MintSauce Posted August 30, 2007 Share Well....having always been a mountain biker, I look back at my first one, a Nishiki of some sort and the feeling that wells up inside me is.....THANK GOD FOR TECHNOLOGY! I F_EN HATE THAT THING NOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr LOOK Posted August 30, 2007 Share Got a new Blue Peugeot Rapport in 1987 from Cycle Centre in PTA...paid R 502.88 The good old days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABUBI Posted August 30, 2007 Share Mine was a mountainbike I bought in 1999 from a friend of mine. Kuwahara frame, no shock, shimano STX 7 spd for R1000. I had it in my garage until last year gathering dust, then I knocked black guy of his bike one evening and gave him the bike to make up for the damage. I saw him the other day and he loves the bike, pimped it so bad I almost did not recognise it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epoh Posted August 30, 2007 Share My first bike was a Cervelo Soloist Carbon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowjoe Posted August 30, 2007 Share My first bike was a Cervelo Soloist Carbon hope you upgraded since then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with no name Posted August 30, 2007 Share My first road bike was a pink Le Tour that I traded for my MTB with a local dominee. He thought he got a good deal RSX downshifters, crappy hubs and rims, but it flew like the wind, or so I thought.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
word Posted August 30, 2007 Share I bought my first bike a year ago to the day (30 aug 2006). wow' date=' a year later and i still suck at this It was a raleigh , fixed that mistake very quickly [/quote'] Are you sure you fixed that quickly? You bought a Felt. Seems to me like you still need to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowjoe Posted August 30, 2007 Share word, someday when i grow old i will buy a bike for old age people, something simple with a design thats 20 years old. a specialized !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E1A104 Posted August 30, 2007 Share I remember drooling over a Battaglini in the window of Advanced Cycles and all I could afford was some dodge brand - Vacari - thought I bought from Aqua City in JHB City Centre ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted August 30, 2007 Share first bike i bought (with an insurance payout) was a mate's 2nd hand (he had it for six months) a black cannandale f900 with lefty shock. gave it away in december. i miss that bike now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Lizard Posted August 30, 2007 Share Shame, I hope that you did not have to ride it for too long. The humiliation that you must have gone through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted August 30, 2007 Share Shame' date=' I hope that you did not have to ride it for too long. The humiliation that you must have gone through.[/quote'] i hope you're not talking to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Lizard Posted August 30, 2007 Share Why, should I be afraid, should I be very afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty Posted August 30, 2007 Share My first bike I bought when I was 15 for R75. It was a old, rusted, light blue bike, but it acted as a very good form of transport getting to friends and the stables. Think the longest I ever rode her was 40 minutes!I bought her new grips (red and black) and a comfy gel womens saddle for R50 and gave her a spray paint. Unfortuntely when I was at stables one day the boer bull got hold of her and chowed my saddle and tyres to pieces. That was the end of my cycling until 8 years later when I bought a Giant Rincon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokeSpoke Posted August 30, 2007 Share 1986 - Bought a second hand Le Turbo with Ofmega and Suntour components from Willie Engelbreght at AVH Cycles for R650 Glad to see someone else's "first time" was with a Le Turbo. Mine was from Robbie Macintosh, cost just over a grand at the time and was top of the line. The frame was 2 sizes to big for me , but the idea was I would "grow into it". She still hangs in my garage, her racing days long over. I left her for a Colnago a few years later, from Alan Van Heerden (when he was close to Alexander, and it was safe to ride in that direction) , 1 size to big, She cost me about R2500 at the time (about a years worth of pay checks) Today I'm on an Bianchi Niarone 56 cm frame (never did grow up), cost me 800 pounds sterling, and she has just done 5000Km today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted August 30, 2007 Share my first bike i can remember was a girls bike family friends gave me was hand painted brown and silver. I was 5 years old and my brother taught me to ride by running behind me and holding the saddle. my Dad took the pedals off cos i was riding down "Clarence Road"(Durban) at the age of 5 with my feet on the handle bars can rember getting a hiding too !!! In std 9 i got a Armstrong challanger Raliegh 9 speed lovley purple and my girlfriend had one of the Raliegh Choppers and we used to go riding down to Blue Lagoon . Those were the days hagar2007-08-30 05:56:54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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