[punkassean]

I remember this company vaguely (early '90's) but I have a friend who has one and wants more info about it. Anybody, chime in...

Thanks!

 

[SuspectDevice]

try the vintage forum on mtbr...
What I remember was a slew of crazy fs bikes, pineapple lacing, tension discs and That they built the Lemond Ti bikes, including the front and rear rst sprung bike that Lemond raced in 93 o 94 paris-roubaix.

My guess is that they were severely flexy even in road or hardtail form, and that they were built at Sandvik, except for prototypes...

 

[henrymiller]

I have heard that they have a propensity to crack. Company was out of Denver, Colorado.

 

[vitox]

i remember one that had a girder rear end and a ti front end. never saw one in person but they always stood out in magazines. not the kind of bike id like to ride but more like wall art.

 

[neversummersnow]

I had one, the propensity to crack thing is sort of true in their earlier batches. I came into the frame under weird circumstances and did the same thing, try and learn everything I could.


Mine was one of the last Ti road frames that came out of the company, right before they closed, which I believe was in 97

They are high quality frames, welded with precision that is still only seen in the nicest of ti frames.

 

[prophet6]

I seem to recall some story about the company owner dissapearing under unfavorable financial conditions.


p6

 

[Jm_]

I seem to recall some story about the company owner dissapearing under unfavorable financial conditions.


p6

Is now hanging out with Brett Kalo and Jan Karpiel...

 

[Fulton]

Is now hanging out with Brett Kalo and Jan Karpiel...

Haha, Kalo...some @sshole in a black SUV cut me off on 580 a couple weeks ago....had a huge Kalo MTB decal on the back window. I wonder if having kalo decals on your car raises vandalism insurance premiums...?

 

[Ridemonkey]

I just got this sweet deal:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7129499509&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

Wow that thing is crazy.....

 

[dw]

Wow that thing is crazy.....

whats up with that shock? Looks like someone made it out of crap you find at a hardware store!!!

My how the times have changed...

 

[Westy]

Wow that thing is crazy.....

The cool think about an old titanium fram like that is even as scrap metal it is worth a few hundred.