Bike companies that are (somehow) still around
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Gettin there. Eyes are still too pokemon.
That looks like a 30 years younger nye tripping his balls off.
That looks like a 30 years younger nye tripping his balls off.
Rep given.jackalope said:...and btw, I think we need a Bill Nye emoji
Saw RST has a dropper post on display at Interbike. Thought those guys were long dead and gone...
dude impressive photo album , and yeah I see some of your images have been used , You should mention it to him see what he says
East Coast Rox!
Wish i could ride like that...
Wish i could ride like that...
They've probably been making your fox forks all along.Saw RST has a dropper post on display at Interbike. Thought those guys were long dead and gone...
Most the low end Cannondales were equipped with RST forks till not long ago.Saw RST has a dropper post on display at Interbike. Thought those guys were long dead and gone...
I like my DB Mason, as much as I can like any bike with wagon wheels.
I picked up a '16 DB Mission Pro earlier this summer and have been loving it. My first MTB was a DB back in the early 90's
Is Vitus a big brand in Yurp? See them on CRC scroll advertisements, but that's about it.
their new stuff looks decent , they have a 135mm 29r I would like to look closer at
Never seen one in real life, only know one guy who owns one, but maybe they are a thing on wrong side driving isles?
In their previous incarnation the brand was centered on road bikes, and their designs were hideous. I know a couple of guys down here with vintage bonded-carbon-tubes frames. Upon being bought by CRC they diversified into MTB.
Ahh... I remember those!
I had an aluminium Vitus roadbike around 1994. 105 sorta level Shimano IIRC. It was the first Aluminium bike I'd owned and nothing fancy but that was just fine but back then. I much preferred riding a Flying Scot* handmade steel road bike with Campag record/Chorus more so sold the Vitus fairly quickly
*Handmade in the mid 60s by Ratrays in Glasgow full lugged brazed Reynolds 531c - (only got rid of it as it was 27 1&1/4 and wouldn't take 700c.. I gave it back to the original owner.)
Lots of old brands have been bought and re-branded by the likes of CRC and On-One (eg. Holdsworth) over here. I don't even see the point as practically no one still riding other than me remembers the heritage. Bicycling is full of Golfers and Dentists these days.
*Handmade in the mid 60s by Ratrays in Glasgow full lugged brazed Reynolds 531c - (only got rid of it as it was 27 1&1/4 and wouldn't take 700c.. I gave it back to the original owner.)
Lots of old brands have been bought and re-branded by the likes of CRC and On-One (eg. Holdsworth) over here. I don't even see the point as practically no one still riding other than me remembers the heritage. Bicycling is full of Golfers and Dentists these days.
Maybe so... have experienced this scenario a couple of times... dudes talking about how this new $5000 29er fully is so fast and gives them so much roll over (but they don't know when to brake or turn)... so I come up to this traffic going downhill on the trail on my regular hardtail and accelerate past with a simple hi (i.e. not braking). Conversation mostly goes quiet after that... either way, I'm out of range quickly.
I dunno about dentists/doctors/lawyers/golfers, but there sure seem to be a lot of n00bs who don't know any better out there. Where are they getting their info?! Every new bike should come with a getting started guide written by kidwoo.
true story:
when i lived in SoCal, it came to my attention that I lived only several blocks from Henry James when I was communicating with him in the process of ordering something. We arranged an in person pick up. Chatted for a bit. He was a rad old dude.
when i lived in SoCal, it came to my attention that I lived only several blocks from Henry James when I was communicating with him in the process of ordering something. We arranged an in person pick up. Chatted for a bit. He was a rad old dude.
RST fork was responsible for this. Landed a jump and the fork "damper/spring" dissentigrated, front wheel washed out, and I went over the bars. When I got up I was missing a front tooth and my arm was dangling at a 45 degree angle near my wrist. Thankfully I'd just bought my first helmet the week before 
RST Space? ^
Those things about killed a few people I know because they're all "same as a fox 36 derpaderp"
Those things about killed a few people I know because they're all "same as a fox 36 derpaderp"
I hear you. I've watched at least three of those snap at the crown as if it was made of popsicle sticks. And another two having their dampers fired off the stanchions like ammo from a grenade launcher.
Nobody got off those situations as scarred as @djjohnr but there was some serious shit eating involved.
I once DH raced all season on a RST High Five dual crown fork. I put it on a 3 inch travel cannondale super v that was not designed for a dual crown fork. At the end of the season, my RST fork got recalled for........"fork may fail at high speeds....."
I am living, breathing, walking, miracle of life.
I am living, breathing, walking, miracle of life.
my quadra 5's elastomer shot out of the fork and into my chest riding through a drainage trough the first year I owned my first "real" bike. They were recalled shortly thereafter, and I got a black, crappy fork to replace the grey, crappy fork.
1998 RST 281. It puked green-brown goo.
Ha, the crazy part then is that they liked to race us basically straight down ski slopes. I hit higher speeds back then riding shit cheese for bikes. V-brakes and wet grass were the technical features of the courses though.
My Answer Mach 5's top cap ejected itself forcefully, iirc. Another recall for that (? can't find it but did find another! https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1996/CPSC-Answer-Products-Announce-Mountain-Bike-Suspension-Fork-Recall/ ) Thankfully it didn't tag me during its exit. Maybe it was the Quadra 10 that did this...
Damn those forks were horrible, even for the time. I had a Quadra5 that got stolen and I replaced it by a Manitou Mach5. I remember that even though I never tried better forks, I thought both were obviously junk. Mine didn't fail as bad as yours though.
A few years later (in 2000) I had a Manitou SX-R that was much better, but quite noodly. The real deal was when I upgraded it with a Manitou XVert Super 2001. That was a seriously sweet fork, especially with motor oil in the lowers instead of the Manitou grease!
<<< Also hit in the face with one of those topcaps.
"Plastic threads bracing a heavily loaded spring? SURE! Let's do it!!"
"Plastic threads bracing a heavily loaded spring? SURE! Let's do it!!"