Recent content by millemille

That may have been what we were told at the time, but it's unlikely to have been true given the normal design, gauge and length of motorbike spokes just wouldn't marry up with MTB hubs and rims.

Yep, you and I had to go halves on replacing the owner's wheel.

And you may have had a go on a Kona mountain bike sidecar outfit and, due to rider and passenger getting their leaning and cornering a little wrong, ended up taco'ing the rear wheel.

Titan (1/2 track) was 1 1/4" Fusion (Greg Oxenham's brand) used 1 1/4" AFAIK

The vet rider with his eyes shut is Mick Ives.

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Very drunk at a New Years Eve party in London in about '91(??) with Jo Burt - coming up to midnight we went onto Battersea Bridge and there was a guy on a brand new Cannondale FS bike (can't remember the model but had rigid forks and a flex stem and lurid green swingarm/triangle arrangement)...

The original kevlar beaded Specialized Ground Control tyres onto the Bontrager re-rolled MA40's were a swine - I used to carry half a dozen plastic tyre levers with me as I knew at least one would snap and two would be catapulted into the under growth before I had even broken the bead to get the...

Under the freedom of information act any images of yourself can be requested from any party who has recorded them - but you cannot request images of other people.. I work on occasions with BTP and although they are vastly overstretched your vandalism should be reported - it won't do anything...

Wasn't there an article waaaaayyy back in the early days of MBUK about an American "team" of tall riders - something like "team gorilla's" - where you couldn't join unless your head tube was as long as your fork leg? Seem to recall a lot of them rode - and broke - Diamond Back's; from the era...

Am I letting myself in for a life of eternal dissapiontment in setting my heart on buying/building a Fisher CR7 (20" aprox)? Do they ever appear for sale these days?

Howdy one and all.... Hi Stumbled across this site after watching a Fisher HooKooEKoo on fleabay and that got the juices flowing again! Got my first mountain bike back in '84/'85 - a Specialised Stumpjumper. Had a wide and eclectic selection following that; in no particular order - Fisher...