What were you guys riding back in the day? This was the final form of my bike back when I was a teenager.
One One Gimp frame
FSA pig three piece cranks
Single speed conversion
24inch Atomlab rear wheel with DMR moto
26inch Atomlab front with DMR moto digger
Manitou forks
DMR wing bars and zip grips
DMR V8 pedals
I was chasing that slack head angle before it was cool apparently, not that I knew that was even a thing back then :D
My brakes were always my feet and I only recently got a saddle in these pictures as I rode without a saddle for around 4 years prior to this.
I wish I still had this bike but sadly it moved on a long time ago now.
My first mountain bike was a 1996-ish GT Avalanche with a rigid steel fork. It was light and fast, but stiff as hell and rattled me to death.
Later I built a Soma Groove (steel hardtail) with a bunch of used components and a short XC fork. It was nothing fancy, but I had endless fun on that bike. I wish I had never sold it.
Nice! The bike that started my obsession with riding and what later became this bike through years of upgrading parts before changing frames etc was a Saracen X-ess which originally came with some dodgy late 90s SR suntour forks and plenty of plastic shit :D