[cheetaprowlerDH]

well, i couldnt expect much else from my Cheeta in the long run, but while it rode, it was definitley a sick, unique bike...
9.5 inches of travel, 3 inch extending wheelbase(as the suspension compressed), crazy progressive travel(just about un-bottomable unless 12' to flat!!!), and skyscraping 18.5" BB height...(i only had problems riding up stage ledges, hahaha)

check out my newest reason to get a new frame...

what can i say, it treated me well... it was my first DH rig and got me friggin HOOKED!!!

kinda lame though because it snapped when i came out of a slow arse wheelie in front of my house... i NEVER want to hear the sound of snapping metal again!!! 'cause thats just one of those things that make you go, "Sh!t"!!!(Pharcyde line, hahaha)

pretty sweet memory to hang on the wall though! if i can figure out a way to hold the swingarm up and put the headtube on something...

heres my DH bike for now!!!

hahaha

 

[Zark]

your hucknasty MonsterT snapped its neck like a twig!

sucks man, good thing there's a sh*t-ton of sweet frames on the used board here.

 

[kidwoo]

Strange.......

You don't look like you have any extra chromosomes.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

Riffle? Is that you?

 

[Joey]

Dang! You got shocks, pegs... lucky! You ever take it off any sweet jumps?

 

[cheetaprowlerDH]

maybe...

 

[OrthoPT]

looks like a warranty issue to me. it clearly broke at the faulty weld as you were "just riding along"...

 

[MobileChernobyl]

looks flexy

 

[freakrock]

Riffle? Is that you?

i was about to post the same!!!

 

[ultraNoob]

hey, I got a shock to fit that wallyworld bike

all you need is a dual crown fork with 1"head tube and you're set.

 

[jonKranked]

man, that sucks. cheeta's were such great bikes. keep that thing around and hang it on the wall. I still have my Cheeta dual slalom frame, and its going strong. And I have no plans on parting with it anytime... ever...

 

[norbar]

Damn I still feel bad for selling my 5 year old frame and snaping a 10 year old. I'd left it for the future generations and get sth new

btw. You don't look so old

 

[Bearmntpicnic]

You arent sponsored yet?

 

[willie b]

Although, I don't think I have ridden mine as hard.

 

[ire]

Although, I don't think I have ridden mine as hard.

LMAO!! I loved those bikes back in the day

 

[dhmike]

say it ain't so , a cheeta snapping.i always liked there frames. is cheeta still in business ?

 

[Brian HCM#1]

say it ain't so , a cheeta snapping.i always liked there frames. is cheeta still in business ?

They're long gone.

 

[bizutch]

maybe...

I'm pretty sure everyone expected you to be shirtless in this pic.

 

[Big J]

I was wondering who nabbed my Steel Pulse t-shirt from the laundry mat....

J

 

[rosenamedpoop]

Strange.......

You don't look like you have any extra chromosomes.

It only takes one.

Well he...had a bike...and he...wore no shirt...and he...brought home the bacon...so that no one knew...

 

[ire]

They're long gone.

Wasn't there a rumor someone was going to start up a new company using the Cheeta name?

 

[cheetaprowlerDH]

I'm pretty sure everyone expected you to be shirtless in this pic.

hauling around a 53pound DH rig on a 100 degree day and being a douche and forgetting to throw on a white shirt and riding in a black one usually comes down to this...


yeah, the frame was awesome when it worked, after a year and a half of nothing but rock gardens the pivot started flexing like crazy and i had no idea whatsoever how to fix it because the company was long gone...

no, i'm not that old... i turned 16 on the 25th... the frame is just a '97...

the frame turned out to have a crack on the top tube that essentially killed the bike... all of the welds stayed intact, but the leverage from the fork over rock gardens, hard braking and trying to sink through travel by ramming into curbs like a retard essentially ruined it for me... really all i needed was to have more head angle...

 

[SinatorJ]

i was about to post the same!!!

I thought he joined a boy band

 

[ire]

the frame turned out to have a crack on the top tube that essentially killed the bike... all of the welds stayed intact, but the leverage from the fork over rock gardens, hard braking and trying to sink through travel by ramming into curbs like a retard essentially ruined it for me... really all i needed was to have more head angle...

You rode it with a crack in the top tube??

 

[kidwoo]

really all i needed was to have more head angle...

Which you would have had if you wouldn't have put that stupid 3" shock on there.

18.5" bottom bracket.


Jeesh

 

[nmn25]

Which you would have had if you wouldn't have put that stupid 3" shock on there.

18.5" bottom bracket.


Jeesh

um actually, by putting the larger eye to eye shock on there, he steepend his head tube. Think about it, as a rear shock compresses (gets a smaller eye to eye), if the fork doesnt compress, it getts choppeered out with a smaller head tube angle....

jeesh

 

[kidwoo]

um actually, by putting the larger eye to eye shock on there, he steepend his head tube. Think about it, as a rear shock compresses (gets a smaller eye to eye), if the fork doesnt compress, it getts choppeered out with a smaller head tube angle....

jeesh

Thanks einstein.

 

[Total Heckler]

What the hell happened? It looks like you made it out ok.

I am selling my SWD if you are looking for a new unique bike. =]

Good meeting you at Northstar this summer by the way. That was the last time I rode. Sad.

 

[Damo]

I'd love to know what has happened to my old bikes.

I had a GT STS DH back when they were considered one of the "4 best DH bikes in the world" (MTBAction, no less!). Lopes rode one and also owned 2 of the 4 sets of RS Boxxers in existence. That was back then......


What a pile of sh*t though...

Where do they go???

 

[Sandwich]

man, that sucks. cheeta's were such great bikes. keep that thing around and hang it on the wall. I still have my Cheeta dual slalom frame, and its going strong. And I have no plans on parting with it anytime... ever...

i'm jealous. i've always wanted a cheetah DS FS frame...loved those

 

[fred.r]

Oh man, it finally broke. At least you didn't get hurt.
Now you have an excuse to get a real DH bike.

 

[muddy beast]

Well since that bike broke, you can purchase my bighit now.

On another note...thats quite the rear brake set-up...I'll be honest.

 

[cheetaprowlerDH]

Well since that bike broke, you can purchase my bighit now.

On another note...thats quite the rear brake set-up...I'll be honest.

hey, it worked killer... old hydraulic Magura Tomac... crushed in my Mammoth rim...

this bike had the oldest parts on it... White Industries Cranks, like '01 Sun Mammoth rear rim, Tomac hydro's, DH Systems chainguide... haha, but it rode well... when it did

 

[Thrillkil]

nooooo that bike was a celebrity on the forum .

on the bright side though, BTI just started distributing Commencals, so if you know anyone who works at pretty much any bike shop ever, you can brown nose your way to a Supreme DH for pennies on the dollar.