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.

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! I think I upgraded the front to a Mud Dawg which was slightly better!

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

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

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!

FlexStem - guilty of that one too. Along with the neon Cosmic Trail wedge pack, stick on wheel disk and matching saddle cover

Ah......Farmer Johns, the Firestone s.a.t of the mtb world
Ace grip but mega loud on the road, don't forget the obligatory
Xt sharkfin on the chainstay too

Fat tyre kicker wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:22 am Ah......Farmer Johns, the Firestone s.a.t of the mtb world
Ace grip but mega loud on the road, don't forget the obligatory
Xt sharkfin on the chainstay too

Sharks tooth too on account of the u-brake!

Fat tyre kicker wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:22 am ... the Firestone s.a.t of the mtb world

Now, there's a Land Rover driver if ever I saw one

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