These HAVE to be made by Nicolai right? they just have too many redundant pieces not to be.Ugh:
Pictures of old and obscure suspension bikes
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Here`s one of my first " propper " (cough) downhiller.
After two rides the bushes were worn out on the leader fork and amp frame.
It was like riding a bannana. :biggrin:
Nuke-proof hubs, sdg seat,magura hydrolic rim brakes and cooks bros crank which came of my Kona hei-hei.
After two rides the bushes were worn out on the leader fork and amp frame.
It was like riding a bannana. :biggrin:
Nuke-proof hubs, sdg seat,magura hydrolic rim brakes and cooks bros crank which came of my Kona hei-hei.
Nice! I have just started hearing about nuke proof hubs after getting one on a bike in a trade. I don't know how old this thing is, but it is still super smooth.
things I dreamed of when I was a kid:
nuke proof hubs
kooka cranks
HED rims
magura raceline D's
clubroost/gofast riser bars
cannondale super v DH w/ fox alps 5r a stupid headshock moto fork.
nuke proof hubs
kooka cranks
HED rims
magura raceline D's
clubroost/gofast riser bars
cannondale super v DH w/ fox alps 5r a stupid headshock moto fork.
I built a bike up with TNT hubs and kooka cranks back in the day. It was 22lbs in '97, which isn't too bad. I wanted Nuke proof hubs because they were carbon, but wasn't able to get them. Thats one thing I liked about mtb back in the mid 90s, there were lots of small companies producing odds and ends
I think someone bought out the company name......the springs are coming from the U.K aren't they?Oooh, HED 45A rims, they were soooooooooo nice! And yeah, I always wanted Nuke Proof stuff too
Nuke Proof do a line in ti springs now, dunno if they make anything else.
I remember my LBS getting one of these:
Man, did I want it.
I ended up getting one of these instead:
Pretty much identical to the picture. Back then it was rated as one of the top 4 DH bikes. Lopes had two of them with two(!) of the four existing pairs of BoXXers...
Man, did I want it.
I ended up getting one of these instead:
Pretty much identical to the picture. Back then it was rated as one of the top 4 DH bikes. Lopes had two of them with two(!) of the four existing pairs of BoXXers...
does anyone have any more pics of that first stab de lux with the monster t?
they used to run this add of a guy riding a snowy ladder bridge i remember drooling over the bike at that point...does anyone possibly have this?
they used to run this add of a guy riding a snowy ladder bridge i remember drooling over the bike at that point...does anyone possibly have this?
The Nuke Proof name has been sold a whole bunch of times since they were actually making stuff. When I was with a previous company, they approached us about selling it, no dice.
I lusted after their stuff hard when I was younger. The carbon hubs were pretty much the best thing ever. Ah, memories...
saw one of those yesterday....I ended up getting one of these instead:
Pretty much identical to the picture. Back then it was rated as one of the top 4 DH bikes. Lopes had two of them with two(!) of the four existing pairs of BoXXers...
and a million before; it seems like everyone down here has one...
How about " add on" suspension. Might have already been posted but incase it wasn't....
Double shock time: One is at least old, one is just wrong
Lopes has never owned a carbon LTS. And when he did ride Boxxers (96'-98') the forks were more plentiful than 4 pairs.I remember my LBS getting one of these:
Man, did I want it.
I ended up getting one of these instead:
Pretty much identical to the picture. Back then it was rated as one of the top 4 DH bikes. Lopes had two of them with two(!) of the four existing pairs of BoXXers...
wow thats even funnier the second time around!i see these things all over the place!
bump!
..but it has an extra top tube!
Some more information on that Head/Richi atrocity i posted above: It can be yours for only 14.000, take that Mongoose.
http://www.headbikes.com/
I think that is the bike I saw the stocktons turn into a wet noodle.
Then MBAction of the time lied to me. I remember being excited that I had the same bike as Lopes.
Edit: Or I may be remembering someone else???
I wanted one of those bikes when they came out becuase I could race XC on it and then put on the second shock and race DH! Anyone ever ride one? I'm curious as to how it rode
I had a test ride around the block, but It was flat asphalt, the bike was in the garage for more than a year and I was only 13 or something like this, sooo... no review, haha!
I have to say I did not buy the bike because I think it was stolen, the frame used to cost US$2200 in that time and the guy was selling the bike with full XTR group for R$1500 here in Brazil... less than US$1000.
I dreamed with this bike for months... it was impressivelly light, full carbon, with air shocks and XTR parts... I´d say it was less than 17kg for sure.... amazing for the time.
There are a couple of review on mtbr.com (http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/Bike/product_18250.shtml) but it´s from the time when people were proud to say they´ve got AVID V-brakes on their DH bikes, so... I don´t think it will be so helpfull, hehe!
Not sure if this one has been posted but I just came across it.
I had the exact same ad plastered to my wall for awhile. It was just the coolest thing I had seen.
I'm pretty sure its gone now though...perhaps some internet sleuthing?
It rode like crap !
MARIN B-17..
MARIN B-17..
yeah man hopefully someone can poke in with this, i would love to find a copy of it from back in the day...
ANYONE?????
we need the stab add!
Ya, Marla, Andrew and Leah Garcia....
Steve Blick now with Oakley was the TM at the time I think.
bump any word on the picture of the kona stab add in the mags with the snow? Please anyone?
My old bike - Hot Chili
Specialized ground control A1 Comp circa 1997
Chumba Zulu...
