My First Dual Suspension, circa 1994/5
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Mine was 1994 I think.
<edit> Mine had better tires. Pogo stick of death, it was.
<edit> Mine had better tires. Pogo stick of death, it was.
ahhh. yes. i remember those hoppers. When i was at Stratos we made some custom air shocks with lockouts for front and back on those cuz the lead engineer owned one.
was that 'sweet spot' tech?
Mine was 1994 I think.
<edit> Mine had better tires. Pogo stick of death, it was.
elastomer shock Pogo stick of death 
My first... circa 1996:
That's not actually a picture of mine... can you believe someone bothered to put a nice Fox fork on that thing?
That's not actually a picture of mine... can you believe someone bothered to put a nice Fox fork on that thing?
I miss my long line of Stratos forks
I had an FR4 on my Azonic DS1 (perfect setup), an MX6 on my Stinky, and an LR1 on my Bullit.I still say the LR1 was one of my all time favorite forks. Plush, not too heavy, near 180* steering, and a lockout. For the 7" travel Bullit, it was the perfect fork.
cant find a pic of mine, but it was a Schwinn S20 w/ a Marz Z2 Bam
URT's rule!
URT's rule!
1999 Super V Raven 4000
Really nice specs including CrossMax and Avid Arch Supreme but ****ty Fox Alps5R. Still much faster on the DH and not too heavy.
Really nice specs including CrossMax and Avid Arch Supreme but ****ty Fox Alps5R. Still much faster on the DH and not too heavy.
maybe MMcG has a photo of mine 
Mantis Screaming V, c. 1996
I wanted that bike so bad when it came out.My first:
I miss that bike.
badass, id love a urt singlespeedMy first... circa 1996:
That's not actually a picture of mine... can you believe someone bothered to put a nice Fox fork on that thing?
mine still lives
that bike is fvcking rad! I would ride that thing if I owned it! I don't have a digital pic, but my first nice bike was a 1993 Super V 3000. The frame finally broke in 1999 (I was using it for slalom).I forget exactly when...
The production Y-bikes [y22 and y33] had judys... i think the y22 was grey and the y33 was yellow.
i cook and do real estate photos - but mostly just sponge off my investments [and no, not rolling in dough - but also not dying so it's a balancing act
That's a '95. They used the last number of the year in the last number of the model. For a while anyway.Mine was 1994 I think.
<edit> Mine had better tires. Pogo stick of death, it was.
I had the CrMo 454 in '94. I loved that bike. I know a guy with a 455, but he won't sell it to me. What a dink.
Wish I could find a stock picture of it. I think I might have one of me riding it on a MS150 road ride (with slicks). I'm pretty sure it was a 1996 Raleigh M8000. If I could find a pic, I'd know for sure...
My first dual was a cannondale super v. Snapped my wrist on crash on that bike.
Yes, I bought it at the end of 1994, I think. The 854 had a tube rear swing arm before they went to the burly looking raw aluminum one.
<edit> Also the 854 had an uninterrupted seat tube and single stage elastomer before they went to the 2 piece that you could "adjust" by swapping durometers.
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brag brag brag..I retract my first post as I used to rock this goodness:
actually, my first was that goofball yamaha bike... i'll try to find a pic of it someday, but that was about 40 yrs ago.
you lack the pioneer gene.
My first full suspension.
This is the only photo I could find of a 95 Jamis Dakar Ultralight. Some joker has put a high rise stem and rearview mirrors on it. That bike was actually a really solid design, even by today's standards. Mine was spec'd out with Shimano XT and all KORE hardware. Even had some red-ano bar ends.
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I think everyone wanted that one. There was one guy in town that had one, I remember drooling over it every time I saw it.
Gary Fisher Joshua F2. This was a replacement frame I got in 2000(?) The original was maroon with a polished rear triangle I got in 1997.
Nope, I lack the age gene.
This rules for so many reasons! So many...I forget exactly when...
1. Its got that crazy fork
2. Its an early dually
3. Its a big dollar early dually
4. Cannondale licensed?
5. Was most likely made in the states
6. Suuuuper long stem!
7. Quill stem! Quill stem conversion even!
8. Gotta be more but I can't see the pic while writing this
Wow, looks just like my old one too.My first... circa 1996:
That's not actually a picture of mine... can you believe someone bothered to put a nice Fox fork on that thing?