Hello Doddy my name is Dan Sotelo co founder of onZa. What a great video you put together, a total trip down memory lane. I had no idea you had such passion for the golden age of mountain bikes in the 80s and 90s. Thank You for such a treat.
Hi Dan! What a pleasure to have you watch one of my videos! Thank you! I love the archive stuff and the history of the sport, I really do. And I’m going to continue doing this sort of stuff! Never got to own the Onza Ti bar ends, maybe I’ll get round to it sometime! We should chat sometime!
@@DoddyMTBtech Now days I'm not do computer savvy and only wonder how to get in contact with you. Be nice if you could show me how. Funny thing is I went to the 2016 Euro bike and ran into Hans Ray. We hung out the rest of the afternoon as we caught up and had a nice time.
@@DoddyMTBtech Hello Doddy, That would be great to sit down and share some stories. I think the Panaracer Smoke & Dart tire story and how they came about would have you in stitches. As well as the Mammoth Kamikaze onZa sponsorship story, that one is pure gold and crazy. Keep up the good work. Sincerely Dan Sotelo
Just awesome to see these unicorn bikes captured on video so well. That Geoff Apps bike - legend of MTB history right there! Would have loved to see some more of the other less exotic retro bikes too but I guess there is just so much to go at! Great work Doddy - I could watch that again!
Cheers Doddy for capturing my Turner/Kona at @13:39 and neatly describing the differences to the first gen Stab in a few sentences....it takes me much longer 🤣 The full 4 and half year build is over on retrobike if you or anyone fancies going down the rabbit hole. Changes are needed for the show for the reasons you talk about. It's such a success thanks to such an incredible breadth of bikes that a few simple categories, with marking and judging transparency, will take it to the next level. The board idea is spot on, with 3-5 categories, a bigger and better organised show area, and moved to Saturday prime-time. It's a mountain bike festival after all! I'd love the parade opportunity in front of the judges but I worry it'd take ages and form big queues. Thanks for your continual support and recognition of our collective history!
Doddy banging out one of the best mtb-related videos of the year in that sneaky bit of time at the end of the day after the kids are in bed. I love it. What an array of fabulous bikes and mtb history. Brilliant.
Thanks! Tbh, I should have spent a bit more time on this but wanted to just get it done as was going to be busy with other stuff. Was in my mind after the weekend!
I was in London a few years back and saw some guy riding a Funk. Haven’t seen one in person in the states and some guy rolls by like it’s no big deal. If it’s you and you read this, thanks for keeping that bike alive
Totally loved it Doddy, I was there at the birth of the flex-Stem, Suspension forks etc etc, near 20 years of mountain biking back then, 17 year off them due to motorcycles, now back peddling, and loving mountain biking all over again, On a Giant Stance, E-+2, aged 60 .
My Highpath ;-) Agreed on the info boards for next year. Maybe not compulsory, but it would flesh out the bikes for all of us and make the whole scene more interesting for the non-retrobike people.
Tope video, great recap of the retro show and shine! Love the idea of each bike having a some info on the bars to explain the back story and the judges getting to meet the owners! Looking forwards to next years event already!
Great content as always Doddy and nice to see all those awesome bikes in more detail… Thanks for the VGT mention and no problem, happy to supply the AV for you on the Mondraker booth. 👍🏼
Fantastic Doddy great trip,down memory lane, what a amazing time mountain biking was back in the late 80s an 90s. Unfortunately I do not have any of my old retro bikes and parts as they were always sold to fund the next bike.
I really must start putting some cash aside to start on a project of my own. It’s been on my mind for ages, just not got there yet. A San Andreas would be right up there!
@@DoddyMTBtech When you're over here in the Bay Area next year for Sea Otter, hit me up if you want to check out my Moho. I'm only a couple of miles away from SFO airport.
Thanks for this, some great memories, Got into MTB in the v early 90s and the innovation back then was awesome, so many different, unique & awesome bikes, I remember having that edition of MTB UK you showed, and a mate getting some Pace suspension forks when it was unusual to have suspension in non pro anyway
Awesome stuff Doddy, the era I grew up with with bikes! I worked with Jez at a bike shop in the North East (Bike Scene) for work experience, he was nuts, remember him getting a telling off from the shop owners for doing Switzerland squeakers in the workshop on a brand new customer bikes 😅
It just shows the UK took to mountain biking and developed the sport in our own way. It's great to see a pioneer off road bike builder get the recognition in the 3rd place. What year does the retro category go up to?
Yep, but also there were similar things happening in Canada and Australia at the same time, it's just not been documented. It's something I want to do. For the retro category as a whole, it seems up to late 90's really
That Highpath is brilliant. Geoff Apps is an overlooked legend. His website is a brilliant insite to off road UK riding with, you know , mud. Did you see any 531 bikes like my Eagle or my old Bromwich Cyclone?
Hey Doddy --- this vid is amazing, LOVED every second of it. I'm 46 and lived down the road from the Malverns so went ro maybe 7 in a row up to 98, I think that was the last year until it recently re-started. I collected MBUK from it's inception until 1998 so seeing all these mags brings back amazing memories! ... the bikes are all those I grew up with. I've moved away from Worcestershire now and miss the Malverns so much --- this vid is exceptional, I'm so happy to have stumbled upon your channel. I owned a Kona Lava Dome, GT LTS 1000, Orange 222, Intense Tracer VP .... I don't ride as much as I should --- that PACE Copper bike is insane ... Always loved the Klein paintworks and Tomac's MAVIC disc wheel! I've got a few old Malverns VHS vids ... wish I kept my race number from racing the main XC race in 93 or 94 ... it was a green plate, maybe 7-Up sponsored ?>!>!?!?
Doddy !!! Ive missed you from GMBN channel, been looking for you. Your how to and tech videos have helped me tremendously !!! Please make more for this channel and keep them coming weekly. A loyal Utube follower for sure !!
Great video and fun to see some of the bikes we didn't have in the States back then. The Yeti bikes will always be some of my faves. I have an early Tom Ritchey that was custom made by the man himself for my father. It's like a family heirloom! Cheers!
Really enjoyed this video. Pure nostalgia. Never mind all the amazing bikes, even little things like seeing a pair of old Deore DX thumb shifters that I used to have (indexed!) gave me the warm and fuzzies.
Great video Doddy. I think the idea of walking past the judges is a great idea, with so many bikes there it's hard to see some of them when they are squashed in next to something else. I think categories is a good idea, obviously the amount of catagories could go on for ever so might be worth making it simple like Rigid, hard tail and full suspension. There could possibly be a prize in each category of £300 for first, £200 for second and £100 for third that way the total prize fund would only be £50 more than the current prize fund.
I loved watching that step back in time. As a long time bike pro I was able to acquire some of Tomac's gunmetal blue Sun Rims Singlewides. My modern bikes just survived a round of upgrades so now I'm ready for a retro build. Tomac rims will be built into a Kona Ti Score Out-of-Bounds hardtail with an OG Marzocchi Mr. T, (Double Triple Clamp/Orange) and a mostly period build. I'm ready for a retro bike show but none around me. 👍🏻
Great to see. I did the Malvern classic in '89 or was it '88? Too long ago. I had a Yeti FRO (1991) yes with the one piece rear end....should've kept it. Good days of early mountain biking
@doddymtbtech Echoing the comments here, that was a brilliant video, great energy that we all feel the same about. A real trip down memory lane of peak MTB around '90-95. Hopefully get to the Malverns Classic one day, missed it in the 90s when I was racing. Still running the same bike though, my '94 Kona Explosif (the Tange Prestige Ultimate Ultrastrong with the ribbed down tube).
Just built a 1998 explosif for my son as his first full sized MTB. My wife is still riding her Ritchey Nitanium Rockhopper and I’m on a ‘96 DeKerf - long live 90s bikes :)
In my town back then we had a shop called No Sweat that later on sold hiking gear skiing gear only, but started off with Trek & Marin up stairs. I would go in after school and when i left school in 92 and look at those bikes, then down the high street was the Halfords with the Carrera and Saracen bikes that people would have for school.
Do you still have your Cleland Aventura? I live near Rowsham and have NOS Cleland Aventura 650B wheels for owners who want to take their bikes back to original spec.
Great video mate and was lots of very nice retro bikes to look at. Mines the Copper Pace and is the first retro build I’ve done and was a rush to finish for the show. A few changes planned for it ready for next years show…😎👍
@@DoddyMTBtech - The frame came out really well. Very pleased with the look. Going to replace the bars, stem and seat once I find something to replace with ..
love that cannondale paint job at the beginning (as well as all the usual suspect dream retro bikes). the only thing i have that is retro from my bike life is my local motion dominator reflex gloves bought new in around 91/92 . i may be an old fart now but it was bloody awesome growing up when all these bikes and components wee brand new (not that i could afford them as a skint teen 😂
A good friend of mine had one one, and I remember taking turns riding along side it so we could watch the rear end tracking the ground! Nothing else worked that well at that price at the time!
@@DoddyMTBtech At least you had seat time on it, all I could do is drool over images. Kona was so freaking cool, always loved the esthetics I wish Kona would go back to that font and naming scheme 😁
I had a pair of those MC Suspenders forks. I got them cheap in mid 90s. The top caps were about 2" in diameter but you had to try and unscrew them with a tiny 6mm Allen socket in the middle of them. Aluminium cap - metal Allen key - instant rounding off!
@@Shawn-in-da-Canyon They were old MK1 versions I think and I got them second hand. The top cap threads were very stiff so the small Allen socket wasn't sufficient to turn them without damage.
Doddy.....you're ace. You save me ....I missed the collection so thanks for your pick of the pops. Can't believe you've not met Jamie Tatlow before. Come ride with us on the Surrey Hills one Wednesday. Keep up the excellent work. #bemoredoddy
Good stuff, love racing my Kili [mid 90s] . Couldn't afford this stuff back in the day so crashed around on a Karakoram. A C16, various monsterous Raleigh, Peugeot etc. Finished with a M1000 but only raced it a couple of times. Back racing on this Kili and doing OK, lots of fun but pretty physical.
Very sad to see that Geoff Apps has died. My wife Sue Darlow was a close friend of his (she did the photography for his cycle maintenance book) and we spent a week at his converted church on the Scottish border in '92. Really a brilliant designer with a unique vision of what an offroad bike could be.
Thanks Doddy, a great overview as i Unfortunately missed the event again this year. I feel the mountain cycle could be a great retro eBike conversion with space in the frame for an internal battery. A Raleigh chopper could also be a great potential for eBike conversion with the under seat rack to support the battery, before people scream Chopper sacrilege i was thinking of using a mk3 frame, hub drive rear wheel with cassette and rear mech and a mk2 seat? On the theme of retro 26" wheels my first want was a Raleigh Bomber as a teenager in the eighties, but i actually got a Halfords X16 (i think was the model) one xmas. Which was similar to the Bomber with 26" wheels 3speed sturmy archer, black frame but with red tires with tan walls and read seat. Would love to see either of these at the show and shine next year.
The Brave Warrior is one of my favorite retro bikes. I had two of them back in the day. Still have a frame and matching rigid fork hanging in the garage. Did you know that the chain stays were fork blades?
Amazing bikes! It's interesting to me as in mostly flat East Yorkshire very few people had great mountain bikes. Some had expensive mtb bikes, but set up generally for vanity and road use. Those of us going off road were mostly on low end bikes. So I wonder if collectors presenting at retro shows like the Malverns are still coming from geographic areas that required better bikes.
@21:30 Hey Doddy i was sponsored by Nokian Tyres when racing under RDC Racing in the UK DH Scene in the late 90s/2000s. Had the snow spike tyres, wet weathers in a pale blue rubber and remember the Gazzalodi 3inch i think it was called ?! Good times back then, On my Foes Slammer , Sick !
I miss your content in GMBN so glad to see you again. Many will still discover were is your channel ... I know a pace 26" in my size ready to be sold, with a RST USA etc in good condition, it was offer to me by a friend that didn´t use too much, he owned a shop in the 80s-90s and have some cool stuff but ... I have too many bicycles. The only I would buy perhaps it is a Klein adroit or attitude etc but has many problems if you want to use I i like ride bicycles. Cool stuff.
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normally back to the past I love retro MTB aka ATB this are the best bikes for me you can do whatever you want with them and frame clearance does not limit you
Those Nokian tyres were made by Nokian Tyres in the Lieksa factory. Now the bicycle tyres are Suomi Tyres (owned by DMack) and some models are still the same from the 90s, but also new models. I had Gazza Extremes as winter tyres back in 2000.
I had a Kili Pro Elite and what a bike it was. Unfortunately it was stolen from a flat ten years ago, otherwise I’d still have it. That powder paint/coating was bombproof. I’m still a hard tail fan and love my new Orbea Alma carbon machine.
Love all the bikes ,huge fan of retro mtbs. Missing my old Parkpre pro elite watching this video. I sended your buddy Anna some pictures of it last year hoped you wanted to see it too. Sadly i had to sell it. Btw, the Kona humuhumu... ,Kona made a titanium version of that, it would be fun to know how many of these was made.
Had no idea this was a thing. I put another 25 miles on my 98 Santa Cruz Bullit yesterday. I had a set of those Spin wheels in the late 90’s as a 240lbs guy they were terrible for me; I could feel each spoke as I rode along on flat ground.
Determining the "best" bike is so subjective because everyone has a different idea. I prefer to see old bikes with signs of use, replaced parts etc because to me it's a bike that has given a lot of joy to someone (or few people).
I lived by Greenham Common when the base was active with cruise missiles. We had 2 USAF soldiers join our club and from this, I bought a Mongoose John Tomac signature model MTB. The lightest bike at the time it was made from Tange Prestige, had road bike geometry, and rode brilliantly. Unfortunately, the lightness led to its downfall, and the frame broke after a few years. Many happy memories though.
our pimp OG Doddzy never fails to provide his viewing audience with the best bike porn out there... I am spent! special mention to the Kona Humu Humu Nuku Nuku Apua'a, I still own a '96 humu that I used throughout my 15 yrs as a bike messenger and I read in MBA mag in '98 when the Stab was released to the public that the team riders were given a different two tone flame paint job
Incredible bikes,i was there right at the start,I tested the first formula one carbon bike at leith hill in surrey,met Caroline Alexandra ,john Stevenson ,dave hemming and Sophie Brooks at boxhill.I'm still cycling more than ever at 55.Is it the meaning of life??
You are dead right about those Zolatone Marins. You might have seen the 91 Team Marin on my channel, which is the only one I’ve ever seen and my current all-time favourite bike. Also, I’ve never seen that Browning electronic transmission in real life, although I do have the 88 Specialized catalogue in which it’s specced on the Stumpjumper. I cherished that catalogue but never got near any of the bikes. Wonder if anyone ever actually got an 88 Stumpjumper with that system on it, or if the catalogue spec was a promise they couldn’t keep? You’ve intrigued me on that one.
When you come some day to the Netherlands then you should at least visit the Mountainbike Museum in Arnhem to see many many old mountainbikes. Have a view on their website to get a glimpse of their collection.
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Hello Doddy my name is Dan Sotelo co founder of onZa. What a great video you put together, a total trip down memory lane. I had no idea you had such passion for the golden age of mountain bikes in the 80s and 90s. Thank You for such a treat.
Hi Dan! What a pleasure to have you watch one of my videos! Thank you!
I love the archive stuff and the history of the sport, I really do. And I’m going to continue doing this sort of stuff!
Never got to own the Onza Ti bar ends, maybe I’ll get round to it sometime!
We should chat sometime!
@@DoddyMTBtech Now days I'm not do computer savvy and only wonder how to get in contact with you. Be nice if you could show me how. Funny thing is I went to the 2016 Euro bike and ran into Hans Ray. We hung out the rest of the afternoon as we caught up and had a nice time.
Doddy do you still have my Onza HO brakes with the Chill Pills?! Hope you are good dude
No way! Onza pedals? Those were rad! Thank you for your contributions to the sport.
@@DoddyMTBtech Hello Doddy, That would be great to sit down and share some stories. I think the Panaracer Smoke & Dart tire story and how they came about would have you in stitches. As well as the Mammoth Kamikaze onZa sponsorship story, that one is pure gold and crazy. Keep up the good work. Sincerely Dan Sotelo
cant get enough of the vintage MTB coverage
This video had me smiling the whole way through. Absolutely love learning about vintage bikes
80s, 90s absolutely the best time for mtb innovations. Great video
Just awesome to see these unicorn bikes captured on video so well. That Geoff Apps bike - legend of MTB history right there! Would have loved to see some more of the other less exotic retro bikes too but I guess there is just so much to go at! Great work Doddy - I could watch that again!
WOW WOW WOW. So many hits here but the Geoff Apps bike at the end is mind blowing. WOW. Thank you thank you!!!
Cheers Doddy, such a great video as ever! Great to catch up and thanks as ever for all the support, Omar, Tom & Tim 👊
Cheers Doddy for capturing my Turner/Kona at @13:39 and neatly describing the differences to the first gen Stab in a few sentences....it takes me much longer 🤣 The full 4 and half year build is over on retrobike if you or anyone fancies going down the rabbit hole.
Changes are needed for the show for the reasons you talk about. It's such a success thanks to such an incredible breadth of bikes that a few simple categories, with marking and judging transparency, will take it to the next level.
The board idea is spot on, with 3-5 categories, a bigger and better organised show area, and moved to Saturday prime-time. It's a mountain bike festival after all! I'd love the parade opportunity in front of the judges but I worry it'd take ages and form big queues.
Thanks for your continual support and recognition of our collective history!
It's always a pleasure watching Doddy sharing his love for MTB. No "don't buy this - your two year old bike sucks", just passion.
Doddy banging out one of the best mtb-related videos of the year in that sneaky bit of time at the end of the day after the kids are in bed. I love it. What an array of fabulous bikes and mtb history. Brilliant.
Thanks! Tbh, I should have spent a bit more time on this but wanted to just get it done as was going to be busy with other stuff. Was in my mind after the weekend!
@@DoddyMTBtech nah the raw energy was good. Save the polished stuff for your Mondraker output innit!
I was in London a few years back and saw some guy riding a Funk. Haven’t seen one in person in the states and some guy rolls by like it’s no big deal. If it’s you and you read this, thanks for keeping that bike alive
Totally loved it Doddy, I was there at the birth of the flex-Stem, Suspension forks etc etc, near 20 years of mountain biking back then, 17 year off them due to motorcycles, now back peddling, and loving mountain biking all over again, On a Giant Stance, E-+2, aged 60 .
My Highpath ;-)
Agreed on the info boards for next year. Maybe not compulsory, but it would flesh out the bikes for all of us and make the whole scene more interesting for the non-retrobike people.
Loved your bike, and the whole back story of what Geoff Apps did. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video Doddy. cheers for your comments about my Marin Palisades too!
Fantastic vid bro. Thank you so much. Love all bikes.
Tope video, great recap of the retro show and shine! Love the idea of each bike having a some info on the bars to explain the back story and the judges getting to meet the owners! Looking forwards to next years event already!
I love you retro bike stuff is my fave , your passion shows :)
Great video, your passion really comes though, thanks Doddy
Great content as always Doddy and nice to see all those awesome bikes in more detail… Thanks for the VGT mention and no problem, happy to supply the AV for you on the Mondraker booth. 👍🏼
Legend, thanks for everything as always
Loved this video! Thank you Doddy
Fantastic Doddy great trip,down memory lane, what a amazing time mountain biking was back in the late 80s an 90s. Unfortunately I do not have any of my old retro bikes and parts as they were always sold to fund the next bike.
I was drooling over the bikes in this video. Malverns never disappoints. Nice to see a San Andreas! I have a 1997 Moho CXS. Thanks for sharing,Doddy!
I really must start putting some cash aside to start on a project of my own. It’s been on my mind for ages, just not got there yet.
A San Andreas would be right up there!
@@DoddyMTBtech When you're over here in the Bay Area next year for Sea Otter, hit me up if you want to check out my Moho. I'm only a couple of miles away from SFO airport.
Thanks for this, some great memories, Got into MTB in the v early 90s and the innovation back then was awesome, so many different, unique & awesome bikes, I remember having that edition of MTB UK you showed, and a mate getting some Pace suspension forks when it was unusual to have suspension in non pro anyway
Glad you enjoyed it!
Those Mar Z1s on that Santa Cruz Chameleon :) Had a set back in the day. Miss them still
Thanks for this doddy, couldn’t make it this year but your coverage has made up for it 👍🍻
I had a Cannondale Super V 2000 SL upgraded to XT everything with the CNC'd one piece triple crank. Was a glorious bike!
Dream bikes from back when I couldn't afford them. Love this channell! Cheers.
Thanks Doddy, a great bit nostalgia, takes me right back!
Awesome stuff Doddy, the era I grew up with with bikes! I worked with Jez at a bike shop in the North East (Bike Scene) for work experience, he was nuts, remember him getting a telling off from the shop owners for doing Switzerland squeakers in the workshop on a brand new customer bikes 😅
Another cool and very interesting video... I'm always in awe at your workshop! 🤘
That is why I got my 1997 Klein Mantra!! Cost 100 bucks!! Thanks so much for this video!
High path ❤️🤘
It just shows the UK took to mountain biking and developed the sport in our own way. It's great to see a pioneer off road bike builder get the recognition in the 3rd place. What year does the retro category go up to?
Yep, but also there were similar things happening in Canada and Australia at the same time, it's just not been documented. It's something I want to do. For the retro category as a whole, it seems up to late 90's really
That Highpath is brilliant. Geoff Apps is an overlooked legend. His website is a brilliant insite to off road UK riding with, you know , mud.
Did you see any 531 bikes like my Eagle or my old Bromwich Cyclone?
Hey Doddy --- this vid is amazing, LOVED every second of it. I'm 46 and lived down the road from the Malverns so went ro maybe 7 in a row up to 98, I think that was the last year until it recently re-started. I collected MBUK from it's inception until 1998 so seeing all these mags brings back amazing memories! ... the bikes are all those I grew up with. I've moved away from Worcestershire now and miss the Malverns so much --- this vid is exceptional, I'm so happy to have stumbled upon your channel. I owned a Kona Lava Dome, GT LTS 1000, Orange 222, Intense Tracer VP .... I don't ride as much as I should --- that PACE Copper bike is insane ... Always loved the Klein paintworks and Tomac's MAVIC disc wheel! I've got a few old Malverns VHS vids ... wish I kept my race number from racing the main XC race in 93 or 94 ... it was a green plate, maybe 7-Up sponsored ?>!>!?!?
Great video again buddy, the brave absolutely was amazing. All the bikes could have been winners.
Doddy !!! Ive missed you from GMBN channel, been looking for you. Your how to and tech videos have helped me tremendously !!! Please make more for this channel and keep them coming weekly. A loyal Utube follower for sure !!
Another great video doddy👌
Great video and fun to see some of the bikes we didn't have in the States back then. The Yeti bikes will always be some of my faves. I have an early Tom Ritchey that was custom made by the man himself for my father. It's like a family heirloom! Cheers!
Fab video! Agree with your proposals for show'n'shine👏
Really enjoyed this video. Pure nostalgia. Never mind all the amazing bikes, even little things like seeing a pair of old Deore DX thumb shifters that I used to have (indexed!) gave me the warm and fuzzies.
Great video Doddy.
I think the idea of walking past the judges is a great idea, with so many bikes there it's hard to see some of them when they are squashed in next to something else.
I think categories is a good idea, obviously the amount of catagories could go on for ever so might be worth making it simple like Rigid, hard tail and full suspension. There could possibly be a prize in each category of £300 for first, £200 for second and £100 for third that way the total prize fund would only be £50 more than the current prize fund.
Amazing video!
more of this plz, great video!
That Copper Pace mate all time ...reminds me of the super tough burner color way ..sick .
I loved watching that step back in time. As a long time bike pro I was able to acquire some of Tomac's gunmetal blue Sun Rims Singlewides. My modern bikes just survived a round of upgrades so now I'm ready for a retro build.
Tomac rims will be built into a Kona Ti Score Out-of-Bounds hardtail with an OG Marzocchi Mr. T, (Double Triple Clamp/Orange) and a mostly period build.
I'm ready for a retro bike show but none around me.
👍🏻
Great to see. I did the Malvern classic in '89 or was it '88? Too long ago. I had a Yeti FRO (1991) yes with the one piece rear end....should've kept it. Good days of early mountain biking
@doddymtbtech Echoing the comments here, that was a brilliant video, great energy that we all feel the same about. A real trip down memory lane of peak MTB around '90-95. Hopefully get to the Malverns Classic one day, missed it in the 90s when I was racing. Still running the same bike though, my '94 Kona Explosif (the Tange Prestige Ultimate Ultrastrong with the ribbed down tube).
This is awesome I've definitely going to be there next year with my Yeti Lawwill dh6 and Schwinn 4 banger
I was there with my DH6 but I don't think I've seen any photos of it anywhere.
Just built a 1998 explosif for my son as his first full sized MTB.
My wife is still riding her Ritchey Nitanium Rockhopper and I’m on a ‘96 DeKerf - long live 90s bikes :)
In my town back then we had a shop called No Sweat that later on sold hiking gear skiing gear only, but started off with Trek & Marin up stairs. I would go in after school and when i left school in 92 and look at those bikes, then down the high street was the Halfords with the Carrera and Saracen bikes that people would have for school.
My 1991 Klein pinnacle is hung on my bedroom wall still,great video doddy,Chris
Loved this, onza bar ends,flex stem,still got mine,a time of everything different and interesting, nice one Doddy 👍
Awesome awesom Awesome...❤
I used to build wheels for Geoff Apps bikes for a time. I recall his 29er wheels and built some, the issue was getting the tyres.
Wow! Cool to read!
Do you still have your Cleland Aventura? I live near Rowsham and have NOS Cleland Aventura 650B wheels for owners who want to take their bikes back to original spec.
Great video mate and was lots of very nice retro bikes to look at. Mines the Copper Pace and is the first retro build I’ve done and was a rush to finish for the show. A few changes planned for it ready for next years show…😎👍
I hate it when I'm in a rush to get a bike finished, and I accidentally put the bars on upside down.... 😉
The finish was incredible!
@@PBMJ01 The bars were intentional but are being replaced.
@@DoddyMTBtech - The frame came out really well. Very pleased with the look. Going to replace the bars, stem and seat once I find something to replace with ..
love that cannondale paint job at the beginning (as well as all the usual suspect dream retro bikes). the only thing i have that is retro from my bike life is my local motion dominator reflex gloves bought new in around 91/92 . i may be an old fart now but it was bloody awesome growing up when all these bikes and components wee brand new (not that i could afford them as a skint teen 😂
I had a pair of those! Think we all did! Loved them!
I wanted the Kona turner burner but ended up with a Stab a couple of years later. I can't believe I forgot that bike. Thanks for the memories Doddy!
A good friend of mine had one one, and I remember taking turns riding along side it so we could watch the rear end tracking the ground! Nothing else worked that well at that price at the time!
@@DoddyMTBtech At least you had seat time on it, all I could do is drool over images. Kona was so freaking cool, always loved the esthetics I wish Kona would go back to that font and naming scheme 😁
I had a pair of those MC Suspenders forks. I got them cheap in mid 90s. The top caps were about 2" in diameter but you had to try and unscrew them with a tiny 6mm Allen socket in the middle of them. Aluminium cap - metal Allen key - instant rounding off!
That’s weird. I had two sets of them and never had a problem. User error possibly?
@@Shawn-in-da-Canyon They were old MK1 versions I think and I got them second hand. The top cap threads were very stiff so the small Allen socket wasn't sufficient to turn them without damage.
Awesome bikes…can’t wait to go next year for the first time!!!
Doddy.....you're ace. You save me ....I missed the collection so thanks for your pick of the pops. Can't believe you've not met Jamie Tatlow before. Come ride with us on the Surrey Hills one Wednesday.
Keep up the excellent work.
#bemoredoddy
Is that the same James Tatlow who used to build wheels for Highpath in Guildford?
Great Vid, love those bikes, always wanted a Pace !!
Great video , thanks!
Keep digressing doddy such a deep knowledge of the early uk MTB scene.. you pull out a name and it takes me right back
Awesome. Every year I say I am going to take my Restored Cove Stiffee fr back to there , And every year I forget..
You need to come to California… the BIRTH of it all! Lol
THANKS !
Good stuff, love racing my Kili [mid 90s] . Couldn't afford this stuff back in the day so crashed around on a Karakoram. A C16, various monsterous Raleigh, Peugeot etc.
Finished with a M1000 but only raced it a couple of times.
Back racing on this Kili and doing OK, lots of fun but pretty physical.
XTR, XT Deore, Triple So Reliable.
Great stuff Doddy!
Now I miss my Pace even more 🥲
Very sad to see that Geoff Apps has died. My wife Sue Darlow was a close friend of his (she did the photography for his cycle maintenance book) and we spent a week at his converted church on the Scottish border in '92. Really a brilliant designer with a unique vision of what an offroad bike could be.
Hi Rob, I was a longtime friend of Geoff and though I never met Sue, she took some wonderful photos of Geoff and his early bikes.
Thanks Doddy, a great overview as i Unfortunately missed the event again this year. I feel the mountain cycle could be a great retro eBike conversion with space in the frame for an internal battery. A Raleigh chopper could also be a great potential for eBike conversion with the under seat rack to support the battery, before people scream Chopper sacrilege i was thinking of using a mk3 frame, hub drive rear wheel with cassette and rear mech and a mk2 seat? On the theme of retro 26" wheels my first want was a Raleigh Bomber as a teenager in the eighties, but i actually got a Halfords X16 (i think was the model) one xmas. Which was similar to the Bomber with 26" wheels 3speed sturmy archer, black frame but with red tires with tan walls and read seat. Would love to see either of these at the show and shine next year.
The Brave Warrior is one of my favorite retro bikes. I had two of them back in the day. Still have a frame and matching rigid fork hanging in the garage. Did you know that the chain stays were fork blades?
Great fact! Thank you!
THIS WAS THE BEST BIKE SHOW , this needs to be the STANDARD , it make u dream
Amazing bikes! It's interesting to me as in mostly flat East Yorkshire very few people had great mountain bikes. Some had expensive mtb bikes, but set up generally for vanity and road use. Those of us going off road were mostly on low end bikes. So I wonder if collectors presenting at retro shows like the Malverns are still coming from geographic areas that required better bikes.
We like "digress"
@21:30 Hey Doddy i was sponsored by Nokian Tyres when racing under RDC Racing in the UK DH Scene in the late 90s/2000s. Had the snow spike tyres, wet weathers in a pale blue rubber and remember the Gazzalodi 3inch i think it was called ?! Good times back then, On my Foes Slammer , Sick !
I miss your content in GMBN so glad to see you again. Many will still discover were is your channel ...
I know a pace 26" in my size ready to be sold, with a RST USA etc in good condition, it was offer to me by a friend that didn´t use too much, he owned a shop in the 80s-90s and have some cool stuff but ... I have too many bicycles. The only I would buy perhaps it is a Klein adroit or attitude etc but has many problems if you want to use I i like ride bicycles.
Cool stuff.
normally back to the past
I love retro MTB aka ATB this are the best bikes for me you can do whatever you want with them and frame clearance does not limit you
Wish you showed more of that Klien! I salivated over those back in the day
Quality Dodd 🤙🤙
Great video 👍😄👍
Those Nokian tyres were made by Nokian Tyres in the Lieksa factory. Now the bicycle tyres are Suomi Tyres (owned by DMack) and some models are still the same from the 90s, but also new models. I had Gazza Extremes as winter tyres back in 2000.
I had a Kili Pro Elite and what a bike it was. Unfortunately it was stolen from a flat ten years ago, otherwise I’d still have it. That powder paint/coating was bombproof. I’m still a hard tail fan and love my new Orbea Alma carbon machine.
Mate, I fancy a Mint Sauce Tattoo too 😆😅
That San An ... ♥️👌
definitely categories, makes you wonder were they just throwing darts back in the day or was there some science to it
Love all the bikes ,huge fan of retro mtbs. Missing my old Parkpre pro elite watching this video. I sended your buddy Anna some pictures of it last year hoped you wanted to see it too. Sadly i had to sell it. Btw, the Kona humuhumu... ,Kona made a titanium version of that, it would be fun to know how many of these was made.
Nice weird mind .....do more of this👍😃
Had no idea this was a thing. I put another 25 miles on my 98 Santa Cruz Bullit yesterday.
I had a set of those Spin wheels in the late 90’s as a 240lbs guy they were terrible for me; I could feel each spoke as I rode along on flat ground.
Determining the "best" bike is so subjective because everyone has a different idea. I prefer to see old bikes with signs of use, replaced parts etc because to me it's a bike that has given a lot of joy to someone (or few people).
I lived by Greenham Common when the base was active with cruise missiles. We had 2 USAF soldiers join our club and from this, I bought a Mongoose John Tomac signature model MTB. The lightest bike at the time it was made from Tange Prestige, had road bike geometry, and rode brilliantly. Unfortunately, the lightness led to its downfall, and the frame broke after a few years. Many happy memories though.
our pimp OG Doddzy never fails to provide his viewing audience with the best bike porn out there... I am spent!
special mention to the Kona Humu Humu Nuku Nuku Apua'a, I still own a '96 humu that I used throughout my 15 yrs as a bike messenger and I read in MBA mag in '98 when the Stab was released to the public that the team riders were given a different two tone flame paint job
No Klein Adroit? I still have my '92 frame in Mardi Gras paint hanging in my bedroom
Incredible bikes,i was there right at the start,I tested the first formula one carbon bike at leith hill in surrey,met Caroline Alexandra ,john Stevenson ,dave hemming and Sophie Brooks at boxhill.I'm still cycling more than ever at 55.Is it the meaning of life??
I can't believe Doddy walked past a K bike 🤷. Klein bikes always draw my eye. The colour ways are always a bit special 🙂
You are dead right about those Zolatone Marins. You might have seen the 91 Team Marin on my channel, which is the only one I’ve ever seen and my current all-time favourite bike. Also, I’ve never seen that Browning electronic transmission in real life, although I do have the 88 Specialized catalogue in which it’s specced on the Stumpjumper. I cherished that catalogue but never got near any of the bikes. Wonder if anyone ever actually got an 88 Stumpjumper with that system on it, or if the catalogue spec was a promise they couldn’t keep? You’ve intrigued me on that one.
When you come some day to the Netherlands then you should at least visit the Mountainbike Museum in Arnhem to see many many old mountainbikes. Have a view on their website to get a glimpse of their collection.
It’s been on my list for sometime. Maybe this winter I’ll get the chance, will see!!
@@DoddyMTBtech give me a ping as I live in Arnhem so we can meet and maybe do some mountainbiking together.
I’ve started watching this too late on a Saturday night. Bad move, is eBay still open?! 😝 Superb machines. Vintage MTB is blowing up.
офигенные велы. у нас такое и не снилось