Author Topic: Rob Ridge mongoose hooligan..... now with piccys..... NOW FINISHED !! (Read 32657 times)

chubby · « **on:** April 14, 2017, 05:43 PM »

Hiya mid kid's
Trying to find some piccys of Mr Ridge riding one particular bike. It's early 90's mongoose hooligan with Wal riot forks, had a good trawl through google & got lost in the huge amounts of Rob's pics n vids.
I'm hoping that some of you might remember it & have mags/vids etc that can help me out....

Cheers dude's

poorboyee · « **Reply #1 on:** April 14, 2017, 06:09 PM »

in the last issues of invert and first few of ride-uk theres various, "street/ramp-how-to's" with the setup in question and a road-race helmeted mr ridge

THE MULLET MASTER OF RAGEEEEEEEE

chubby · « **Reply #2 on:** April 14, 2017, 06:34 PM »

Quote from: poorboyee on April 14, 2017, 06:09 PM

in the last issues of invert and first few of ride-uk theres various, "street/ramp-how-to's" with the setup in question and a road-race helmeted mr ridge
THE MULLET MASTER OF RAGEEEEEEEE

Brilliant bud, I'll try n hunt them down.

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OllyHall · « **Reply #3 on:** April 16, 2017, 07:23 AM »

Have you messaged him on fb?

chubby · « **Reply #4 on:** April 16, 2017, 08:27 AM »

Quote from: OllyHall on April 16, 2017, 07:23 AM

Have you messaged him on fb?

Yep, thinks he's got piccys, prob take some digging about...

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ED209 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 16, 2017, 09:40 PM »

There's an article on him and him Mongoose in a Ride mag I've got ... I'll dig it out.

chubby · « **Reply #6 on:** April 16, 2017, 10:45 PM »

Quote from: ED209 on April 16, 2017, 09:40 PM

There's an article on him and him Mongoose in a Ride mag I've got ... I'll dig it out.

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chubby · « **Reply #7 on:** April 16, 2017, 10:46 PM »

Quote from: ED209 on April 16, 2017, 09:40 PM

There's an article on him and him Mongoose in a Ride mag I've got ... I'll dig it out.

Thanks beautiful

chubby · « **Reply #8 on:** April 21, 2017, 05:11 PM »

Quote from: ED209 on April 16, 2017, 09:40 PM

There's an article on him and him Mongoose in a Ride mag I've got ... I'll dig it out.

You found this yet Edward

ED209 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 01, 2017, 09:48 PM »

Quote from: chubby on April 21, 2017, 05:11 PM

Quote from: ED209 on April 16, 2017, 09:40 PM
There's an article on him and him Mongoose in a Ride mag I've got ... I'll dig it out.

You found this yet Edward

no ... thought you'd realise that :-)

chubby · « **Reply #10 on:** July 03, 2017, 09:29 PM »

Finally managed to find time to pop up to meet the nicest man in the world Mr Robert Ridge. Had a right nice chat n tour round Ridge towers which is full of wonderful little gems.....
Picked up the mongoose along with a few other things Rob chucked in & I'm fookin chuffed to bits. Gonna leave it just as it is for now & plan a sympathetic strip n rebuild after mk....
According to Rob only the tyres & grips have been changed since he sold it back around 95, unfortunately he can't quite remember what he ran on there back then as he used so many different things he got given, needless to say all the options he came up with are non existent these days 😁😁😁😁

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gary4130 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 03, 2017, 10:26 PM »

love that chubby

always prefer see a rider spec build .

where has the bike been stored since rob sold it?has it been used as a boat anchor

chubby · « **Reply #12 on:** July 03, 2017, 10:42 PM »

Quote from: gary4130 on July 03, 2017, 10:26 PM

love that chubby
always prefer see a rider spec build .
where has the bike been stored since rob sold it?has it been used as a boat anchor LolLolLol:

Rob sold it to a mate who rode it for a while, Lad chucked it in the shed to save for his son. When son was old enough he apparently said all the kids down the park would take the piss if he rolled up on that, so asked Rob if he wanted it back.....

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gary4130 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2017, 10:58 PM »

bloody ungratful kids :LolLolLolLol:mind you i bet he said rob who

if i got given a rob ridge bike,i'd ride the fook out of it

chubby · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2017, 11:21 PM »

Quote from: gary4130 on July 03, 2017, 10:58 PM

bloody ungratful kids LolLolLol:mind you i bet he said rob who
if i got given a rob ridge bike,i'd ride the fook out of it

Had a roll up n down the lane Sunday, rides tighter than most stuff I've built 😁😁😁

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griff · « **Reply #15 on:** July 03, 2017, 11:41 PM »

Ace pics Chubbs

ED209 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 04, 2017, 06:42 AM »

Please
Take
Those
Tyres
OFFF

chubby · « **Reply #17 on:** July 04, 2017, 07:49 AM »

Quote from: ED209 on July 04, 2017, 06:42 AM

Please
Take
Those
Tyres
OFFF

When
I
Find
Something
More
Suitable
😁

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fugazi · « **Reply #18 on:** July 04, 2017, 05:24 PM »

Rob Ridge rules!

bike will look rad when you sort the tyres!

poorboyee · « **Reply #19 on:** July 04, 2017, 08:24 PM »

it was a chrome hooligan/b-guard with black GT four piece bars and same colour WAL forks, and 2inch wide black/amber PROLITE f/s tyres and the famous "GRIFTER" seat

those seats had no rails to bend/break as it was solid cast plastic and padded, there was a mini interview and bike check in an early issue of RIDE

that's about all I can remember from reading those early(1-3) issues, till the covers fell off and corners went dog eared all those years ago, and the really comical sight of the"HELMET and MULLET" mr-ridgerage was sporting

I'm sure he still has nightmares about that major fashion malfunction, ive met him loads of times on the LEEDS CREW summer road-trips, when passing through BRIDPORT on the devon/cornwall section hes a top guy....

...JUST DONT LET HIM GET MAD----explosion

chubby · « **Reply #20 on:** July 04, 2017, 08:37 PM »

Quote from: poorboyee on July 04, 2017, 08:24 PM

it was a chrome hooligan/b-guard with black GT four piece bars and same colour WAL forks, and 2inch wide black/amber PROLITE f/s tyres and the famous "GRIFTER" seat those seats had no rails to bend/break as it was solid cast plastic and padded, there was a mini interview and bike check in an early issue of RIDE
that's about all I can remember from reading those early(1-3) issues, till the covers fell off and corners went dog eared all those years ago, and the really comical sight of the"HELMET and MULLET" mr-ridgerage was sporting I'm sure he still has nightmares about that major fashion malfunction, ive met him loads of times on the LEEDS CREW summer road-trips, when passing through BRIDPORT on the devon/cornwall section hes a top guy....

...JUST DONT LET HIM GET MAD----explosion

This the one ??

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poorboyee · « **Reply #21 on:** July 04, 2017, 08:53 PM »

yep that's the mini interview theres also some pics with black WAL forks, but that must be in another issue when he did the "HOW TOs"

he and ROB STEWERT seem to appear loads in the first few RIDES and last few INVERT issues

chubby · « **Reply #22 on:** July 04, 2017, 08:55 PM »

Quote from: poorboyee on July 04, 2017, 08:53 PM

yep that's the mini interview theres also some pics with black WAL forks, but that must be in another issue when he did the "HOW TOs" he and ROB STEWERT seem to appear loads in the first few RIDES and last few INVERT issues

Rob said he was sure this actual bike was in some "how to's"
Gotta find me some early issues..

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poorboyee · « **Reply #23 on:** July 04, 2017, 09:09 PM »

I'm sure theres some pics with the WAL forks but its 20+yrs of memories I'm relying on

, anyway you've got the WAL forks now and pretty much everything apart from the bashguard and GT/fourpiece

chubby · « **Reply #24 on:** July 04, 2017, 09:35 PM »

Quote from: poorboyee on July 04, 2017, 09:09 PM

I'm sure theres some pics with the WAL forks but its 20+yrs of memories I'm relying on , anyway you've got the WAL forks now and pretty much everything apart from the bashguard and GT/fourpiece

Know where the bashguard is 😁

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Author Topic: Rob Ridge mongoose hooligan..... now with piccys..... NOW FINISHED !! (Read 32657 times)

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