What bikes did you ride/race BITD? & have you still got

[dbmtb]

My Dave Yates.

It's been lapped by some very well known names....

Would never part with it - even my kids know why.

The Dynatech did a few winter races too when I didn't want to ruin the Dave Yates.

Rode a century the day before to get to my wedding on the De Rosa, but it's post-kids/post-licence. The bike I raced most on the road was the Wilier though - but now it's my wife's.

The GT got some hammer as a courier bike....

So they're all still around. Only bíke I sold was a Lemond 853 which I hated, and a Raleigh Summit which was too big.

The Alan, Gios and Parkpre are "after the event" bikes though.

 

[Raymond_mole]

I'm currently restoring my old race bike

Check out the thread
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52517

My beloved Pace RC100 as it looked when it left the shop.

 

[Neil G]

I've still got my Hei Hei which I used to race back around '94

Bike I raced the most though was my '90 Rocky Mountain Summit which went 'missing' due to theiving barstewards :cry:

 

[durango]

that pace is a peach. i love the red bullseye's and matching stem. is it the in house combined bar/stem that they used to do?
here is one of my old 90's race bikes. its a wicked fat chance with cook brothers cranks and stem, ritchey rims with bullseye hubs and xt. it was the bogs back then. wish i still had it as it got me loads of race wins.
anyone know where it is??

 

[Pickle]

The only bikes I used to race that I still own are my Pennine roadbike (now freshly powdercoated in blue) and my RTS.

As for what I raced, here we go:

MTB:
Raleigh Team replica
Raleigh Ravine
Diamondback Apex
Diamondback Response Elite
Specialized Stumpjumper
GT RTS-2

Road:
Pennine
Argos low-pro
Shorter low-pro
Columbus track bike

Pennine

Argos

Diamondback Response Elite

RTS

Shorter

 

[heathy]

Jon, is it my eyes or does that short look like its going down hill and your not :?

 

[Pickle]

Jon, is it my eyes or does that short look like its going down hill and your not :?

Definately on the flat

But, the top tube did slope down

 

[heathy]

Is the back wheel bigger too :?: Interesting looking machine tho!

 

[Pickle]

Is the back wheel bigger too :?: Interesting looking machine tho!

Yup 700c rear, and (IIRC) 26" front.

Also, the seat tube split halfway down so the wheel poked through for a really short wheelbase. Awesome machine

 

[heathy]

the seat tube split halfway down so the wheel poked through

What like the new full suss bikes, have you got any more pictures :?: