I had a Norco Spitfire when I was a teen. https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/norco/107821 (Yes I'm old) The one in the pic is bare, mine had all the foam pads but I can't find a pic of one with them still on.)
Mountain Biking
It's better when it's dirty
Awesome, when I was younger still I had a Raleigh burner at one point foam pads n all :D
That paint is killer! So glad you posted pictures after mentioning it in your other post. I can see why you want your new bike to match.
Thanks, I did it myself, perks of going to college learning to paint cars you could use all their paint and ovens etc.
It was a standard Fiat pink I found in the book with a yellow pearl added to the laquer. I also added a fine grade of mettalic to the laquer so you could see the mettalic metal flakes shimmering in the light, I sadly don't have a photo that shows that part off though xD
My first mountain bike was a 1996-ish GT Avalanche with a rigid steel fork. It was light and fast, but stiff as hell and rattled me to death.
Later I built a Soma Groove (steel hardtail) with a bunch of used components and a short XC fork. It was nothing fancy, but I had endless fun on that bike. I wish I had never sold it.
Nice! The bike that started my obsession with riding and what later became this bike through years of upgrading parts before changing frames etc was a Saracen X-ess which originally came with some dodgy late 90s SR suntour forks and plenty of plastic shit :D
Don't have pictures that old, but my first mountain bike was a Norco 250(?) from early 2000s. Equipped with Z1 bomber qr20 year 2000, 24/26 mullet Atomlab wheels
That bike was absolute tank, and way too long for me but damn do I have good memories of it.