I believe K2 bought Noleen. Prior to that I think they used a proprietery elasomer shock.
Pictures of old and obscure suspension bikes
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Didn't the first GR RTS come with Noleen shocks? Anyway, that bike looks really familiar, i cannot quite place it yet, but it reminds me of a frame that one of the major mail order shops in the US was selling during the 90s without any brandname on it... so i guess that doesn't really help
My old Team RTS had the Noleen piggyback three way adjustable shock on it.Didn't the first GR RTS come with Noleen shocks? Anyway, that bike looks really familiar, i cannot quite place it yet, but it reminds me of a frame that one of the major mail order shops in the US was selling during the 90s without any brandname on it... so i guess that doesn't really help
I had a Jamis Dakar from 1995 that had a Noleen piggyback shock.
lets not forget that K2 merely gobbled up what used to be Proflex bikes.....
looks flexy.
Its funny that there are still tons of peopel riding those old bikes... They still even have an active user forum..... Feel sorry for Tom at Ironhorse when K2 transfered all the people still looking for soft elasomers to him.....lets not forget that K2 merely gobbled up what used to be Proflex bikes.....
http://idriders.com/cgi-bin/YaBB_K2/YaBB.pl?board=news
the khs fxt team in 96 i think maybe 95 had the noleen piggy back rez shock. and the fxt comp had the noleen shock but no piggy abck rez.
Not sure if I already posted this...
The original Vario Techno/Be One Team DH
The original Vario Techno/Be One Team DH
b-1 baby!
Not sure if I already posted this...
EWW WTF??? That is so fugly!
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reminds me of the GT gearbox bike with a moto style seat. Can you imagine those bikes in really steep sections? there is no getting behind the saddle
i have never seen a dirt biker go down anything steep.
here's the link to the company...really small operating out of Banska Bystrica, Slovakianever ever heard off this company
http://www.dw-cycles.com/index.php
Looking through this thread it is fair to say that many odd things have been going on in the heads of mtb designers...
Oh man. I would have been perfectly happy not ever seeing that thing again.
Kidwoo brings out a lot of things after a few drinks, if you know what i mean....
...no, actually we don't.
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BUT: Has he ever seen a grown man naked?.... done time in a Turkish prision?... like to watch gladiator films?
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I wonder how much travel I could get in total with that. It would be sweet on a the back of a 10" bike with a cane creek thudbuster post.
i'm thinking it might be some kind of combination of the above, but perhaps in a different order...
Well if you have done time in a Turkish prison then I would think you can say yes to the naked man too
You haven't?
I've seen dirt bikers ride ridiculously steep, off camber, rocky chutes, all while holding the throttle open and looking for more speed. It's definitely way scarier to ride step stuff on the moto, though.
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He was being sarcastic to my response. I still say that on a mtb it would harder to go downhill with a seat like that
the bike has 80mm off rear travel,just saw it on Ebay and those shock's looks like garbage.
one of the first production suspension mountain bikes (circa ~1985). pretty cool:
one of the first production suspension mountain bikes (circa ~1985). pretty cool:
Wow, that is indeed ugly
wow, that is awesome.
Wasn't that the bike that didn't have a bottom-out mechanism, so it bottomed whenever the chainring/crank smacked the ground?
P.S. Who decided to switch from bolts like on that bike to freakin Allen bolts? Worst. Decision. Ever. Allen bolts are my mortal enemy. I've stripped more bolts on my DH bike than I care to admit.
P.S. Who decided to switch from bolts like on that bike to freakin Allen bolts? Worst. Decision. Ever. Allen bolts are my mortal enemy. I've stripped more bolts on my DH bike than I care to admit.
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I like that the early rear suspension bikes had rigid forks. I had a '93 Super V for a long time, I'll try and dig up a pic
Top out is controlled by the shock resting against a strip of rubber on the top tube, that's classic!
Anyone notice the cable actuated (hydraulic???) disc brake or the huge granny gear on the rear cassette? I remember some pretty wild gear ratios but nothing that absurd on the cassette, usually it was something like a 15 toot chainring.
Anyone notice the cable actuated (hydraulic???) disc brake or the huge granny gear on the rear cassette? I remember some pretty wild gear ratios but nothing that absurd on the cassette, usually it was something like a 15 toot chainring.
Good observations, i totally missed that. Now does this thing have a 24" rear wheel or is this bike just half a mile long?
Wow - look at that bike and then take a look at a Sinister Splinter. some similarties no?one of the first production suspension mountain bikes (circa ~1985). pretty cool: