My first MTB was a Peugeot Black Rock (1990?) bought for me to replace a 2nd hand huge great big gate of a Raleigh Sensor road bike I was give.
With a 500LX rear mech I was the daddy, because none of my mates had actually seen Deore kit, let alone were rich enough to afford it.
Unlike the Peugeot Team Replicas, this wasn't indestructable and I broke a seat stay after about 3 years.
Peugeot replaced it under warranty, much to my amazement, and gave me a far nicer frame made out of oversize Columbus tubing.
This must have been pretty thin wall tubing because I remember it made a lovely pinging noise as stones bounced off the down tube.
Some git stole it when I was at uni in Sheffield in 96.
I'd love to know what that frame was though, as I'd love to recreate it.
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I had my sisters bike, which my dad cut and brazed to give it a proper top tube, rode the wheels off of that everywhere until I was about 8 when I got a bmx.
That was a crap fad that didn't last with me though and then I didn't ride until I was given that huge road bike when I was 12.
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