Old Mountain Bikes
An incomplete list of the bikes I've owned. Before the digital age I rode two different Muddy Fox mountain bikes, a Specialized Stumpjumper, a secondhand Litespeed and a tricked out Merlin Mountain, which I bought slightly too small.
| FortyFour Big Boy (sold) | ||
|---|---|---|
 | First ride | Mar 9, 2013 |
| Last ride | Jun 1, 2020 | |
| Total rides | 258 | |
| Distance | 8'585 km | |
| Elevation | 287'783 m | |
| Hours | 907 h | |
| FortyFour Kid Dangerous (recycled) | ||
|---|---|---|
 | First ride | Jan 19, 2013 |
| Last ride | May 28, 2017 | |
| Total rides | 132 | |
| Distance | 5'549 km | |
| Elevation | 191'861 m | |
| Hours | 427 h | |
| Niner Air 9 Carbon (sold) | ||
|---|---|---|
 | First ride | May 26, 2010 |
| Last ride | Sep 20, 2012 | |
| Total rides | 86 | |
| Distance | 3'291 km | |
| Elevation | 138'086 m | |
| Hours | 263 h | |
| Niner One 9 (sold) | ||
|---|---|---|
 | First ride | 2006 |
| Last ride | 2010 | |
| Total rides | unknown | |
| Distance | unknown | |
| Elevation | unknown | |
| Hours | unknown | |
| Kelly Deluxe (sold) | ||
|---|---|---|
 | First ride | 1999 |
| Last ride | 2001 | |
| Total rides | unknown | |
| Distance | unknown | |
| Elevation | unknown | |
| Hours | unknown | |
| Merlin Mountain (sold) | ||
|---|---|---|
 | First ride | 1994 |
| Last ride | 2006 | |
| Total rides | unknown | |
| Distance | unknown | |
| Elevation | unknown | |
| Hours | unknown | |
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