"The Muddy Fox Courier - it was pretty much the only mountain bike you could buy in this country in 1988, and they were funny-looking things. I would take the Courier and head off to anywhere there was a bit of mud. Not too far afield, but I would feel cheated if I didn't find mud, even a little patch. After we met, I offered to pay half of the cost of a bike for her. I guess you could say I had an ulterior motive..."
"The Muddy Fox Courier - it was pretty much the only mountain bike you could buy in this country in 1988, and they were funny-looking things. I would take the Courier and head off to anywhere there was a bit of mud. Not too far afield, but I would feel cheated if I didn't find mud, even a little patch. After we met, I offered to pay half of the cost of a bike for her. I guess you could say I had an ulterior motive..."
"The Muddy Fox Courier - it was pretty much the only mountain bike you could buy in this country in 1988, and they were funny-looking things. I would take the Courier and head off to anywhere there was a bit of mud. Not too far afield, but I would feel cheated if I didn't find mud, even a little patch. After we met, I offered to pay half of the cost of a bike for her. I guess you could say I had an ulterior motive..."
They were ace and yellow.
Yellow is the colour of my Rockhopper which was purchased in this country in 1987. -- the.Mark
Yellow is the colour of my Rockhopper which was purchased in this country in 1987.
I certainly remember trying to decide whether to get a tourer or one of those new fangle 'adult bmx' bikes in 1987, the Muddy Fox wasn't the only model on the marked. I bought a tourer which I still have and I have had, and disposed of, two mountain bikes since.
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Yellow is the colour of my Rockhopper which was purchased in this country in 1987.
I certainly remember trying to decide whether to get a tourer or one of those new fangle 'adult bmx' bikes in 1987, the Muddy Fox wasn't the only model on the marked. I bought a tourer which I still have and I have had, and disposed of, two mountain bikes since.
I had that decision to make in 1986. There was a mountain bike shop on New Cavendish St near where I worked (now the Cycle Centre), and it seemed to sell little else but Muddy Foxes.
I ended up with an FW Evans grand tourer instead, from the shop in The Cut, which I still have and use almost every day (alternating with the Brompton).
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the.Mark said:
Yellow is the colour of my Rockhopper which was purchased in this country in 1987.
I certainly remember trying to decide whether to get a tourer or one of those new fangle 'adult bmx' bikes in 1987, the Muddy Fox wasn't the only model on the marked. I bought a tourer which I still have and I have had, and disposed of, two mountain bikes since.
I had that decision to make in 1986. There was a mountain bike shop on New Cavendish St near where I worked (now the Cycle Centre), and it seemed to sell little else but Muddy Foxes.
Cycle Logical, IIRC. I still have a screwdriver I bought there in 1987 :-)
I bought my Rockhopper (from Bike UK in Charing Cross) in 1986; the first locally-bought MTB I ever encountered was a Ritchey, in 1983.
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Still got my 1988 23" Muddy Fox Courier complete with its mud gathering U brake and Suntour thunbshifters. None of your fancy suspension either!!! A great runaroound 'til this day! __ Stuart
Still got my 1988 23" Muddy Fox Courier complete with its mud gathering U brake and Suntour thunbshifters. None of your fancy suspension either!!! A great runaroound 'til this day!
I expect I would still have the Big Red Roockhooper had not some passing pikey liberated it from outside the Ship & Blue Ball in Hoxton in 1990.