Bikes you lusted over as a kid...

Fancied a mustang too, but not quite as much

Saw this the first time that I watched the TDF in '92. I knew nothing about the rider, but the bike was amazing

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The fuck you lusted after a Lizard!? I had one and it was utter shite.

Now....A Muddy Fox Courier Comp......

My brother had exactly the same GT Zaskar LE when he rode for the Belgian GT Team (think end nineties); was an amazing bike indeed, but I preferred the Xizang LE.

DJ, you need the zolotone pine mountain.....flat/rough grey with pink....check out the new 2016 version for retro heaven....I think that's what my cycle2work voucher is going on!

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I don't remember lusting after bikes when I was a kid. I guess I was still ignorant (or too busy trying to get my own back after someone stole it). Making up for lost time now though, any time I see a Banesto team bike.

wanted one so bad, worked in the LBS after school and on weekends till I could afford one...so good

I wanted a Raleigh Activator and got an Outland instead. It is also still in my parent's garage! Fucking loved that bike.

It was and still is the heaviest thing in the world mind.

Halcyon days!

Skyway!

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Y u Lizard when u could Dune Dancer?

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Ha! I remember that photo from the brochure. Fucking hipster. Was thinking the same about a Lizard, thats just what everyone had, not what everyone wanted. Same with the shitty purply Mustang.

Fuck you Garmin

I knew there was no chance of a Dune Dancer so I nagged and nagged and nagged my parents for a Yukon. They got me an Amazon. Which was still pretty effing cool. At least it wasn't a Pioneer.

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I had the Yukon, frame bag n all. With Girvin Flexstem, total 0.025 tonnes

Srsly? You must have got all the girls and had very rich parents.

Admission: I have an ebay search saved for a 17" or 19" Yukon or Dune Dancer. When I get one I'll put 32C gumwall slicks on and use it as a summer tourer.

I had the Mirage.

Out our school the Mirage was considered a bit girly, what with it being a lilac girl's bike and everything.

Sadly had weak girl game and the Yukon got nicked #sadstorybro anyway I thought the Yukon was only mid range in terms of cost?

Ah, I got there name wrong then- mine was blue, which means it was the Montage.

My mate's dad had a lightning TI when we were kids, all-time dream frame.

Like this one, but with slick tyres and a yellow fork.
As far as I know he still rides it

The Yukon was defo upper-mid - third-from-top, so still lustworthy, if not quite a Dune Dancer:

http://veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk/ncl/pics/Raleigh%20catalogue%201991%20Mens%20%20(V-CC%20Library).pdf

They didn't do the Montage in 1991, so I don't know how cool a kid @Dammit was.

Behold!