New bikes and how they compare to old bikes, and what it means!

[MikeG]

........, bridal and cycle trails, they exist where I live now, smooth tar, very well sign posted and usually with worthwhile destinations along the way...........

No, you've lost me. I was following nicely right up to this point, then you started talking gibberish.

 

[biggs682]

older style bikes rule the roost in my garage , although must admit there are is 1 alloy frame in the loft awaiting its turn for building up

 

[Cycleops]

Nice pics guys, I am afraid I don't have any to show. So thank you for responding to my topic.

I'm sure you must have a camera or camera phone, get them up!

 

[Bryan McDonald]

I do have a camera, but no pic of old bikes, but I will take some of my new bike and put them or it on here.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I reckon that the biggest change between the 80s and now was that the MTB boom helped people discover that you could put a lower than 40/28 gear on a road bike and not get struck by lightning or turned into a pillar of salt.

 

[Kevoffthetee]

I still have my first proper bike, my Raleigh Max Ogre 21 speed in British Racing Green metallic. I took it out on a 43miler yesterday and although I love it I want something lighter.

 

[Cycleops]

I still have my first proper bike, my Raleigh Max Ogre 21 speed in British Racing Green metallic. I took it out on a 43miler yesterday and although I love it I want something lighter.

If you still want an MTB try to look out for one of these, A trek 8300, composite frame. I bought one down here a little while ago and it is incredibly light. Early nineties.

 

[raindog]

My first bike on my return to cycling was a Raleigh maverick; I saw it in a shop window in Harrogate in 1988 and fell in love with it, walked straight in and bought it on my Barclaycard for £199.99 even though I was bereft. It was white and yellow with red graphics and it blew my mind completely.

that looks really nice - it's a sort of better quality version of my old Decathlon MTB that I still use as a hack. I call it TheHeap.

meet TheHeap

 

[Globalti]

Oooh yes, my third mountain bike was a Trek 8200, which was full alloy but had the same geometry as that 8300 composite. it had a Tange Big Fork and was a nice ride. I once jumped on an 8300 to try it but found it very stiff indeed, maybe because the bloke had the tyres pumped up so hard they were ringing.

Mountain bikes brought a lot of people like me back into cycling, carbon road bikes with easy gears and a comfortable ride have just picked up from there.

 

[Bryan McDonald]

This is my effort, picked it up On D day, 2014, for lots of emotional and personal reasons.

 

[Cycleops]

Very nice, like the colour.

 

[Bryan McDonald]

It's what they call Sepia, soon as I saw it I knew that was going to be the one.