[giantrider89]

where the hell do you find all this stuff?!

i would call photochop if i the pics didn't look so perfect.......

which bmw is that? the car company or the bike company?

 

[4xBoy]

which bmw is that? the car company or the bike company?

BMW the motorcycle company.

 

[giantrider89]

^^^same company......but ok, thats what i thought......

i couldn't imagine brooklyn making something like that......

 

[Sandro]

where the hell do you find all this stuff?!

...browsed a german forum for these pics. If only i hadn't thrown out all my old bike magazines, i could singlehandedly keep this thread going for years.

 

[Sandro]

2 stage my ass, behold the Bianchi Aggressor:

 

[skatetokil]

oh good god.

 

[ire]

2 stage my ass, behold the Bianchi Aggressor:

hucktastic! if you blow one shock, you have a spare!!

 

[JohnnyBoyDH]

BMW Q6 with Telever fork:

We had one of those at our dealership for show. It was the biggest P.O.S. ever. Welds looked like toothpaste. I wanted to swap out all the XT for Alivio for myself as I doubted anyone at the dealership would know the difference.....lol. I took it for a quick boot and though I was going to die!

 

[DRB]

http://www.firstflightbikes.com/vintage.htm

I can't imagine many places having a more extensive collection of vintage bikes especially mountain bikes.

 

[Cant Climb]

Did a search on Tazmon and it didn't come up.....

 

[Mtn Cycle Shawn]

God, YES! That was it! Shoot.
Man, I wanted that bike soooo badly. 4" front and rear, super long travel back in the day. Guess I've always been more of a DH kinda guy, even way back then...

the Crosstrak Sonoma. At the time they were selling them with a rubber air bladder type of rear shock. It got good reviews in the mags. I almost bought one but I settled on a San Andreas, glad I did. Although I love to have one as a vintage bike.

 

[James]

the Crosstrak Sonoma. At the time they were selling them with a rubber air bladder type of rear shock. It got good reviews in the mags. I almost bought one but I settled on a San Andreas, glad I did. Although I love to have one as a vintage bike.

Yup, the Sonoma, they made their own fork too, 4" travel, super-long back in those days.
It'd be great to have one now, but there are so many old bikes I want...

 

[Mtn Cycle Shawn]

Yup, the Sonoma, they made their own fork too, 4" travel, super-long back in those days.
It'd be great to have one now, but there are so many old bikes I want...

Where does one find these old bikes for sale?

 

[James]

Where does one find these old bikes for sale?

No clue. Keep searching eBay maybe? They're pushing 14 years old at this point, so good luck coming across one..

 

[ire]

No clue. Keep searching eBay maybe? They're pushing 14 years old at this point, so good luck coming across one..

Its awesome when I find some cool old DH bike on Ebay. Seems like I see a lot of the older K2 bikes on there

 

[MrPlow]

We had one of those at our dealership for show. It was the biggest P.O.S. ever. Welds looked like toothpaste. I wanted to swap out all the XT for Alivio for myself as I doubted anyone at the dealership would know the difference.....lol. I took it for a quick boot and though I was going to die!

There was one of these at CwmCarn the other week. The bird ****e welds alone would scare me off riding it , let alon on the DH run there!

 

[Jonny5]

I've worked on the BMW's, man the cable routing sucked! All internal with no guides. That and it rode like poop.

Merc has a range of bikes out now and is setting up service agents at bike shops around the country. I guess the are expecting to sell a few.

 

[SinatorJ]

Oh man. I would have been perfectly happy not ever seeing that thing again.

hey butch, If you ever see Fennell again he was going to trade me one of these for a Judy brace.

 

[bizutch]

hey butch, If you ever see Fennell again he was going to trade me one of these for a Judy brace.

Fennell has resurfaced several times this year! He actually RACED at Sugar in slalom....sadly, he did not have the pink David Letterman shirt anymore.

But true to form, he was on a girls FS bike similar his old Jamis!

 

[danielsapp414]

i see fennell every couple days now in boone. he's working at magic cycles.

 

[talusslope]

Found this while looking for forks

 

[Brian HCM#1]

I remember those Manitou frames.

 

[ÆX]

Found this while looking for forks
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we got one of those here in the shop in AMARILLO texas the other day.
funny how big the MTB boom was in the 90's. they sold all kinds of
stuff everywhere!

 

[Mtn Cycle Shawn]

Found this while looking for forks

Man, those are two cool bikes!!

 

[James]

Man, those are two cool bikes!!

Yeah man, that first one was pretty much my dream bike for like 5 years.
Anyone remember the titanium Marin frame that Earthquake Jake used to ride, had a Rock Shox Mag 21 SL Ti rear end, and for a while the "Diablo" prototype that became the Judy. Soooooo cool...

 

[ire]

Yeah man, that first one was pretty much my dream bike for like 5 years.
Anyone remember the titanium Marin frame that Earthquake Jake used to ride, had a Rock Shox Mag 21 SL Ti rear end, and for a while the "Diablo" prototype that became the Judy. Soooooo cool...

Is this the bike?

<edit> touching tribute to Jake: www.jakewatson.com

 

[ire]

better pic:

 

[DHS]

better pic:

its about the only time i can say, dude check out them forks...

 

[ire]

its about the only time i can say, dude check out them forks...

I can just see it...

"We need to come up with a full suspension bike for that new fangled dh racing"

"Well, we have a suspension fork right there..."

 

[James]

better pic:

Yup, that's it! Sooo sweet.
It is a cool site too, I've been there a bunch of times. I'd love to find one of those bikes somewhere, not that it would have RS rear, but still...

 

[ire]

Yup, that's it! Sooo sweet.
It is a cool site too, I've been there a bunch of times. I'd love to find one of those bikes somewhere, not that it would have RS rear, but still...

You could just find a Mag 21 as well and "swap" it out

 

[ÆX]

i raced jake a lot my Jr years. i have to post one from 1991 nat finals
@ mount snow. jakes in his football cleats b/c no one made a cycling
shoe big enough!

 

[Huck Banzai]

its about the only time i can say, dude check out them forks...

<applause>


shun all the pluralizers!

lol

 

[James]

You could just find a Mag 21 as well and "swap" it out

Yeah, but I think the rear end had some different ends.
I'd be happy to just find one out there honestly...

 

[ire]

What brand of fork is he running?? Mr. Dirt?

 

[SuspectDevice]

A pair of Mtn Cycle Suspenders, of course!

 

[ire]

A pair of Mtn Cycle Suspenders, of course!

Really? I knew MC made disc brakes, but I didn't know they made suspension at one point. Didn't Mr. Dirt have an inverted DH fork with canti mounts? I seem to recall seeing that

 

[ChrisRobin]

The dude looks tired... what a wuss

 

[Sandwich]

mr dirt PBF

pretty bitchin fork.

Tiny little upper tubes, massively long, skinny lower, and yes, a canti brace.

 

[xy9ine]

A pair of Mtn Cycle Suspenders, of course!

i've still got a pair of those. the 1st inverted fork. 2" of plush elastomer travel. though the elastomers have since hardened & it's currently closer to 1". on my old trimble:

currently on the cruiser: