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MuddyFred
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Now then then,
Thanks for a lovely welcome. Looks like you're all just as daft as meself and those on a motorbike forum I frequent.
I've got some old photos of myself and the Fox I got back in 1989. Unfortunately it's not many. The mobile phone/camera hadn't been invented back then. Compared to now, taking photos was a labourious and expensive task. I'll upload them, as well as photos of the resto, in a new thread. But for now here's one for the all the ladies...
Unfortunately I don't look anything llike that anymore! Think, if you dare, less hair, more flesh.
And as for collecting and running out of space, I've already got 7 motorbikes and taken over 2 of my neighbours' garages! I sold my old Marin to make space and fund the purchase and resto of the Fox. I've also got a Raleigh Velo Trail eBike, which I bought 2nd hand for £350 as an aid to help with my recovery from prolapsed discs and lumbar spinal stenosis. But the Raleigh as proven to be a bit clumbersome, and I'll be selling it on and getting a better a ebike, possible adapting another old mountain bike. That'll be a subject for another thread, as I've got plenty of questions to ask about that.
Cheers,
Dave
Thanks for a lovely welcome. Looks like you're all just as daft as meself and those on a motorbike forum I frequent.
I've got some old photos of myself and the Fox I got back in 1989. Unfortunately it's not many. The mobile phone/camera hadn't been invented back then. Compared to now, taking photos was a labourious and expensive task. I'll upload them, as well as photos of the resto, in a new thread. But for now here's one for the all the ladies...
Unfortunately I don't look anything llike that anymore! Think, if you dare, less hair, more flesh.
And as for collecting and running out of space, I've already got 7 motorbikes and taken over 2 of my neighbours' garages! I sold my old Marin to make space and fund the purchase and resto of the Fox. I've also got a Raleigh Velo Trail eBike, which I bought 2nd hand for £350 as an aid to help with my recovery from prolapsed discs and lumbar spinal stenosis. But the Raleigh as proven to be a bit clumbersome, and I'll be selling it on and getting a better a ebike, possible adapting another old mountain bike. That'll be a subject for another thread, as I've got plenty of questions to ask about that.
Cheers,
Dave
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Great pic this one – a proper bit of photography, that seems to capture some of the spirit of British mountain biking in its hey day – baggy wear, lairy disc wheels, huge Zefal pump, out in all weathers...
I guess there's a few of us on the cusp of pipe, hat and slippers these days but I'm doing my bit to keep riding until I succumb.
MuddyFred":trfdx3un said:Here's another pic of the Fox in a slightly colder climate!
A snowy beach on the south coast of Jersey, sometime in the winter of 1991.
I guess there's a few of us on the cusp of pipe, hat and slippers these days but I'm doing my bit to keep riding until I succumb.
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Reminds me of days in Cardiff bay between 89-92, especially the time we descended there in baggy style to see PWEI, Blur and a few other bands play a waterfront festival. I think we were also into Carter USM and EMF too. Still got both black and white Zefals – they make surprisingly good super soakers...
Reminds me of days in Cardiff bay between 89-92, especially the time we descended there in baggy style to see PWEI, Blur and a few other bands play a waterfront festival. I think we were also into Carter USM and EMF too. Still got both black and white Zefals – they make surprisingly good super soakers...
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