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p-spec

Turbo Monkey
May 2, 2004
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This thread is all about the older beuties ;)

I like big bulky heavy tubes and frames....yes theres a intense down there ;)



grimecas



OG



IMO better looking then the 951







one of the first versions











add wtv old stuff you want

too much light weight stuff going on.
 
pelo

pelo

Monkey
Jun 11, 2007
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The Dhi is still looking very good. M1 is very nice as well. True classics.
 
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JRogers

talks too much
Mar 19, 2002
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Nice pics! I had one of those Tomacs....I really liked that bike. Only bad things I can remember about it was the funky hub/chainguide/bb sizing and the steep head angle. The frame was a tank, but mad stiff.
 
IH8Rice

IH8Rice

I'm Mr. Negative! I Fail!
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Im over here now
JRogers said:
Nice pics! I had one of those Tomacs....I really liked that bike. Only bad things I can remember about it was the funky hub/chainguide/bb sizing and the steep head angle. The frame was a tank, but mad stiff.
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that child molester that worked at Cycle Craft still rides one at Diablo.






 
P.T.W

P.T.W

Monkey
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p-spec said:
LMC,that first one a rotec ???
totally remember those GT's

that boxxer is tight.
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That 1st one is a Taillefer. A company started by Christian Taillefer a fast euro who rode for Pugeot for a loooong time back in the 90s (won a WC in the wet at Les-Gets or Kaprun i forget). Dont think they're still around.
Oh and he also had the speed record on snow for bikes at one stage too, think he might still have it for non production bikes as Markus Stockholms was a record for "off the shelf" bikes AFAIK.

Oh Oh an Fabian rode a Tallefer for a year when he was on the euro Maxxis team waaay back inbetween his GT and Kona days.:thumb:

Stick feal free to correct me lol
 
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p-spec

Turbo Monkey
May 2, 2004
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xy9ine said:
the nucleon was the pinnacle of nicolai's superflous hardware & holes aesthetic. awesome:

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I once knew a dude by the name Chris who had one.He is a user on here ( chris robin it was once upon a time if it hasn't been changed.I beleive he has moved to b.c ???!?! he was a cool dude.

I got to see one of these at BTAC like in 2004 lool..



same paint,frame only no shock.Such a cool bike.
 
p-spec

p-spec

Turbo Monkey
May 2, 2004
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P.T.W said:
That 1st one is a Taillefer. A company started by Christian Taillefer a fast euro who rode for Pugeot for a loooong time back in the 90s (won a WC in the wet at Les-Gets or Kaprun i forget). Dont think they're still around.
Oh and he also had the speed record on snow for bikes at one stage too, think he might still have it for non production bikes as Markus Stockholms was a record for "off the shelf" bikes AFAIK.

Oh Oh an Fabian rode a Tallefer for a year when he was on the euro Maxxis team waaay back inbetween his Sunn and Kona days.:thumb:

Stick feal free to correct me lol
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I totally remember the name taillefer now that I think of it.

Didn't remember the look wat so ever however.

:thumb: I loved wen Fabian was on B1.Peat with GT.
 
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LMC

Monkey
Dec 10, 2006
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RMboy said:
Is that top pis a Tallifer? I think you spell it something like that.

French bike, if i remember rightly, massive swingarm!! Loved that bike as a kid:thumb:
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it is indeed, i was trying to find one stickered up, but seemingly they are rare as hens teeth! Mojo used to bring them in to the uk and by all accounts they were excellent. I wanted one anyway, then they seemed to vanish into thin air!

P.T.W said:
That 1st one is a Taillefer. A company started by Christian Taillefer a fast euro who rode for Pugeot for a loooong time back in the 90s (won a WC in the wet at Les-Gets or Kaprun i forget). Dont think they're still around.
Oh and he also had the speed record on snow for bikes at one stage too, think he might still have it for non production bikes as Markus Stockholms was a record for "off the shelf" bikes AFAIK.

Oh Oh an Fabian rode a Tallefer for a year when he was on the euro Maxxis team waaay back inbetween his Sunn and Kona days.:thumb:

Stick feal free to correct me lol
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yeah thats the bike i was looking for initially, it looked awesome in the maxxis colours.
 
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LMC

Monkey
Dec 10, 2006
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now that someone has mentioned a rotec!



i had one of the above models and loved it!
 
scottishmark

scottishmark

Turbo Monkey
May 20, 2002
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Somewhere dark, cold & wet....
RMboy said:
French bike, if i remember rightly, massive swingarm!! Loved that bike as a kid:thumb:
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Unfortunately the massive swingarm was deceptive - they had a really bad habit of cracking. So due to the company going under (iirc) and a distinct lack of spares when they were going, most of the bikes are consigned to the big garage in the sky

on the other hand, this'll never die (maybe)

 
zahgurim

zahgurim

Underwater monkey
Mar 9, 2005
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lolAsia
I still have my Lawwill Tomac frame kicking around.

Got me thinking about building it back up for fun now...
 
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