeride bike. My IH is a lot like it in many ways, but that bike was perfect.
That is almost like the Kuwahara I have in the garage, but I don't have three piece cranks, and it has a torker fork.McGRP01 said:1983 Kuwahara Laser Lite
I don't know the years of these but here goes.
Early 80's Diamond Back Super Viper....Stolen
Must have been 85 Hutch Pro Racer.
Red Line RL22
Haro Master
Of all of those the only old school BMX I have left is a mongoose Decade Pro. Which I don't hold any fond memories of. The only thing good about it is that it was stolen and we chased the kid down and threw him in a new home foundation.
I also had a Trek 8000 that I wish I still had to make into a SS.
Early 80's Diamond Back Super Viper....Stolen
Must have been 85 Hutch Pro Racer.
Red Line RL22
Haro Master
Of all of those the only old school BMX I have left is a mongoose Decade Pro. Which I don't hold any fond memories of. The only thing good about it is that it was stolen and we chased the kid down and threw him in a new home foundation.
I also had a Trek 8000 that I wish I still had to make into a SS.
2 Bikes:
I wish I still had my 1998 Specialized FSR Elite. Jerk broke into my camper shell...this was back in 2000 or so. It was my first "real" bike.
Second. I still wish I had my 2006 Specialized Enduro Expert. I sold to fund a trip to Norway and Sweden. No regrets at all..I mean you can't pass up an opportunity to spend a month there. Sometimes though, I wish I had sold something else for that trip. Like my body or something.
I wish I still had my 1998 Specialized FSR Elite. Jerk broke into my camper shell...this was back in 2000 or so. It was my first "real" bike.
Second. I still wish I had my 2006 Specialized Enduro Expert. I sold to fund a trip to Norway and Sweden. No regrets at all..I mean you can't pass up an opportunity to spend a month there. Sometimes though, I wish I had sold something else for that trip. Like my body or something.
Well... to buck this trend, I do still have my old BMX bike from 1982. A highly modded out Schwinn Predator (only the frame is original) with a lot of trick parts. While I cannot bare to part with it, I also cannot ride it. The top tube is way too small for me now. I replaced it with a newer BMX bike with modern geometry and it rides so much better.OGRipper said:
Craw, that sucks about the enduro, my friend has one, and man are they nice..i also miss my gt pwoer series, i bent the bb and the headset and eveyrthing else..damn she was sexy.
No it doesn't. He got to spend a month in Norway & Sweden.habitatxskate said:
Nordic girls............
I've replaced everyone of my bikes for a reason. There isn't one of them that I would ride on a regular basis over my current bike. It would be nice to have my 1990 Salsa ala carte though for a ride around bike.
My Schwinn XS Pro Stock-1 BMX bike. My parents sold the whole thing with SPIN Carbon wheels and tons of other annodized parts on the bike to match the frame for $50.
My 2005 Santa Cruz Heckler. Loved that thing.
My 2005 Santa Cruz Heckler. Loved that thing.
i did nortic girls in google..may not be them, but good enough for me.
Amateur...... :nonono:habitatxskate said:
Miss my 2001 M1 that I sold last summer. It broke two seat stays and the un-availability of the part made it impractical to keep it around. That was also my first full suspension bike. It sure would be nice to have that thing back...
Also miss my '83 GPZ550. I just found all the reg papers and everything.
Also miss my '83 GPZ550. I just found all the reg papers and everything.
I wish i still had the following 4 bikes, if only because the frames and builds were so eclectic
My 3 Nevils (road, cross and XC)- The XC bike had a Campy/Suntour mix and aruga carbon fiber Manitou 2 stanchions!
My EWR mod bike.
I wish I still had a Spooky Darkside or two kicking around for nostalgia's sake. The one I sold in '98 was rad. It had a proto White Bros fork, TNT cranks, Paul ft and rear deraileurs, and full Ringle build kit (from the Slamma Jamma headset to the anodized cages)
It was black frame/red ano parts and grey fork. Hell even the rim were red ano cr17a's with the good ceramic coating.
Between Spooky and Sinister I had a custom IF deluxe frame I still had, only because of the paint job though. I also miss the Yo Eddy I had in 2001. It was a NOS '97 and that awesome Fat red color...
I've made sure not to get rid of my '95 Rithchey road logic. In the last 11 years I've probally NOT ridden it about a 100 days...
My 3 Nevils (road, cross and XC)- The XC bike had a Campy/Suntour mix and aruga carbon fiber Manitou 2 stanchions!
My EWR mod bike.
I wish I still had a Spooky Darkside or two kicking around for nostalgia's sake. The one I sold in '98 was rad. It had a proto White Bros fork, TNT cranks, Paul ft and rear deraileurs, and full Ringle build kit (from the Slamma Jamma headset to the anodized cages)
It was black frame/red ano parts and grey fork. Hell even the rim were red ano cr17a's with the good ceramic coating.
Between Spooky and Sinister I had a custom IF deluxe frame I still had, only because of the paint job though. I also miss the Yo Eddy I had in 2001. It was a NOS '97 and that awesome Fat red color...
I've made sure not to get rid of my '95 Rithchey road logic. In the last 11 years I've probally NOT ridden it about a 100 days...
SuspectDevice said:
Had the Mountainspeed link and disc upgrade kit as well. It was sweet.
i never heard of that before..though its bound to happen sometime
1997 Jamis Dakar Pro (Easton Ultralight). Best handling bike I ever owned. Sold it for 1k about 5 years ago.
i've never wished i had any bike i used to have...i finally sold my ted because while i loved that bike and rode it a ton, the enduro was a better bike in all regards. i wish my spooky hadn't broken after 9 months of use, but what can you do? same w/ my DHi; that was a good riding bike, but there are a ton of good riding bikes, and they typically get better. no sense in riding a 10 year old bike unless you are trying to make some sort of statement.
uh...or unless you just like riding it and dont feel like you need to buy a new one.narlus said:
show me a bike from '95 which is the equal of a current ride.
i'm not saying that you should get a new bike every year or two, but things do have a definite life cycle.
i'm not saying that you should get a new bike every year or two, but things do have a definite life cycle.
Im just saying that if you have a bike that you like that lasts and you're happy with it, why spend money?narlus said:
I have two from 98 that are pretty damn good.narlus said:
Specialized Stumpjumper
DMR Trailstar
Basic geometry hasn't changed much since 98 and if 100mm travel works for you some of those bikes are fine.
true. good philosophy for a car, too.
most frames/forks won't last that long though, and amenities like the ability to use disk brakes would move me away from using antiquated equipment.
our friend on the NC trip who had v brakes was the most miserable on the wet, rocky, muddy descents.
most frames/forks won't last that long though, and amenities like the ability to use disk brakes would move me away from using antiquated equipment.
our friend on the NC trip who had v brakes was the most miserable on the wet, rocky, muddy descents.
I still ride a road frame from '95 out of choice. Newer road bikes are certainly no better except in the weight department. BTW Narlus I will tease you with pictures of your new road bike later....
yeah, road bikes are a different beast. DH bikes would be on the opposite end of that spectrum; imagine trying to ride a DH bike of '95 vintage?
There are plenty of bikes that are more than ten years old that would be a kick to ride for some purposes - old cruisers, vintage BMX and MTB, etc. And lots of people love riding their old MTB's as single speeds. But for full suspension or a high performance road bike, no thanks.
Certainly there have been advances, more in some areas than others. DH bikes have changed a hell of a lot since 95. And there is no doubt that the componentry has improved also.narlus said:
Given a choice between a ten year old bike and a modern one there really is no contest, but there were some good hardtails back then.
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