First MTB?

[Black Sheep]

Rather than a "what should I get"

What did you get?

Due to my age, I was straight into the mountain bike boom of the late 80's early 90's without realising it,

In about 1991 I got a second hand Raleigh MTB with the standard flat bars, 5 speed friction shift (I could only work out how to use 1st and 5th) and the obligatory cable through the stem cantilever brake arrangement.

It was replaced in 1994/95 I think with a muddy fox explora-mega which had indexed gears with little windows in the top and a needle showing which gear you were in, ridged forks until I fitted suspension forks (second hand from my brother) for a few years before it was stolen out of the garage in 2002

This is the bike I count as my first MTB, I learnt pretty much everything about bikes and riding off road from this, probably had replaced most parts on it over the years I had it (was about 10 when I got it) which set a trend with bikes!




What was your first MTB?

 

[Threevok]

My first "off the shelf" was an Apollo Outrage

Thinking back, I must have been enthusiastic about MTB because that bike (and I use the term loosely) was enough to put anyone off cycling for life

 

[NorthernDave]

Raleigh Amazon, a great bike and I keep looking online for a cheap one to buy.

 

[Cycleops]

Bit before you I think. Specialized Rockhopper in about mid eighties.

 

[Sharky]

I'll let you know when I get my first MTB.

 

[Salar]

Raleigh Amazon, a great bike and I keep looking online for a cheap one to buy.

My lad had one of those, in a green speckle finish

Bit before you I think. Specialized Rockhopper in about mid eighties.

I've still got a 1988 Specialized Rockhopper Comp,complete with Biopace chainset and all original parts.

My first mtb was a Marin Muirwoods, followed by a Kona Lava Dome.

 

[Ciar]

Ooh interesting question, i originally rode BMX when i was kid in the 80's, then i took a sabbatical due to girl friends and the likes, but my first MTB was a GT Tequesta and i also had a Saracen but cant think of the name of it for the life of me!

 

[Spiderweb]

My first MTB was a Trek 830, fully rigid steel frame with canti brakes, 21 speed and twist grip gears.
I still have it now with slick tyres and and a different A head stem.

 

[flake99please]

One of these, and I still have it. Front & rear shocks have been upgraded. I bought mine for £800 back in 1998.

 

[Cycleops]

I've still got a 1988 Specialized Rockhopper Comp,complete with Biopace chainset and all original parts.
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You're a very lucky man!

 

[Biff600]

I bought my 1st MTB last December, a Specialized Stumpjumper

 

[Alan O]

First I ever rode was a friend's Marin Bear Mountain, so long ago I can't remember when. A couple of years later I bought a second hand one cheap, and it was a bit of a clunker - I can't even remember what it was now.

Forward to 2016 and I got a Grisley Orion (rigid) for £30 on eBay which only needed a little bit of work.

But I've still not finished it and have never ridden it, because a GT Avalanche 1.0 came up a couple of weeks later for an irresistible £110. And I love that

 

[Kajjal]

My lad had one of those, in a green speckle finish



I've still got a 1988 Specialized Rockhopper Comp,complete with Biopace chainset and all original parts.

My first mtb was a Marin Muirwoods, followed by a Kona Lava Dome.

Biopace

Do your knees still function

 

[Kajjal]

My first real mountain bike was an early 1990’s GT Outpost, no suspension and really bad cantilever brakes

 

[Jenkins]

My first one was back in the early/mid 80s and was an Emmelle 24 speed - the one with a quadruple chainset and a six speed cassette.