sick stem, i run one of those on my current dhI had one of these as my first suspension bike, the rear elastomer was worn out in 4 months.
Pictures of old and obscure suspension bikes
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Stoners, at Risse, are you sure?
http://www.unlimitedengineering.com/gallery/files/2/4/4/1/DSC00405.jpg
I was just wondering the other day why they don't make many swingarms like that (with no seat stays).sick stem, i run one of those on my current dh
so hot. i used to lust after these:
I had one of those things for awhile, just a rad bike.so hot. i used to lust after these:
one of my customers still rides one of these. and has one for his wife
want me to see if he'll sell it?
they are in TOP shape. old xtr too
I love all the Blue Ano, its kinda like the new White craze now.
I may have already posted a picture of it in this thread but I had a Marin Ti frame like that. Had an "in" with Marin for a few years so I got good deals on them.
I used to race it up in BC so if you were racing DH about '96/'97 you might have seen it.
so cool and coordinated.....circa_____?so hot. i used to lust after these:
1993-94?. I could be wrong. I started riding in '94-'95 about the time that the 4 and EFC came out, so before that.
Its definatly a peice of prime '90's gear. oversized 1.25 head set, A-tac stem, grafton(?) cranks and brakes. oh, just noticed, onza HO pedals!
I don't think those were 1.25? Mine wasn't, niether were the two other Ti ones I new of or one Al one. The Al one was an Answer version too.
I'm pretty sure the answer frames had 1.25 head tubes, I may be wrong.
edit: according to this link it is a 1.25 head tubehttp://http://www.firstflightbikes.com/1994_Manitou_FS.htm
edit: according to this link it is a 1.25 head tubehttp://http://www.firstflightbikes.com/1994_Manitou_FS.htm
Those frames came out in '93- I remember seeing all the welding fixtures for them at a trip to the factory.
Here's one I scanned in today-
...3d racing, très kool, i think chris o driscoll raced one of these (minus the chainring, which i assume was for the kamikaze race in mammoth) on one of the wc dh tours in the 90s (i remember seeing him at the classic kaprun wc dh).Here's one I scanned in today-
another "weird" thing about this pic: does he have a v-brake plus a disc on the rear?
and is that an internal gear hub on this one?
does anybody have pics of the
-shimano hrb (hub roller brake they tested before launching the shimano xt disc brake? i remember an article about those in the German bike magazine, when Juergen beneke (wc overall dh winner 93 or 94) was riding for schwinn and testing those)
-watercooled shimano disc brakes (i think dave cullinan was using them)
Thomas
Ahh crap, i just threw out all my old german bike mags. I had every issue of "bike" from 1991 on, so that would have been an endless supply of weird suspension designs.
Yep- that's a v-brake and disc but there's no caliper on the disc brake. There's also a pedal missing, so I'm guessing it was just quickly thrown together for the photo. The hub is a Nexus 7spd. I know you can buy adapters for the Nexus hubs to mount a disc on them.
Those brakes are really cool, i really like the rotor
Wow. I haven't seen one of those since the 70's. I rode one up near Bufalo, NY when I was a kid. I don't remember the owner ever telling me what it was. Who made it?
BTW, did anyone post a pic of the Ibis Bow Ti yet?
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Wow, I forgot those were water cooled. The double rotor with floating middle pad is interesting.here they be. pretty neat:
wow thoughs are sweet...anyone know it they were any good? I want some :-Dhere they be. pretty neat:
hey,
thanks for the pic - those brakes still look great...
does anybody have pics of the hub roller brake (i threw away all my
German bike magazine back issues as well, in an insane attempt to clean up my attic)
...would be nice to have a bike equipped with the shimano airlines and the watercooled brakes...
Thomas
thanks for the pic - those brakes still look great...
does anybody have pics of the hub roller brake (i threw away all my
German bike magazine back issues as well, in an insane attempt to clean up my attic)
...would be nice to have a bike equipped with the shimano airlines and the watercooled brakes...
Thomas
Too good,or you could say No.
To much power.
I remember Pros putting grease on the rotors because they were too strong.
Homemade CNC madness from Sweden, built around 97.
It's really crazy!
It's really crazy!
Crazy! I especially like the use of the Ohlins shock....
i have a friend that has a set of shimano prototype hub brakes sittin around his shop
i dont know if they are the hub roller brakes someone mentioned up above....ill try to get a picture next time i get around them
i dont know if they are the hub roller brakes someone mentioned up above....ill try to get a picture next time i get around them
here they be. pretty neat:
These look like the hopes lol
no, those are the shimanos. don't get me wrong they look just like a hope caliper and the rotor. but its a shimano lever. and usually had two front calipers