I'm just a working stiff, so I only have a handful of bikes that I've collected over the years. Thanks for asking!
2003/05 Santa Cruz Blur LT Hybrid (Blur Classic rear triangle, LT front). Rear triangle made in Santa Cruz, CA, the front triangle at Kinesis in Portland, OR (or so I was told). It's built with a Fox Vanilla 140RLC at the moment, Cane Creek Terros wheels, Thomson post and stem, XT/X.9 components, Monkeybars, Hayes brakes. I got this in 2003 because I was tired of getting beat up in endurance races and it's now my primary 24 hours and 50+ mile racing bike. Heavy, sure (like 28/29 lbs), but I'm slow, so I might as well be comfy.
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1998 Rhygin Juke SS (as in stainless Metax tubeset). Made in Boston, MA. Built as a one speed with a Rennen Rollerlager tensioner (I run both a 21 and 18 tooth cog, so the tensioner is mostly so I don't have to screw with the chain). XT/Race Face Bash guard/34-tooth Blackspire ring, Endless Bikes cogs, very old M732/M730/Mavic 231 wheels (these are the 7-speed XT with the grease ports). I actually have a shock on it now. It's getting more and more use in races, though I'm even slower with only one speed!
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This is a 1994 GT Zaskar, made in SoCal, USA (with a sticker that said Troy Bilt, the welder was named Troy). It's got a Push'd Fox Float 100RLC, 8-speed XT/XTR, Ringle Moby Post (blue). I race this bike occasionally in the local MTB series (both real and the vintage class, but I run the original cro-mo rigid forks and XT cantis on for vintage, the cranks are non-vintage modern LX Hollowtech-II), but I keep it around mostly because it was the first bike I bought new in 1994 when I was still a shop wrench. Prior to that I'd had a used Schwinn High Plains and a used Giant ATX760, but this was a bike I'd always wanted in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Finally got it when the GT/Riteway rep offered to me because they'd stripped the front wheel for a warranty. I got it for $700!
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My year-round commuter and fall/winter racer. A 1999 Redline Cyclocross, made by Kinesis in Portland, OR. It's quite a bit different from this photo now. Running FSA Gossamer cranks, 39 inner Salsa ring, 44 tooth outer XT ring, XT rear derailleur, Ultegra front, Rolf Vector Comps (they were red and cheap) and a 11-25 cassette for CX races and Ultegra hubs/Mavic CXP rims with a 12-27 cassette for touring and commuting, various tires (mostly Schwalbe CX Pros and Kenda Kross), Ultegra STI 8-speed shifters, Salsa Bell Lap bars, Control Tech (vintage) stem and post. Outside the end of the CX season, it gets Plant Bike fenders, too.
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