my claim to fame re: Stratos was that my dead fork was once featured on their website as 'what not to do' re: torquing fork crown bolts.
it was probably on mtbr; i've never posted on PB.Was that you? omfg.
I dimly remember the pic.
What was it from, Pinkbike?
Thats Luke riding, dude rips. Yeah that fork rocks, had 2 of em and only dislike was weight.
wanna buy mine??..its a collectors item nowThats Luke riding, dude rips. Yeah that fork rocks, had 2 of em and only dislike was weight.
I started in late '98 and was shown the door in mid 2001.Nobody: What year did you start at Stratos?
Well, I do recall talking to literally 1500 different folks about fixing, finding, fine-tuning, etc their forks, shocks and bikes.Nobody, I thought you dropped off the face of the earth. It's nice to "hear" your voice again. We spoke several times on the phone circa 2000. I was a proud owner of a superstar 6.0, and like you, I would kill to get my hands on one of those again.
Be well.
I started in late '98 and was shown the door in mid 2001.
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So you worked a short while with Brandon or was he gone by then?
I hadn't seen Dave for a long time then I saw him the first day of the MBA program, we took a few classes together over the next 2 years. Haven't heard from him since we graduated. I know he was marrying a girl that was loaded!
I also rode on the team with Shaums and Waylon. Leann was our TM. We rode ZZYXX with the Mountain Cycle setup. That winter we tested the first SS6's and had a custom SS7 and even a SS4 made for the race season.
Shame what happened to the program...
Brandon would have been there before you. He was the team mechanic, then ended up doing a bunch of other random jobs. He stuck around for another season or so after the team year. He probably left right before you came on board. He then spent a few months working at ATC, the guys that bought the ZZYXX name. He is outside the industry and doing well for himself.
Dave is at Commission Junction I think.
At least everyone is doing good for themselves now, and their time at Stratos taught them things they all seem to be putting to good use..
Still just horrible news.
I have not felt this devasted since I found out they were gonna quit making Buicks.
Look on the bright side. At least it didn't hit the rider behind you travelling at 100+mph.I had one of the rear coil shocks explode in Downieville. The shaft blew out from the body, the spring went flying into the woods
Oh.Actually what is really sad is that they are still making Buicks.
Hahaha.Oh.
Well, maybe they can put stratos coil shocks on them.
Granny probaly will not even notice the shocks are blown,
and everybody wins...........except for the people driving behind her.