remember this?

[sadamhussein]

If you dont remember atleast 5 items below, you have no business on a mountainbike!

 

 

 

shimano 200GS, the best thing since sliced cheese (although skeptics resisted rapid-fire technology for a good couple of years))

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/images.jpg

 

 

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/shimano200gs.jpg

 

 

 

cantilever brakes. WAY better than u-brakes, but still impossible to get the pads set up.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/m734black_1569_general.jpg

 

 

 

cateye vectra. better than the cable operated mechanical speedo's sold by the bike shop and the OK at Sanlam Centre.

(till some jealous c**t cuts the wires while your bike is parked in the school bike yard)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/f_cateye_vectra.jpg

 

cateye mity 2. it was the bees knees, available in 5 funky colours.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/g_cateye_mity_2.jpg

 

 

nishiki. the poor-mans diamondback. it was plenty good enough!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/images1.jpg

 

 

 

onza bar ends. the origional bar end.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/images2.jpg

 

 

 

girvin flexstem. shocks were still as expensive as hens teeth.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/n_girvin_stem.jpg

 

 

 

rock shox mag 21's. the benchmark.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/1-15.jpg

 

 

 

answer manitou. a close second.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/images3.jpg

Edited July 23, 2012 by sadamhussein

[sadamhussein]

magura hydraulic rim brakes - bombproof stopping power!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/magura_rim_brake_hs33.jpg

 

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/2450275745_5657fa8487.jpg

 

 

 

novelty frame designs - enter the slingshot (bad idea)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/c6fd_1.jpg

 

 

 

novelty wheel designs. the tioga disc drive had kevlar spokes.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/IMG_4267.jpg

 

 

 

proflex. a fs bike with 3mm of travel.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/ProflexSide1.jpg

 

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/proflex.jpg

 

 

 

the first proper full susser at westdene cycles. trek. drewl.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/trek_9200_boing_104.jpg

 

 

 

john tomac and ned overend. mountainbikers where REAL men who didnt need gu's, protein shakes, and 16 team riders to get them over the finish line.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/Tomac-Picture-hi.jpg

 

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/ned_95_162.jpg

Edited July 23, 2012 by sadamhussein

[Breezer]

I had a Cat Eye Mity2, but it was on my Peugeot Rapport and not my MTB.

[sadamhussein]

and toe-clips. you modern day wussies think it's difficult learning to ride with SPD's?

try these things - designed as a medieval torture device, they eventually found their way onto mountainbikes in the early 90's. their key function was to ensnare a shoelace and take you DOWN when you try to put your foot out!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/krazy-eyes/pd1171.jpg

Edited July 23, 2012 by sadamhussein

[lyslexic]

I still have a Cateye Mity 2

[greenlight]

[kosmonooit]

What about Powergrips?

 

http://0.tqn.com/d/bicycling/1/G/c/8/-/-/power_grips.jpg

 

 

I still have one of those original Manitou forks, circa-1992