AdamR28 Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Found these My 'Ultimate Hardware' And Dan's Spooky Bandwagon with 1-piece cranks which bent every week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 holy crap your old adam...... i remember nothing past 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diz Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 (edited) Its gotta be anodised components. When i started mountain biking (about 15 years ago) it was all the rage to get blue or purple anodised parts....despite the fact that they looked absolutely gay! Also, riser bars seemed relatively new at the time so every cool kid had them on their bikes! Oh, and also world force shorty stems...they were awesome! EDIT: Almost forgot....the DVD Dirt, with Jason McRoy and that lot. Suspension wasn't really invented much then so they're all on hardtails. And.....slingshot suspension bikes...how on earth they held together i dont know!? (pic below) Also....proflex bikes (elastomer suspension!!??!!??), girvin flex stems (elastomers again!!??) and spin wheels........man i feel old!!! Edited July 4, 2008 by Diz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 i remember nothing past 2005 holy crap your old adam...... Same here... ... Going senile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan@Trials-uk Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 El Gato's Megamo steel stem's:P Megamo pads (Which was absolutely awesome) Hair spray as apposed to Monty brake spray Raleigh urban swamp dual slalom frames Shimano HG chains FSA Power Pro cranks with DMR Ring thing Panaracer Asda 50P tubes (Back many years ago!) Cut up hose pipes then cable tied onto the frame for "Protection" Echo Range: Frames: ES1,2,3 and the parts, (3 piece look alike cranks!) Brisa RB leavers, Monty Hose splitter/ blue clear hosing Pashely 26" ghz P-X Jack flash (Leopard print if your was a pimp!) DMR Side kick (I remember Fletch used to have one and the downtube was completely flat!) Royal rear engagement hub (I remember Mike tested the proto and it was dam loud! Mavic D521 This is all I can think of right now, Il add some more later on:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Hans Rey's yellow mod rig when he got sponsored by GT Bikes. think it was in Bmx Plus magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLeacock™ Posted July 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 What frame is that first one adam ? It looks identical to a shogun frame ive got in garage ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Thibeau Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 came across this vid, pretty oldschool to me http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9EFzNfMi2nw&...feature=related here is one of TRA too! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oMz_NczjvcU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Basicaly all these old school video's and bikes have got me wondering, what was cool back then ? I mean like components, frames stuff like that. I havent been around long enough so just thought i'd try find out I don't remember parts being cool. Something that worked was ridden. Although different coloured Maguras was probably the 'coolest' thing you could change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Evil1 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Hmm to me, things that stand out as truly old skool- Only monty and megamo doing a "proper" 26" trials bike, everything else was a xc bike with a bash ring.( Chris may remember jerome spesny in spain, turning up on a xc cannondale, locking out the headshock thing as much as he could, putting a bashring on and getting 3rd in master!) Everyone wearing one piece suits-EVERYONE Ashton, hawyes, akrigg,were in a league of their own in the uk, and were just as big as peaty and warner in popularity. OTN Magazine And like chris has said, going to the worlds and seeing millions of unknown and exotic parts and brands. I miss those days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 pad bodging was the epic pwn to run a d521! i used to get my wheels built by merlin i think it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d8mok Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 I've still got my spooky. i love it to bits. Its upstairs and in mint condition cos i quit dirt not long after i bought loads of new bits and had it painted. Can anyone remember chainspotting, tricks and stunts, mud cows, mbr vids, etc?? I had a zaskar with maguras back in the day. And if u could stall a rail , u were the king. ha. oh how things have changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spode@thinkbikes Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Rob seems to think these are a re-post, but I'm not sure. The timestamp on these? 13th June 1999. And yet, I don't consider that bike to be old school - it has a small bash guard for one! These aren't too long after each other - despite the radical change in bikes. That blue frame was a Saracen, and the silver is a Mission - way before the reefers came about. That was my first dual disc bike - and I never looked back! That was also the first demo team I ever rode for. Fond memories! We were sponsored by Senacre Cycles of Maidstone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Having to have odd different coloured cranks because you couldn't afford the £30 or whatever it was for new powerpros and borrowing your brothers old crank. And you see all these kids these days with minted out bikes, it's just not fair. Other than that it's been said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdm Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 (edited) I had some of these! Azonic risers Mavic 121's Magura Raceline D's IRC Missile tyres X-Lite handle bar endy things Club Roost risers Homemade bash guards Crud Catchers Not forgetting the videos: Dirt Getta Grip Chainspotting (this was AMAZING) Whatever the tips and tricks one with Hans Rey was.. The Martins, obviously! Edited July 7, 2008 by sdm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Anyone else remember spending hours looking at this frame list? http://www.biketrials.ca/content/view/169/2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Anyone else remember spending hours looking at this frame list? http://www.biketrials.ca/content/view/169/2/ One thing that strikes me is how the head tube angles have changed. Back then they were steep, the bikes were flicky and you could pull nice street moves. Now they've all gone into this rotten 71* which basically makes the bike feel like a brick I remember staring at Brisa B20D and B26D framesets on Biketrials.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 (edited) One thing that strikes me is how the head tube angles have changed. Back then they were steep, the bikes were flicky and you could pull nice street moves. Now they've all gone into this rotten 71* which basically makes the bike feel like a brick I remember staring at Brisa B20D and B26D framesets on Biketrials.com i agree that statement totally about the headangle of today's frames compared with yesterday's old skool, even though old skool frames had way shorter wheelbase than today's current short frames. where you could pivot from a static position easily on an old skool rig, you have to hop around on today's rigs. just seems that today's riding lines focus more on going straight up and over, where yesterday's lines offered more multiple direction change. Edited July 9, 2008 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andeee Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Kore parts Azonic bars cannondale fattys michelin tyres el gato tyres tioga dh tyres mavic rims raceface cranks planet x mini seats shimano deore v brakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex-Mitchinson Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Still have 'Getta Grip' and a set of Tioga 2.1 DH on my merlin, also with a DMR Ring Thingy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Smith! Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 that globe thing ali c had, and pretty much anything with a seat. Matx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sameer Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 (edited) I think there's a clear internet hieracy to being oldschool. See how far down this list you joined... MTB-Trials mailing list or photocopied Essex Club Newsletters (No points for both, I'm looking at you Paul Thomson and Tim Ellingham!) Yahoo! Modandstocktrialsriders Bashguard Trials Kings Section7 Trials-Forum Don't forget the roots of TF - the old tenbytrials message board (I think...). And the little 'contact' box on their website that was surprisingly well managed! Word to pretty much everything Chris has said. I remember religiously trawling through magazines to find any possible hint of trials, failing that looking at any hardtail bike with a slightly downward sloping toptube and thinking how awesome it would be to own. There was also a channel called Rapture many moons ago that showed skateboarding and surfing all the time but every now and then you'd find the show on mountain bikes and, if you'd been a good boy that year, you'd be lucky to catch a glimpse of some observed trial event somewhere. When I eventually first blagged a hardtail 'slalom' frame and built it up, I'd go to the local bike shop all the time looking for anything that might be of use on a trials bike, often confusing the shop staff who hadn't a clue what trials was! Good times. edit: I was going to leave off the part about how it's a lot more accessible now and how starters have it much easier these days, but I just saw this and it made me smile: what sort of geomatry do you need to do spins, manuals and the such. Edited July 10, 2008 by Sameer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_C Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 1994 or 1995 Monty Catalogue. Check out the adjustable height seat on the 221! The front cover Anyone remember Ibex's?? '96 Worlds programme Inside the back cover Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cai Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 tenbytrials Woop woop! When I think of 'old-skool', I'm thinking of: Giant Team Trial frames, Canondale Fatty forks, Hope XC hubs, FSA PowerPro cranks, V-brakes (even though loads of people still use them, including me ) And any 'non-drilled' rim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0zzy Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 raceline maggies, Giant Team Trial frames, Canondale Fatty forks, only things that come into mind with me ffs which i was from back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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