munch8987 Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Right guys....i've seen that there's alot of people here,bein a newbie i want to get to know you all,so was wanting to know what every one started out on.....was it a complete bike you bought or did you plunge in and custom build it.Also what was the first upgrade you bought for it??Mine was Saracen Mad 03' and basically swapped evrything over from an old diamondback jump bike i had sitting in my shed for a few months.First upgrade was a rear deore hub on a D521 ceramic rim which i bought for 20 pounds!! (now i think about it,that was quite cheap)LOLthankyouBen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onzaallen Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 (edited) I first got a brand new once t-bird full build and the first upgrade was hs33's, I still have it.Allen Edited March 9, 2006 by Onzaallen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llandudno_trialsboy Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 i saves up and got my self a t-bird 2003. it was great and then bought hs33's i loved it even more lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvtrial Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 A Monty 220 RB Hydra was my first trialsbike, but I rided on a Scott YZ3 before that, but that wasn't a trialsbike, it was just a bike I rided untill I got Monty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Specialized hardrock components, but with a barracuda frame. And replaced all the parts slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy King Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 i got a custom build jobby, cost me about 200 squid to build a full trials bike! i used a shit load of parts of my old marin though!! i think the first upgrade was hs33'sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan-Walker Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 A shogun gatecrasher 1 ...................................... thats what i started on, a f**kin jump bike, complete build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onza Kieron Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Barracuda ghetto, stupidly short but now I think, It was'nt that bad...Still, it doesn't compare to the T-Rex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoo Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Da Bomb school....my first upgrade was probably onza bar and stemzoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redroy Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 my first trials bike was a ddg shooter, the very basic model and my 1st upgrade was a 521 on a deore rear wheel lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt rushton Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Mission refund (reffer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolty Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 My first bike was a T-Bird 2005 with all the standard partsNow i have a T-Pro like it alot better Bolty........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Started on a black Gary Fisher Marlin (big steel entry-level XC bike, probly a 17" or 18" frame) back in '99 or something, first upgrade was a new pair of cheapass chromo forks when I cracked the existing ones. I think the next thing was upgrading to a pair of my mate's old Alivio canti's from my Acera X set. He'd just bought the new-fangled LX V-brakes Shimano brought out, so being skint, I had his old cantis off him for a fiver My first trials-specific bike was when I finally replaced the Gary Fisher frame with an unbranded Heavy Tools ripoff frame and got a proper bashguard, put LX V's on it and got a wider pair of bars and some decent forks. It was still at least a 14" frame though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elitetrialer Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 wow!.... hearing about all these old bikes just makes my first trials bike look and sound proper old school. i had the 2000 onza t-bird pretty much completely standard apart from avid 7 v brakes, which sucked! due to the cables always stretching. here is a picture of the beast from back in the day.This bike didn't last very long after a few hard sessions Peace out and trial hard !!Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Geary Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Shity DDG Shooter, was a bag of wank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 (edited) Hi, My first bike was a Da-bomb pro magura it was a good bike for a beginner and held up well. My first investment in the Da-bomb was a new stem (T-Master). Now i have a new bike it's a Gu Typhoon it's so ace!Thanks mate from Stuart. Edited March 9, 2006 by mini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luccosleeps Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 mine was a raliegh swampthing, it was actually a dual slalom bike with triple clamps and everything, put a bassguard on it as soon as i got it, was using that for a while then got a gt tempest (21.5" version) which had rigid gt cromo forks (flextastic) and rode on that till that bust. then quit for a few years then got a saracen mad 2.6 upgraded heavily now im getting a leeson clear 660 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff... Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 My first bike was just a base ta26 fully built up bike from my local bike shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramps Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Black and gold t-rex, was great, main upgrade was to the front end, some new light forks with a front lx v brake and a wheel that i robbed off my xc bike. It was a mavic 138 with a hub that had formula written on it. It doesn't compare to my new t-rex though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zordon Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 I started with xc bike, but my first trials bike was an ooold Monty 221 X-Lite with mega-leaking maggies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Yeeee Slowly upgraded it, HS33's front and rear, Monty 219 Cranks (ones with the 24t chainring) T-Pro rear wheel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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