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07-04-08, 06:18 AM
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Start with the important stuff, I've ridden bikes for over 30 years... since about the age of 4.
Since discovering mountain bikes in 1991, never really bothered with any other branch of the sport - although a few tandem rides were great.
In 17 years only had 4 mountain bikes! First off a 1991 Marin Eldridge:
If you want to see it for nostalgia reasons:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12569
Next up was a Dave Yates Diabolo, handbuilt thing, too light for me I think as it snapped on me... but nice to ride & when fixed lasted ages. A friend still has it. Then in 2004 a DMR switchback - nice British? (Taiwanese) steel hardtail, now very dented after a trip to Sierra Nevada, Spain (that's it in the pic above).
Still have it, and also now have an Orange Five http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/2008bikes/five-pro.php - one of the best all round bikes ever made, I reckon.
Anyway, as you might gather, I'm from the UK, Wales originally, now live in Yorkshire. The biking's good in the UK, some world class stuff if you look for it.
After various jobs over the years, now a MTB guide, we do UK mountain bike holidays & bike skills coaching/guiding in North Yorkshire. So quite fortunate really... see our site for what we do and a bit more about me... http://www.chasingtrails.co.uk/about-us
Start with the important stuff, I've ridden bikes for over 30 years... since about the age of 4.
Since discovering mountain bikes in 1991, never really bothered with any other branch of the sport - although a few tandem rides were great.
In 17 years only had 4 mountain bikes! First off a 1991 Marin Eldridge:
If you want to see it for nostalgia reasons:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12569
Next up was a Dave Yates Diabolo, handbuilt thing, too light for me I think as it snapped on me... but nice to ride & when fixed lasted ages. A friend still has it. Then in 2004 a DMR switchback - nice British? (Taiwanese) steel hardtail, now very dented after a trip to Sierra Nevada, Spain (that's it in the pic above).
Still have it, and also now have an Orange Five http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/2008bikes/five-pro.php - one of the best all round bikes ever made, I reckon.
Anyway, as you might gather, I'm from the UK, Wales originally, now live in Yorkshire. The biking's good in the UK, some world class stuff if you look for it.
After various jobs over the years, now a MTB guide, we do UK mountain bike holidays & bike skills coaching/guiding in North Yorkshire. So quite fortunate really... see our site for what we do and a bit more about me... http://www.chasingtrails.co.uk/about-us