Let's See your Mountain Bike

[the tech 71]

I want to see mountain bikes, the ones that go up AND down the mountain. XC, race, all mountain, etc. I'm going to be buying a new mountain bike soon and want to see what others are riding.

One of my old bikes, Cannondale F700:
stiff and light, excellent climber, not much travel, not so good on downhills

[mikebobelak]

2009 Giant Anthem OX, day I brought it home, now its in the garage dirty like it should be.........

[scubasteved]

Sette Riddick frame (from pricepoint)

xt components, 120mm manitou minute elite fork, manitou swinger 4way rear 4.5in rear travel. annnd avid BB7 brakes!

I love it!
sorry for the not too great pic...

[71DubBugBug]

Quote, originally posted by scubasteved »

i like the vw sticker

[scubasteved]

haha thanks! its from a vw genuine parts bumper sticker... i cut it out while i was waiting for a friend to show up for a ride. i like it!

[dannyace]

Here is my Cannondale 07 F4 disc:

[bcze1]

boring pic, awesome bike.

[251]

[oh noes! cars!]

[Slonie]

It's also, as it turns out, my cyclocross bike. Next up is a rigid fork and a longer stem.

[VRClownCar]

my craigslist find

and the frame I found for 60 bucks that I cant wait to build

[twistedlizard720]

My 2006 Trek Fuel EX7.

Get the new Fuel!! The ABP is calling you.


Modified by twistedlizard720 at 11:13 AM 12-2-2008

[GL-Iful]

Quote, originally posted by the tech 71 »

I want to see mountain bikes, the ones that go up AND down the mountain. XC, race, all mountain, etc. I'm going to be buying a new mountain bike soon and want to see what others are riding.

It doesn't go up very well but boy is it fun going down!!

Modified by GL-Iful at 1:29 PM 12-2-2008

[markj2k4]

heres my steel stallion just over 21 pound of Reynolds 853 and xtr everything

Modified by markj2k4 at 7:26 PM 12-2-2008

[slvrathlon]

On the right:

[Steveo989]

2006 Cannondale Scalpel 2000.

[merckx56]

[Samson]

Quote, originally posted by 251 »

Two lame bikes

Where's the Avalanche?

Anyway-

2000 Pisgah. I definitely recommend riding a quality Ti frame while test riding.

1998 s-works M2. Now built. (Just imagine it full of worn out XTR and a blown out SID Race)




Modified by Samson at 3:10 PM 12-3-2008

[tttomm88]

Quote, originally posted by oh noes! cars! »

how do you like that? im thinking about getting one

[VRsexxy]

It used to be a 21lb XC race machine with full XTR and a SID SL and original CrossMax wheels.

Here's mine as of a couple of weeks ago. Waterford lugged 853, Fox FloatRLC, and singlespeed.

[oh noes! cars!]

Quote, originally posted by tttomm88 »

how do you like that? im thinking about getting one

I wouldn't have bought one if it wouldn't fulfill my needs! It just needs a little massaging in the parts dept - a new fork and crank set is a great place to start, other than that it takes a beating and that frame is burly.

It's pretty much where I want it now, maybe a new set of wheels in the spring and that's it. There's not a lot of stock parts left on it.

[Sunil]

I've got three, and all get about equal love:

'04 Santa Cruz Blur "Classic" - for all day epics

'07 Kona Unit 2-9 singlespeed - to kill me, or make me stronger

'95 Stumpjumper FS - old faithful

[251]

Quote, originally posted by VRsexxy »

Very nice.

Samson: I don't have any good photos of the Avalanche yet, here is the best for now. This is a '97 GT Avalanche LE, and yes, those gold Mavic 221s are pretty damn cool...

A recent shot of the Eriksen on what appears to be a chainsaw-carved stump:

[turbo22]

[QUOTE=Samson]

entrance to Moore Fun???
We rode it from that direction. Holy smokes what an absurd climb followed by that amazing descent.

[TONE1000R]

[OriginalGTI]

Quote, originally posted by Samson »

1998 s-works M2. Now built. (Just imagine it full of worn out XTR and a blown out SID Race) Modified by Samson at 3:10 PM 12-3-2008

Here's mine. Still trying to find a M950 front derailleur. A little bit of XT does fine for the time being though.

[matthewdrums]

Here's mine. Recently upgraded with a Formula hydraulic brake up front. A 2006 Specialized Rockhopper, Single Speed, Painted Frame/Forks/Chainring

[MCTB]

trek hardtail and trek liquid 20

[Son]

[scubasteved]

Quote, originally posted by morecarsthanbrains »

trek hardtail and trek liquid 20

i miss my liquid 55 rather badly those are great bikes

[Sunil]

Quote, originally posted by Son of a B...5er! »

Did you break your rear triangle and get a crash replacement? Is that a Revelation fork?

[M this 1!]

23 and change lbs.........w/ PLENTY of fun for the downhill!!! After 4 Santa Cruz's in a row, this thing has been impressive.

[ZippinVeeDub]

[Son]

Quote, originally posted by Sunil »

Did you break your rear triangle and get a crash replacement? Is that a Revelation fork?

I went OTB and the bike landed on its side onto some rocks, which resulted to a nasty dent on one of the tubes of the rear triangle. SC didn't have crash replacement triangles anymore for this older model, so I got some high temp putty, filled it, sanded it nice and clean and got the whole thing powdercoated black.

[Samson]

Quote, originally posted by 251 »

I'd have preferred to see the blue XCs on the Eriksen and you should have purchased yellow XCs (and yellow Speed Grips and an old Judy SL or Mag 21r) for the GT. I'm disappointed.

OriginalGTI - nice Spins! I have a friend with a 1997? Barracuda something or other with the same Spins and Smoke/Dart Magics.