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Jurassic wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 1:43 am
BigdummySteve wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 1:33 am Talking of onza porcupine’s I see they have reissued them. I seem to remember them as having conical knobs? Things were so much simpler then, it was either a smoke/dart combo or porkies if you’re posh or being cool with the white ones.
Yeah they were like a blunt ended cone, you're right. Smoke&Dart for me though, I never did run Porcs.
I was all about the Farmer John/ Farmer John Cousin combo.
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lune ranger wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:14 pm
Jurassic wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 1:43 am
BigdummySteve wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 1:33 am Talking of onza porcupine’s I see they have reissued them. I seem to remember them as having conical knobs? Things were so much simpler then, it was either a smoke/dart combo or porkies if you’re posh or being cool with the white ones.
Yeah they were like a blunt ended cone, you're right. Smoke&Dart for me though, I never did run Porcs.
I was all about the Farmer John/ Farmer John Cousin combo.
Oh man, I had a pair of them as well, they were terrible! :shock: :lol: I think I upgraded the front to a Mud Dawg which was slightly better!
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Were they terrible? All i remember was fitting them the same day my brother cut his handlebars so fashionably narrow he didn’t leave enough room for all the controls :roll:
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lune ranger wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:07 pm Were they terrible? All i remember was fitting them the same day my brother cut his handlebars so fashionably narrow he didn’t leave enough room for all the controls :roll:
My memory is that they had no edge grip at all and that they just washed out but there wasn't a whole lot of choice back then was there? I do remember being amazed when I put the Mud Dawg on the front, all of a sudden I could steer in the mud without the front tucking! I too was guilty of cutting down my bars and I had one of the original steel flexstems as well! :oops: :grin:
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FlexStem - guilty of that one too. Along with the neon Cosmic Trail wedge pack, stick on wheel disk and matching saddle cover :oops:
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Ah......Farmer Johns, the Firestone s.a.t of the mtb world :-bd
Ace grip but mega loud on the road, don't forget the obligatory
Xt sharkfin on the chainstay too :lol:
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Fat tyre kicker wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:22 am Ah......Farmer Johns, the Firestone s.a.t of the mtb world :-bd
Ace grip but mega loud on the road, don't forget the obligatory
Xt sharkfin on the chainstay too :lol:
Sharks tooth too on account of the u-brake!
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Fat tyre kicker wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:22 am ... the Firestone s.a.t of the mtb world :-bd
Now, there's a Land Rover driver if ever I saw one :wink:
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I had s.a.t's on a couple of Lannies, they made a 2 1/4 petrol
Look powerful as you left lights sideways in the wet :-bd
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