it'll be fun to see the journey everyone has taken through the years (or the journey you may just be starting!)
what's funny is that before getting into MTB media, i blew my paycheck and swapped out parts, frames or bikes every chance i coud (MTBR ruled back then for finding the goods!). once i started making a a "living" in MTB media, i hardly ever swapped out bikes. irony?
a lot of these were frame swaps only and i'm not positive of order or details.
1991 Bridgestone MB6 (barely a mountain bike)
1993 Gary Fisher Tassajara (first mountain bike i consciously saved for so i could have a "mountain bike")
1997 Specialized "max backbone" fsr (started as "trail bike" and morphed into hideous pseudo-dh bike)
1998 (i think) to around 2002 GT XCR2000 i drive
1998-1999 Santa Cruz Super 8 (beer can steeze)
1999-2000 Intense M1 (frame only, used parts off Super 8)
2000-2001 Specialized FSR DH (it had a monster T and lime green doublewides)
late 2001 Santa Cruz Super 8 (thanks big crank!)
2002 Some overbuilt Kona hard tail (north shore influenced)
2003 Dirt Works Slalomander
2005 GT Idrive 2.0 or something
2008 Iron Horse Yakuza
2009 Santa Cruz Chameleon
2009 Superco Charger
2010 Trek Session 88
2010 Santa Cruz Nomad
2012 Specialized Stumpy EVO Comp (current ride)
the m1 in all its glory