R.I.P. - List your old bikes here! What did you start on? What bikes do you miss?

1) CW 24" BMX - with lightning bolt down tube - not paint, the tube was shaped like a lightning bolt!
2) '92 Klein Attitude - with custom paint by Curtlo - stolen from garage!
3) '96 Klein Attitude - 'Esmeralda' was SOOOO perfect!!! - given to a friend who needed a bike

 

1) 1995 Scott Tampico
2) 2001 Giant Hybrid (couldn't even remember the model, it was stolen near immediately)
3) 2008 Cannondale F7
4) 2008 Santa Cruz Superlight
5) 2007 Felt F1x
6) 2009 Yeti 575 carbon
7) 2009 GT Zaskar carbon Pro
8) 2010 Specialized Roubaix Expert
9) 2008 Orbea Alma 29

 

Here is my list of bikes, wish I had most of them back

Bmx:

Kuwahara racer (non E.T)
VDC Changa racer
GT pit bike
GT Pro Performer

Moutain bikes:

86 GT Timberline
Early 90's GT RTS 3
1998 Ibis Alibi
1998 Cannondale F1000 team colors
2001 Santa Cruz Superlight
2002 Giant NRS1
2002 Russ Denny Custom
2004 K2 Razorback
2004 Ventana Pantera x 2... I have had two of them at 2 different times and the only difference was the superlink.
2004 Salasa Bandito
2004 Foes FXR
2005 Ventana El Salt
2005 Redline Monocog... it had the old school 80's redline graphics on it. I miss it
2004 Giant XTC carbon
2005 Giant Trance frameset
2005 Giant Reign 1
2005 Giant Reign 3

Road Bikes:

2002 Look 386 full Ultegra, way toooo flexy
2004 Argon 18 Radon full 105, with AL Zipp 303's. (nobody believed me about the wheels, they had to call Zipp to verify this was true)
2004 Giant TCR frameset built full Record 10 with Scirocco wheels, unfortunately it was too small.
2006 Giant TCR Limited, had this bike until it was stolen out of my garage 2 years ago on my birthday, sons of bitches.
2011 Felt F95

All I see on this list is the money I spent and some very frivoulously. Oh well at least I had fun with them.

 

No name BMX
Ghetto Huffy
Ghetto Schwinn
01 Giant XtC SE1
03 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR XC (Gave to my brother)

 

Ah life on two wheels and using a bike as extension of my body.

First bike purple chopper RIP
Second bike Murray bmx RIP
Third bike Dyno freestyle RIP
Fourth bike fox racing RIP
Fifth a ripper bad ass freestyle bike RIP
Sixth bike Kuwarhara bad ass freestyle bike RIP

long pause USMC need I say more!!

Magna bike for Fathers Day RIP
Graduated to big bikes big speeds big air Haro X3 RIP
Motobecane D400 RIP
Haro 6.6

Currently riding:
Haro 6.6 2007
Iron Horse Yakuza Sohon Bucho 2007

 

Same here, I regret selling most of my bikes too. These were all once in my quiver and now reside in others' garages.

BMX:
Free Agent Limo
GT Pro XL
Robinson Ruckus
S&M Dirtbike
Standard Shaman

Road:
Trek 5200
Univega Modo Volare

MTB:
Trek 930
Mountain Cycle San Andreas
Cheetah Prowler
Santa Cruz Heckler
Santa Cruz Bullit
Soul Cycles Hooligan
Transition Covert

 

Schwinn-Stingray
Mongooseback
Schwinn Beachcruiser w/BMX KIT
Diamondback
Diamondback w/Gary Littlejohn Sidehack!(use to race that shit!)
Giant ATX 890
Specialized Epic:lol:

 

I can't remember them all but started on a Bridgestone MB1.
And the one I really regret selling, a GT Team RTS with all kind of trick parts.

 

I remember that frame! I had a pair of CW handlebars back in the day. They were really too tall for me, but I didn't care.

 

I had a Graco suspension bike back in the mid 70's. It had a 20' rear and a 22" front wheel. No-one sold a 22" tube. Wish I didn't throw it away.

 

1999 Raleigh M50 Hardtail.

Still got the frame. Now it's a SS with road tires and front disks and a baby seat.

 

Ya'll are going to laugh at me.... But this is the first bike I ever ridden on dirt;



Vertical XG9000!!!!!!! UnFFFF. 24" wheels. Single Pivot 1" rear travel. 3" front travel. Insanely heavy. Haters gunna hate...

I rode whiting ranch and peters canyon with this bike. I rode thise for around 3-4 months. Then I got this:



Got it stock but pretty much upgraded everything except for the fork. Great bike but the size was way too small for me. Cleared a lot of trails with this bike. This bike is what got me more serious with mountain biking. I miss it way more than the XG9000. I sold it complete for 140 (or was it 160?).

 

Well Ive been riding a bike since I was 3

1.Walmart 16in bmx bike
2.Haro BMX race bike
3.1999 Schwinn Moab 2
4.GT iDrive 5.0
5.Yeti ASR-5

My latest bike Ill have for a very very long time hahah!

 

I can't say I miss any of my old bikes... I'm happy with what I have now.

Aside from the bmx and T-bar three speed cruiser I had growing up, my first mountain bike was a GT Avalanche in '87. Seen here on the Gabrielino trail (ignore the fact that I'm not wearing a helmet!):






My first mountain bike race in 1988:





The GT is the only bike I ever sold. Took it to Costa Rica in 1994 where it lived as my ride to the beach for about 5 years, then I sold it to somebody from Cuba, where I'm pretty confident it still lives.

Next mountain bike was a custom-built Curtlo with an Action-Tec fork. I still have it at my parents' place and ride it when I visit them:

Norba Series, Big Bear 1990:



After that, in 2000 I had a Gary Fisher Sugar 1, which I keep down in Costa Rica and it's still my regular transport and ride when I'm there:



Now I have the Bionicon Edison which I rode today to the Mayor's PSA announcement and filming. It's still going strong with 11,900 miles on it. And a Supershuttle, which goes with me to Mammoth tonight!

 

Though I don't miss it much, here's my very first mountain bike, circa 1987:



This thing had some choice goodies - Deore XT brakes, Deore XT/Araya RM20 wheels, Suntour deraileurs, Answer TaperLite bar, Specialized Hardpack II 2.2" front tire, and the legendary Tioga Farmer John 1.95" rear tire.

 

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In to mountain biking.... Sports Chalet in house brand POS.... cheap heavy shot, seat the rubbed in all the wrong spots, gears that groaned and shifted when i pushed up hill. God i don't miss that bike...


As a kid, Huffy i think, big ass banana seat... God i was cool

 

1) Huffy Sonic 6 , 6 speed stick shift
2) 97 Gary Fisher Marlin, cantis, rigid steel, let my high school gf borrow it in college and it got stolen
3) 98 Fisher HooKooEKoo, still my main and only bike.

 

bikes

1) Trek 6500 Hardtail- the bike that started it all....
2) SC Heckler- still miss the heck out of this thing.
3) Intense 6.6- Worst bike EVER! Like an XC bike with nearly seven inches of travel. I kept it for 1 month. My Heckler put this bike to shame.
4) Turner RFX- My pride and joy. Was about to sell this thing but then came to my senses#-o Decided to try and "freshen" it up a lil instead. PUSH treatment coming soon...

 

1. Started biking with POS Huffy I borrowed from my brother-in-law.
2. 3 months later, bought Specialized Rock Hopper. (2004 which I crashed and nearly killed it and myself )
3. Year later, bought used Stumpjumper (2003)
4. Sold stumpjumper and got Titus Racer X (2007)
5. Tried bikedirect.com's motobecane 29er.(2010)
6. I liked the niner so I upgraded to Niner Air 9 frame, stan's crest, drivetrains and etc....(2011)
I ride both Racer X and Air9 now. Well, mostly air9.