ah the memories....

[KD1569]

Seeing those Pits pictures brings back some fond memories...here's a good idea for a thread....


Anyone remeber:

-Purple Anodized parts?
-Truning the volume up during Dangerous Dan's segment in Cranked I?
-Bill Bower's Speed Shop at the base of Whitetail??
-Trail 6 @ Whitetail??
-Orange/Green Stinkys with massive 5 inches of travel?
-Palmer
-The Girvin suspension line??
-Specailized's, Cannondale's , Mongoose's, Everybody's DownHill
Race Teams??

keep it going....

KD1569
Cyclist
Old

[DamienC]

ZZYZX forks yo. :D

[wood-dog]

rock shock mag 20's
bullseye cranks and hubs
cook bros racing
atac stems
brooklin snot rocket v-brakes
GT RTS with a whooping 2 inches of travel via noleen nitro charged shock

[dhbuilder]

1990 yeti fro/black.

with the real yeti fork.(not that answer knock off)
and the f.t.w. stem.

stupidest thing i ever did was sell that bike.

[skatetokil]

i peed on zzyzx while driving to bootleg canyon.

and then i found five dollars.

[mud'n'sweat]

'91 Trek 8700 ZX Carbon/Aluminum

*the half aluminum half carbon frame before they figured out OCLV and that they had the carbon in ALL of the wrong places.

[BIRDMAN111]

from they days you talk about i only remember the first bike i had without training wheels. it was a ridged red schwinn with a green lizard on the side of it. all i can say is that is was bad a$$.

[brungeman]

thumb shifters (with indexing!!!!!)
cattle horn bar ends
140mm stems
1"threaded steertubes

[jdschall]

Slingshots - you know the bike with the steel cable instead of a downtube. Those were off the hizzle.

[sammi_davis]

Allsop suspension stems
Onza elastomer clip in pedals
Svelte Ti bearclaws
Toe Clips
Suntour gruppos

[peter6061]

First Gen Panaracer Smoke / Dart tires (That was a big 2.1)

Not wanting to put front suspension on our hardtails, because it would 'rob' us of needed energy (suspension bob) ie... Manitou II/III/IV, Mags, Marzocchi XCs and then the DH3.

Original XTR ~1992 (that stuff was pretty)

[mud'n'sweat]

Slingshots - you know the bike with the steel cable instead of a downtube. Those were off the hizzle.

Alot of those have been popping up again.

[jdschall]

Alot of those have been popping up again.


Yeah, you're right. Take a look. http://www.slingshotbikes.com/showroom/products/ripper.cfm

That's actually a pretty nice looking xc race bike. Nice build too.

[Nobody]

Oh, god, the list is endless...

Some funky old stuff...that i've used, owned, ridden, raced, etc...


a) Mavic wish-bone under the bar shifters.
b) Browning Automatic Transmisson
c) Mavic 550SC rear derailleurs
d) AMP front fork (with and without the add-on dampers)
e) Lawill Leader and Control Tech front forks
f) Rebound Monotlith front forks
g) Judy DHO - i was drunk - it was the end of the year blow out - so bite me...
h) All cantilever brakes, including IRD, Paul's Compontets, Marinovative Decellerators [first V-brakes!], WTB Roller-Cam, Suntour roller-cam, Campagnolo Centaur U-Brake, Everything Shimano... Etc forever ad nauseum...
i) All bottom brackets, from Magic Motorcycle to Campagnolo, etc.
j) Shimano Airlines... twice - nice idea, btw.
it goes on and on...

[Tattooo]

- Kooka cranks, levers and seat posts in "rasta"
= the "Anti-gravity" fork line
+ Fat Chance
~ CODA
: Sidi's Avalance Boot (WSU has a set in his trunk, they're the balls)

[ntron350]

hite right seat post spring for easy up and down adjust

[Bearmntpicnic]

ahh the days of the stone wheels those were so fast on downhills but the ride was so harsh.

[Tattooo]

Spin carbon wheels. The tri-spoke ones. damn if it didn't look cool on the back of my Specialized, but damn again if it didn't deaden the ride and kill pedal power.

[Nobody]

Spin carbon wheels. The tri-spoke ones. damn if it didn't look cool on the back of my Specialized, but damn again if it didn't deaden the ride and kill pedal power.

I had those as 'road' wheels for my Giant MCM-1 - with Specialized 26 x 1 Fatboys.

Coolest looking street bike i ever had.

[wood-dog]

seismic hubs anyone?
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c238/wood-dog/raw-hub.jpg
These were monsters back in the day

[noname]

I miss my Girvin fork, on my Fat Chance Yo Eddy with Spinnergy Carbon Rev X Rox wheels and Mcmahon Bullseye cranks(which I just recently broke).
HB cruisers. the original stretched and slammed cruiser.
Suntour MTB deraileurs.
Toe clips.
Trek Y 33.
H-ball Greg Herbold.
/Still has a set of Rock Shox Mag 20s. Still has all the factory service equipment for the mid 90's Rock shox.

[Transfer]

I loved my STX Gary Fisher Mamba. Rock Shox Quad, shiny Alivio cranks... That was a head turner.
http://www.bikepro.com/products/rear_derailleurs/gifs/stx_rear.gif
http://www.bikepro.com/products/forks/jpgs/quad_21r_frt_6,jpg

[jaekormtb]

tioga disc wheels
SID tripple clamp fork
anything shimano DX
u-brakes
Campy's Centaur mountain bike components (big bucks on e-bay now!!)
unified rear triangle suspension

[Nobody]

tioga disc wheels
SID tripple clamp fork
anything shimano DX
u-brakes
Campy's Centaur mountain bike components (big bucks on e-bay now!!)
unified rear triangle suspension

Oh my god - Centaur? You too? My old Hoo Koo E Koo [first generation] - i upgraded it to that!

[jdschall]

Ihttp://www.bikepro.com/products/rear_derailleurs/gifs/stx_rear.gif



I have one of these in near perfect condition. It is currently ghetto rigged to my SS as a low budget chain tensioner.

[rekdog]

Dave's Mom

[KD1569]

Oh yeah.....by the way my mom needs that alimony check from you.....did u forget???



Kd1569
I am Rekdogg's illgitamate son.....

[chicodude]

Spin carbon wheels. The tri-spoke ones. damn if it didn't look cool on the back of my Specialized, but damn again if it didn't deaden the ride and kill pedal power.

Hahaha....I had those on my bmx......Like 4 years ago :D

[mrbigisbudgood]

Do I count as a memory?

[G-spot]

Dont forget the days of 3 inch travel downhill bikes!!!!