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.

  • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Don’t have pictures that old, but my first mountain bike was a Norco 250(?) from early 2000s. Equipped with Z1 bomber qr20 year 2000, 24/26 mullet Atomlab wheels

    That bike was absolute tank, and way too long for me but damn do I have good memories of it.

    • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m surprised I still have these pictures to be honest, I don’t have many pictures from around this time and can’t find any of me actually riding.

      Good times though! I feel like everyone had bombers or dirt jumpers from marzochi (sp) back then!

      • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Marzocchi open bath coil forks were just amazing early 2000, no wonder why people loved them.

        I have the fork (with replaced steerer and bent crown) still at my parents place, and after over a decade of no service sitting in cold storage through Finnish winters it’s still as smooth as ever.

        • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I won’t try and pretend they weren’t decent forks around that time I just personally didn’t like the feel of them so always found myself going in other directions.

          I really liked these Manitou I had on this build or prior to those I had some Rock Shox Psylo’s that I also really liked.

          • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            1 year ago

            There was for sure space for opinions those days, the feel on 2 great forks could be so wildly different

      • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Found a picture of my 2nd bike that really stepped up my riding, in 2010ish.
        Black Market Contraband 24". God I miss this bike, wish I never traded it away…

        Fun fact: I had originally bought a pair of Haro bmx grips for the bike, that my friend hated so much he bought me a pair of pink Odi longnecks shown in the photo

        • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Nice! I’m considering getting a bmx or building something more like this for the winter as I really can’t be fucked with the mud around where I am.

          • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Heh, I just sold my bmx this summer. Last few years every time I took it for a ride I fucked up some part of my body. At worst half a year recovering ancle from neural damage

            Next bike will be some kind of commuter/heavy touring bike to make company with my trail bike.

            • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Haha, my other sports are skateboarding and kickboxing so I feel like the bmx may be the safest option of those three in terms of injuries xD

              I have a Ragley Trig Trig Picture as my commuter. Sitting in standard guise with the more MTB style tyres for the winter right now but intend to get some deep dish 700c rims with slicker tyres once the weather gets better next year :D

              • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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                1 year ago

                That’s a sweet looking rig, would be shame if someone put a ricer bar and a dropper post in it ;)